Responding to Domestic Violence
Families in which both children and a parent are being harmed need assistance from both child welfare and domestic violence services to ensure safety for children and their caregivers. Also on this page, State and local examples.
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Accountability and Connection With Abusive Men: A New Child Protection
Response to Increasing Family Safety
(PDF -
703 KB)
Massachusetts Department of Social Services, Domestic Violence Unit, Family
Violence Prevention Fund (2004)
Describes strategies for interviewing and working with abusers. A system for
assessing danger and risk for the social worker and nonabusive parent is
discussed.
Advocacy Matters: Helping Mothers and Their Children Involved With the Child
Protection System
(PDF -
448 KB)
Family Violence Prevention Fund (2003)
Underscores the importance of the advocate's work; provides tips on how to
improve practice and better understand women's situations to help them be
safe and self-sufficient.
Assessment of Intimate Partner Violence by Child Welfare Services
Hazen, Connelly, Edleson, Kelleher, Landverk, & Coben, et al.
Children and Youth Services Review, 29(4), 2007
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Describes policy and practice with respect to the assessment of intimate
partner violence in a national sample of child welfare agencies and to
examine the relationship of contextual characteristics and assessment
practices.
Child
Welfare as a Gateway to Domestic Violence Services
Kohl, Barth, & Hazen
Children and Youth Services Review, 27(11), 2005
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Uses data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well Being to
examine the identification of domestic violence by child welfare workers
during investigations of maltreatment and to determine how this contributes
to the receipt of services.
Effective Intervention in Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment Cases:
Guidelines for Policy and Practice. Recommendations from the National
Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Family Violence Department
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965 KB)
Schechter & Edleson (1999)
The Greenbook (common name for the guidelines) provides communities with a
framework to develop interventions and measure progress as they seek to
improve their responses.
Family/Domestic Violence
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This resource list provides the addresses and phone numbers of organizations that serve victims of family violence, professionals, and researchers. Each entry includes a brief description of the function of the organization.
Domestic Violence Resource Network (D.V.R.N.)
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (HHS)
Strives to strengthen the existing support systems serving battered women,
their children, and other victims.
The
Greenbook Demonstration Initiative: Interim Evaluation Report
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2427 KB)
Greenbook National Evaluation Team (2004)
Describes the midpoint results of a national evaluation that examines the
collaboration between child welfare agencies, domestic violence service
providers, and dependency courts in cases involving the co-occurrence of
child abuse and domestic violence. Includes baseline outcome evaluation
findings, technical assistance, activities planned and implemented, and
lessons learned.
Handbook of Domestic Violence Intervention Strategies: Policies, Programs,
and Legal Remedies
Rutgers University (2002)
Examines promising and effective policies, programs, intervention
strategies, and legal remedies.
Learning from the Experiences of Battered Immigrant, Refugee and Indigenous
Women Involved with Child Protective Services to Inform a Dialogue Among
Domestic Violence Activists and Advocates
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1349 KB)
Asian and Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence (2003)
Examined experiences to learn how to be more responsive to families.
Includes recommendations.
Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence in the Child Welfare Context: Where Do
You Start?
Goodmark
ABA Child Law Practice, 21(7), 2002
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Provides an overview for parents affected by domestic violence, and outlines
recommendations for treating battered women and their abusers to achieve
goals for family preservation.
Theoretical Framework for Thinking About Batterers and Child Protection
Non-Violence Alliance (2006)
Poses a series of questions to reconsider and reconceptualize the current
thinking and practices in child welfare when working with batterers who are
both a caretaker of the children and the person exposing them to violence
and abuse.
Child
Welfare Services With Families Experiencing Family Violence
(PDF -
4220 KB)
Georgia Division of Family and Children Services (2007)
Participant guide for a training focusing on incorporating knowledge of the
co-occurrence of family violence and child abuse into practical application
when working with families.
Guidelines on the Co-Occurrence of Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment
(PDF -
554 KB)
Safe from the Start (2004)
Recommendations derived from a collaborative effort of professionals and
community leaders in Johnson County, Kansas, to better address the
co-occurrence of domestic violence and child maltreatment. Provides guiding
principles for integrating services and presents a framework for responders.
Guidelines for Responding to Child Maltreatment and Domestic Violence
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4634 KB)
Minnesota Department of Human Services (2002)
Guidelines to child protection staff for screening, assessment, and
services.
Model
Protocol for Advocates Working With Battered Women Involved in the Child
Protection System
(PDF -
555 KB)
Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence (2003)
Describes the problems faced in maintaining custody of children when they
are involved in the system. Presents a model protocol for advocates.
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