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Outcomes Summary
• Strong treatment findings:
– Drug court parents more likely to enter treatment, spend
more time in treatment, and complete treatment
• Longer time to permanent placement and case closure
for drug court parents could be explained by the
longer treatment stays
• Primary child welfare findings:
– Drug court children spend more time with parents during
the case and less time in out-of-home placements
– Drug court children more likely to be reunified with
children at the end of the case
– No differences in child welfare recidivism, but follow-up
period was short
• Court cases longer, but more compliance
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