This briefing explains how Family Drug and Alcohol Courts (FDAC) offer an alternative way of dealing with legal cases where the Local Authority think that a child might need to be removed from their parents’ due to their alcohol or substance misuse. It considers the problems that FDAC is intended to address, the financial implications and the policy context.
In response to the Public Family Law Group's interim report on on achieving best practice in the Child Protection and Family Justice Systems, this briefing lays out the Centre's vision, with special reference to the evidence and practice of problem-solving courts and wider problem-solving justice initiatives.
This guidance contains information about key issues in order to help you decide whether, when and how to establish a local FDAC. It is intended for a variety of stakeholders including children's services, local authority commissioners and courts.
The FDAC national partnership uses the term Service Standards to describe the key elements that FDAC services should strive toward to have fidelity with the evaluated FDAC model.
This handbook provides practitioners with comprehensive information and a set of tools about FDAC operations. This was developed by the now closed FDAC National Unit under Department of Education funding.
London’s Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) is a strikingly successful example of courts innovating to deal with complex problems. This report examines the factors behind the court’s success – from the birth of the idea, to the end of the pilot.
