Drug Court Helped Graduate Maintain Sobriety, Regain Custody of Children
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Rachel Dissell
October 9th, 2008
Cuyahoga County’s Family Drug Court helps mothers beat addiction.
The support that helped her get sober after 20 years and losing six children to her addiction is something she never found before coming to Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court’s Family Drug Court.
Beyond rebuilding the ravaged self-esteem of many women — and a few men — who have had their children taken away, the program has reunified families faster than through traditional court and child-welfare methods, according to studies of the program.