WA’s HOPE Court Helps Parents Parent and Keep Their Kids

HOPE Court.

A place where Washington parents who have abandoned, abused or neglected their kids get a second chance to overcome their substance abuse, learn better parenting and coping skills, and win back custody of their kids.

The program provides a support network (judges, lawyers, social workers, substance abuse treatment providers, child protective services and other government workers) to recovering parents – and accountability.

A lot of parents don’t make it all the way through the program. But some do succeed, and their families are reunited.

Read more in this [Longview, WA] Daily News article: Reunited, drug free.

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