Promoting Resilience: Helping Young Children and Parents Affected by Substance Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Depression in the Context of Welfare Reform

Author: Jane Knitzer Publisher: National Center for Children in Poverty Publication: Children and Welfare Reform Issue Brief No. 8 Document Date:                  February 2000 Category: Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Mental Health Related Categories: Children > Child Development Children > Child Welfare Children > Economic Factors Influencing Children > Emotional Development Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction Crime And Violence > Domestic Violence/Abuse Crime And Violence > Spouse/Partner Abuse Family Economics > Child Poverty Family Economics > Employment/Unemployment Family Economics > Poverty Parenthood/Childrearing > Parental Substance Abuse   This paper explores how unemployed parents are impacted by domestic violence, substance abuse, and/or mental illness on young children in the home. Some of the interventions considered are parental work readiness programs, resiliency promotion in children, and policy reforms. Click to read this article... (PDF) Send us feedback on this article Bookmark this link