CPR of the Ozarks is honored to have been awarded a 5 year, $3 million grant to aid families struggling with substance abuse in the Ozarks. This grant will allow CPR to provide intensive services to families in Polk, Dallas, Webster, and Taney county. Missouri Empowerment Project is proud to contract with CPR to provide this program. Program Description Creating A Village (CAV) will provide an integrated trauma-informed, evidence-based, multiservice approach to identifying and meeting the complex needs of families experiencing substance use disorders and have involvement with Children’s Division. CAV will offer and/or assist in locating treatment services, educational classes aimed to benefit the home environment and family interactions, mental health services, community resources, and building a support system. CAV will provide these highly concentrated, holistic services in the family's environment, helping to reduce the amount of months child(ren) are in out-of-home care or to prevent the child(ren) from coming into state custody.
Target Population Families living in the target service areas who are pregnant or have children (infant-18 years old) who are at risk of being placed in out-of-home care or have been placed in out-of-home care due to a caregiver struggling with substance use or dual diagnosis concerns.
Major Program Goals
Enhance awareness of and access to substance use disorder/co-occurring disorder treatment and recovery.
Strengthen the nurturing qualities in the home environment to enhance family and child safety.
Improve family and child permanency by providing support/guidance in the family’s home and community.
Build enduring support systems to enhance family and child well-being.
Partners
Missouri Children’s Division
Judicial Courts of the 30th and 46th Districts
Dr. Stephanie Campbell, PhD
Sling N’ Stones
Community Partnership of the Ozarks
Heartland Behavioral Health
House of Hope
Parents As Teachers
Doula Foundation
Simmering Center
The Launchpad Schoolhouse
AIDS Project of the Ozarks
OACAC Family Planning
Key Program Services
Family Support Specialists; Home visitor
Strengths, Needs, Abilities, and Preferences Profile
***This project is supported by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) of the United States (U.S.) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $3 million with 80 percentage funded by ACF/HHS and 20 percentage funded by non-government source(s). The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by ACF/HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit the ACF website, Administrative and National Policy Requirements.