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Jean E Twomey1, Donna Caldwell, Rosemary Soave
1Brown Center for the Study of Children at Risk, Alpert Medical School, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, USA.
Abstract:
The Vulnerable Infants Program of Rhode Island is a care coordination program to promote permanency for substance-exposed infants by addressing parental needs and increasing collaboration among social service agencies. Over the first four years of the program, there was a decrease in time spent in the newborn nursery beyond medical necessity and identification of permanent placements by 12 months for 84% of infants, with the majority of infants (78%) placed with biological parents or relatives.
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