Overview
Montefiore will engage fathers in families at risk of substance misuse in the Bronx and neighboring communities. Families will be referred from Bronx and neighboring community-based child welfare systems, substance use disorder (SUD) treatment providers, and medical providers if identified at risk of substance use concerns and will be randomly assigned to receive services as usual as part of the comparison group, or to receive enhanced services as part of the program group.
Enhanced services include: (1) Motivational Enhancement; (2) referral to Healthy, Empowered, Resilient, and Open (HERO) Dads fatherhood engagement program; (3) Contingency Management; and (4) Case Management.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- (i) is a custodial or non-custodial father,
- (ii) who has at least one child under the age of 18,
- (iii) someone in the family is identified as at-risk for substance use
Exclusion Criteria:
- The placement of all children in the family in foster care