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The Celebrating Families!™ curriculum is a cognitive behavioral, support group model written for families in which one or both parents have a serious problem with alcohol or other drugs and in which there is a high risk for domestic violence, child abuse, or neglect. Celebrating Families!™ works with every member of the family, impacting the family system and increasing successful family reunification. The goal of Celebrating Families!™ is to foster the development of whole, fulfilled, and addiction-free individuals and families by increasing resiliency factors and decreasing risk factors.

Celebrating Families!™ was created at the request of Judge P. Leonard Edwards II, Supervising Judge of the Santa Clara County, California, juvenile dependency court; Past President of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, and recipient of the 2004 William H. Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence by the National Center for State Courts. The model was piloted in Santa Clara County as part of a series of services funded by a SAMHSA (Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration) grant.

Celebrating Families! has been acquired by the National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACoA) in order to broaden its reach across the country. Several of the current leaders and trainers for Celebrating Families! will continue to provide services to existing sites and participate with NACoA periodically in future trainings. For more information on NACoA - visit www.nacoa.org. Please visit this site often for updates on products and services.

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