Parent-Child Assistance Program: Intervention for At-Risk Substance Use During Pregnancy

The Parent-Child Assistance Program (PCAP) is a three-year community-based evidence-informed case-management program that offers home visitation to individuals who have engaged in at-risk alcohol or drug use during pregnancy. Its goals are to help clients build healthy families and prevent prenatal substance exposure.

PCAP’s primary aims are:

• to assist pregnant and parenting individuals with at-risk substance use during pregnancy obtain needed treatment and resolve substance use-related problems;
• to link clients to health, social, and community services to support long-term recovery;
• to promote safe, stable home environments for clients and their children;
• to decrease the likelihood that future children will be exposed to alcohol or drugs prenatally.