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The Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) is a problem-solving form of care proceedings for the children of substance-misusing parents, aimed at helping parents stop using drugs and alcohol and, where possible, keep families together or reunite them.
Launched in 2008 in London, where it is run by Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust and the charity Coram, it now operates in 21 English authorities. The US-inspired approach involves parents being helped by a team of social workers, substance misuse and domestic abuse specialists, psychiatrists or psychologists, therapists and parenting experts to turn their lives around, alongside fortnightly interactive hearings with a judge.
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