Strengthening & Assisting Families in Eastern KY (SAFE) Evaluation

MCCC Communities of Hope RPG 7 Evaluation Abstract This project involves a partnership with Mountain Comprehensive Care Center (MCCC) on an ACF grant application to continue a program (Communities of Hope) that provide activities and services (including intensive outpatient substance use disorders treatment, integrated mental/primary health care, recovery and family supports) through interagency collaboration and integration of programs to increase well-being, improve permanency, and enhance the safety of children who are in, or at risk of, an out-of-home placement as a result of a parent''s or caregiver''s substance use in Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin and Pike counties. MCCC will be contracting with UK BSC/CDAR to conduct the required program evaluation, which will involve collecting data from parents participating in the Communities of Hope program and from a community recruited comparison group.