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Methamphetamine and Child Welfare
Find resources on the prevalence of methamphetamine use and its impact on children and families as well as strategies for treatment and response.
Statistics and the scope of the problem
Behind the Drug: The Child Victims of Meth Labs
Ells, Sturgis, & Wright
Update (American Prosecutors Research Institute), 15(2), 2002
Examines the drug's effects on casual users, binge abusers, and addicts, and how children are placed in jeopardy, especially when the abuser or addict is a parent or guardian.
Fighting Meth in America's Heartland: Assessing the Impact on Local Law Enforcement and Child Welfare Agencies
Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources, Committee on Government Reform (2005)
Part of a series of hearings on the subject of methamphetamine trafficking and abuse, this session was held to determine what Federal, State, and local support systems are needed to effectively combat this drug. Includes statements from Federal agencies, national nonprofit organizations, and State and local child welfare agencies.
The Meth Epidemic in America: Two Surveys of U.S. Counties: The Criminal Effect of Meth on Communities; The Impact of Meth on Children (PDF - 101 KB)
National Association of Counties (2005)
Results from surveys of law enforcement and county child welfare officials to determine the impact of methamphetamines on children and communities.
Methamphetamine: Background, Prevalence, and Federal Drug Control Policies (PDF - 217 KB)
Congressional Research Service (2007)
An analysis of trends in methamphetamine use and efforts to control its use and production.
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Responding to and treating methamphetamine use
Children at Clandestine Methamphetamine Labs: Helping Meth's Youngest Victims (PDF - 370 KB)
Office for Victims of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice (2003)
Discusses the increasing number of children involved in methamphetamine lab-related incidents in the United States, the risks these children face, and child welfare interventions.
Clandestine Methamphetamine Labs (PDF - 792 KB)
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (2nd ed.) (2006)
Offers question to help communities analyze their local methamphetamine problem and reviews responses to the problem and what is known from evaluative research and practice.
Drug Courts: An Effective Strategy for Communities Facing Methamphetamine (PDF - 441 KB)
Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice (2005)
Presents drug courts as the primary tool for fighting methamphetamine addiction and trafficking and helping children who are exposed to meth use by providing them with health-care, educational, and child protective services.
Meth and Child Welfare: Promising Solutions for Children, Their Parents, and Grandparents (PDF - 2570 KB)
Generations United (2006)
This report identifies promising strategies to prevent meth use, keep children safe, and help parents with addictions complete treatment. It also offers recommendations for national changes in policy, funding and practice to improve the child welfare system's ability to combat the impact of meth.
Ongoing Child Protective Services (CPS) With Methamphetamine Using Families: Implementing Promising Practices (PDF - 144 KB)
National Resource Center for Child Protective Services (2006)
Information on promising or acceptable interventions that may be useful once methamphetamine use by a caregiver has been identified.
Prevalence and Treatment of Methamphetamine Dependence: Implications for Women and Children (PDF - 311 KB)
Amatetti, Gallagher, & Young
The Source: Newsletter of the National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center, 15(1), 2006
Explains the Matrix Model for treating methamphetamine users which uses a non-confrontational treatment approach that focuses on current issues and behavior change.
Safety Intervention During CPS Intake With Methamphetamine-Using Caregivers: Gathering Information and Responding to CPS Referrals Which Include Possible Methamphetamine Use (PDF - 146 KB)
National Resource Center for Child Protective Services (2005)
Includes a discussion of how to make intake decisions and screening decisions, sample questions for information gathering during intake, considerations for response time, safety threshold criteria, and information on worker safety.
Safety Intervention in Methamphetamine Using Families: A Practice Guide for Safety Decision Making and Safety Management in Child Protective Services (PDF - 57 KB)
National Resource Center for Child Protective Services (2005)
Discusses a number of issues related methamphetamine use in families and strategies for intervention.
Safety Management With Methamphetamine-Using Caregivers (PDF - 149 KB)
National Resource Center for Child Protective Services (2004)
Discusses identifying and assessing safety threats in the initial assessment of families involved in methamphetamine use, including criteria for identifying present danger and impending danger, and key steps for managing safety threats.
Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series 33: Treatment for Stimulant Use Disorders
Rawson (1999)
In SAMSHA/CSAT Treatment Improvement Protocols
Provides practice guidelines for the treatment of stimulant use disorders, including the use of methamphetamines.
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Additional information on methamphetamines and child welfare
Methamphetamine
National Institute on Drug Abuse, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
An overview of the drug, including street names, effects, usage, prevention, and treatment, as well as summaries of research findings.
Methamphetamine: The Child Welfare Impact and Response — Conference Proceedings
Children's Bureau (HHS), Child Care Bureau (HHS), & Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (SAMHSA) (2006)
Proceedings from the May 2006 conference on methamphetamines and the impact of the drug on children and families.
MethResources.gov
Comprehensive resource from the Federal Government for States, counties, cities, and communities about issues associated with the use of methamphetamines.
National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW)
A service of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Children's Bureau, NCSACW works to develop knowledge and provide technical assistance to Federal, State, and local agencies and tribes to improve outcomes for families with substance use disorders in the child welfare and family court systems.
Drug Endangered Children
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Describes risks to Drug Endangered Children and activities initiated by the Federal Government to protect children who reside in or visit methamphetamine labs. Includes sample protocols for staff training.
Seven Solutions for Fighting Meth, Healing Families
Bissell & Miller
Children's Voice, 16(1), 2007
View Abstract
The seven solutions include: media campaigns, expanding permanency options, interagency collaboration, new supports for grandfamilies, enhancing treatment options, using family drug courts, and targeting community supports in Native American communities.
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State and local examples
Arizona Drug Endangered Children (DEC): Multidisciplinary/Integrated Protocol (PDF - 342 KB)
Arizona Attorney General (2003)
Provides professionals from child protective services, law enforcement, medical services, and prosecution a basis for developing community-specific procedures for situations where there are drug-endangered children as a result of clandestine methamphetamine labs or other drug production, trafficking, and abuse.
Child Welfare Learning Resources Related to Methamphetamine
North Carolina Division of Social Services
Training Matters, 6(2), 2005
Links to information about child welfare training and policy, and additional resources related to methamphetamines.
Drug Endangered Children (DEC) Statewide Protocol: Guidelines for Methamphetamine (PDF - 36 KB)
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Illinois State Police, & Illinois State Board of Education (2006)
Emphasizes the importance of interagency collaboration in responding to methamphetamine by providing protocols for a response system between law enforcement, child welfare, and the education system.
Kansas Methamphetamine Prevention Project
Shawnee Regional Prevention and Recovery Services
Includes materials for use in the community, information on trainings, prevention strategies, and a section of resources on drug endangered children.
Meth and Family-Centered Child Welfare Practice
North Carolina Division of Social Services
Children's Services Practice Notes, 10(2), 2005
Special issue includes articles describing the impact of family methamphetamine use and production on children, risk factors for Child Maltreatment, recognizing meth labs, and more.
MethNet
Illinois Attorney General's Office
Discusses how to recognize and combat methamphetamine use, reviews the prevalence of methamphetamine in Illinois, and provides information on legislation and available community resources in the State.
Nebraska CHEM-L Protocol: Children Exposed to Methamphetamine Laboratories
High Intensity Drug Traffic Area Planning Committee (2004)
Protocol and forms for gathering information and evidence, assessing medical needs, and sharing information following children's exposure to methamphetamine labs.
Recommended Best Practices Addressing the Needs of Drug Endangered Children (PDF - 245 KB)
Governor's Methamphetamine Coordinating Committee (2004)
Recommendations for law enforcement, child protective services, and others in Washington State based on a review of national and local drug-endangered children programs, legal issues, and best practices.
Responding to Methamphetamine: Combating North Carolina's Fastest Growing Drug Problem: Final Report (PDF - 1426 KB)
Attorney General Roy Cooper (2003)
Findings and proposed action strategies for addressing methamphetamine use in North Carolina from a summit of prosecutors, law enforcement officers, public health officials, and social service providers.
Responding to Methamphetamine: Washington State's Promising Example (PDF - 324 KB)
National Crime Prevention Council (2002)
Describes the collaborative approach implemented by Washington State to punish, prevent, and treat methamphetamine addiction, including the enforcement of laws regarding the operation of laboratories; expanded treatment options, especially for mothers of young children; methods for cleaning up the dangerous chemicals from labs; and prevention of methamphetamine use.
What Foster Parents Need to Know About Methamphetamine.
North Carolina Division of Social Services
Fostering Perspectives, 9(2), 2005
Discusses the basics of methamphetamine use, its effects on children and families, and the State's response.
Wrap Up: Reflections and Recommendations: "The Meth Phenomenon: What Do We Know?" (PDF - 36 KB)
The Initiative Foundation (2004)
Discusses the methamphetamine problem in Minnesota and the child protection system.
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