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OUR PROGRAMS

Because COAF’s staff is so small, and its goals so big, the organization has always adhered to a core guiding philosophy - to make a real difference, we should not try to duplicate existing services. Instead, our role should be to serve as a professional development resource, providing training, materials, and other resources needed by those who work with children on the front lines. COAF also recognizes that not all children in need are hooked up with professionals who can help them. So we make sure that basic information about parental substance abuse is readily accessible to children and adults.

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Collaborations - work between substance abuse treatment and other systems that affects children and families (child welfare, drug courts, housing, mental health)
Transitions - developing a prevention program for older adolescents to help them prepare for the drug and alcohol challenges of college
Facts on Tap - an alcohol and other drug education program for college campuses. Special components for students from alcoholic families.
Building Bridges - helping parents in treatment cope with the separation, visitation and reunification issues with their children and families
The Ties That Bind - supporting children, birth parents, and kinship caregivers as they struggle with the overlap of kinship care and parental substance abuse
Pandora's Box - an on-line educational program for house staff and other medical professionals that focuses on how to support children of substance abusers from the context of clinical care
Changing our View - helping revamp the protocols of Phoenix House to strengthen outreach to families to encourage increased engagement and retention.
Trainings, Consultation and Technical Assistance - working with organizations to provide customized staff development programs on issues related to parental substance abuse