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title: Family Engagement in Residential Programs
description: "The purpose of this study was to convene key stakeholders across the United States to: 1) Learn how families are engaged in residential care across the country. 2) Understand barriers and facilitators to effective family engagement. 3) Define family engagement…"
url: "https://bridges4mentalhealth.org/hub/residential-treatment-programs/family-engagement-in-residential-programs/"
updated: "2026-07-31"
category: Residential Treatment Programs
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# Family Engagement in Residential Programs

The purpose of this study was to convene key stakeholders across the United States to:

1) Learn how families are engaged in residential
 care across the country.

2) Understand barriers and facilitators to
 effective family engagement.

3) Define family engagement and the
 associated supports.

4) Develop recommendations on what family
 engagement needs to look like in residential
 care.

5) Advocate for recommendations generated by
 this project be adopted.

 

[Read More](https://www.fredla.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Family-engagement-in-residential-programs-findings-report.pdf)

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