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• Assessment Services
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• Community Outreach
• Parent Support Network
• Moving Families Forward

Moving Families Forward

Moving Families Forward (MFF) is a collaborative effort between Children.s Research Triangle, Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation, Chestnut Health Systems, and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. MFF is funded through a five year grant from the Administration for Children and Families, Children.s Bureau (ACF) designed to promote the development of strategies to improve collaboration between substance abuse treatment providers and the child welfare system in order to improve safety, permanency and stability of children and families affected by methamphetamine and other substances of abuse.

As part of MFF, all children affected by prenatal or environment exposure to methamphetamine or other substances of abuse are eligible for participation in clinic based services, which include comprehensive medical, psychological and developmental evaluations, individual/family therapy, and group treatment. Referrals can be made by community agencies and include biological, adoptive and foster families. Community based trainings will be conducted by MFF staff to educate community members and treatment providers about the effects of prenatal and environmental substance exposure on children, as well as how to identify families at risk and refer them to appropriate treatment services.

Clinical services will be provided in Belleville, Illinois beginning in January 2008. Information regarding making a referral to the MFF program will be coming soon. Please contact Dr. Erin Telford at 312-726-4011 for more information.