Our Double Epidemic: Hoosier Children Caught in the Opioid Crisis
#21
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
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Indiana Legislators and Policymakers are invited to this year’s seminar to hear some of the most recent research and evaluation in a nonpartisan setting to allow open dialogue to find common ground on policy and programs that affect Hoosier families for the upcoming legislative session.
Over the past three years, the number of children in Indiana’s foster care system has steadily increased to the highest number in history. Nearly 80% of children removed from their home by the IN Department of Child Services were removed due to parental substance abuse – most often involving opioids. As state agencies and commissions continue their work on opioid treatment programs, what system-of-care programs are working? How can Indiana work with families, treatment providers, and the courts, to keep Hoosier families together?
Research, materials, policies, or statements of any kind developed by or communicated in association with the “Center for Families” or the “Family Impact Seminars” are not the official policies or positions of Purdue University and should not be characterized as such.
Parental Substance Use and Child Welfare
Joseph P. Ryan
Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work and Faculty Associate,
Center for Political Studies, ISR, University of Michigan
Treating the Family to Benefit the State
Martin Hall
Associate Professor of Social Work, Kent School of Social Work
University of Louisville
2018 SEMINAR LEGISLATIVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Sen. Vaneta Becker
Sen. Jean Breaux
Rep. Dale DeVon
Rep. Dan Forestal
Rep. Sheila Klinker
Sen. Dennis Kruse
Sen. Jean Leising
Sen. Mark Stoops
Rep. Vanessa Summers
Rep. Jeff Thompson
The Indiana Family Impact Seminars provide objective, high-quality research on family issues to (a) build greater respect for and use of research in policy decisions; (b) encourage policymakers to examine policies and programs through the lens of family impacts; and (c) provide neutral, nonpartisan opportunities for legislators to engage in open dialogue for fostering relationships and finding common ground.