Also included - new video lifting the voice of a mother in recovery.
NEWSLETTER
Be Part of the Solution
Actions you can take to help your loved one, your family, or your community. Together, we can make a difference.
Parental substance use can have long-term effects on children's health and development. Providing adequate addiction care to parents is important – not only to treat the parent with addiction, but also as critical prevention for their children.
📢 Help expand access to treatment for parents with substance use disorder
Pregnant and parenting individuals often face steep barriers to addiction care, despite the many health and social challenges substance use and addiction contribute to – for both parents and their children.
Stigma and fear of child removal often prevent pregnant and parenting individuals from seeking care. Health care providers are often required by law to notify child protective services when a newborn has been exposed to substances. But family separation can negatively impact parents’ recovery as well as children’s health and development.
Ask your members of Congress to support the SAFE in Recovery Act to take a health-focused, rather than punitive, approach to addiction by:
making addiction care more accessible for parents
preventing undue family separation
ensuring effective treatment and wraparound services are available for families
🎥 Watch how this mother in recovery is empowering others
Carleah Summers, founder of Andrea’s House, took her own experience as a mother in recovery and built an organization dedicated to supporting other moms on their road to recovery while helping them reconnect with their kids and loved ones. The Partnership’s researchers and clinicians have developed educational resources specially designed to assist families in communication and connection as they navigate the struggles of addiction and substance use disorder.
Addiction is a public health crisis. Together, we can overcome it. This year, we’re lifting up inspiring stories of those taking action. Please share this story or one of your own using #CrisisWeCanSolve.
