Jung Kim, Elizabeth Clary, Christina Ribar, Sarah Palmer, and Elizabeth Weigensberg2020-07-312020-07-312020Kim, J., Clary, E., Ribar, C., Palmer, S., & Weigensberg, E. (2020). Strategies for Rural Communities for Addressing Substance Misuse among Families Involved with the Child Welfare System. Washington, DC: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Human Services Policy.https://www.mathematica.org/-/media/publications/pdfs/family_support/2020/safe-core_strategies_brief.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/4822This brief describes nine programs and highlights ways they have addressed challenges that rural communities face in serving child welfare-involved parents with substance use issues. In this brief, we do not assess which programs are most effective. Rather, we summarize the context in which these programs operate, their target populations, and how the programs blend funding and collaborate with service systems to help parents with recovery and to help families reunify.en-USchild abusechild welfarerural areasservicessubstance abusereunificationArticle