Southwest Virginia Regional Substance Abuse Coalition
In Southwest Virginina, substance abuse is part of the cycle of family violence. The number of drug-exposed infants has tripled in the past 3 years. Child Protective Serivces (CPS) complaints involving substance abuse have increased by 800 in the past 3 years, therefore, resulting foster care cases have dramatically increased. Substance abuse involvement makes family reunification much more difficult to achieve. CSA expenditures have risen more than $1 million in the past two years.