About the Alberta PCAP Council
Background
The Alberta Parent-Child Assistance Program (PCAP) Council evolved from the Targeted & Indicated Prevention Training Sub-Committee reporting to the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder – Cross-Ministry Committee (FASD-CMC). Alberta PCAP programs were in need of program-specific supports, and funders such as FASD‑CMC were in need of policy information.
The Parent-Child Assistance Program started as a federally funded research demonstration project developed by Dr Therese Grant at the University of Washington. The primary goal of PCAP is to prevent future births of alcohol and drug-exposed children. We do this by addressing the needs of mothers and getting them stabilized in a whole host of ways.
Vision Statement
We envision a province where women with substance use issues are well supported in their communities to have healthy pregnancies and healthy families.
Mission Statement
The Alberta PCAP Council will support programs to operate throughout the province in an educated, culturally safe, thoughtful, and efficient manner that is consistent with the Alberta PCAP model.
Rationale
The PCAP model has been chosen in Alberta to provide services for targeted and indicated prevention of FASD. This Level 3/4 Prevention offers a specialized and holistic support of pregnant women with alcohol and other health/social problems. The purpose of the Council is to assist programs to adhere to this research-based, validated model to promote program fidelity and quality assurance.
For more information about the Council please visit https://alberta-pcap.ca/
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