A Professional Development Model for Increasing Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Knowledge of the Child Welfare Workforce.

The article offers information on increasing substance abuse and mental illness knowledge of the child welfare workforce in the U.S. It is said that child maltreatment cases involve the use of alcohol and substance abuse. It is cited that the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act, and the Adoption and Safe Families Act require child welfare agencies to initiate efforts to support families. However, it is mentioned that most of the social workers have no adequate academic training to address the problem.