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Collaboration With Domestic Violence Services: State and Local Examples
Find examples of State and local efforts to improve collaboration between the domestic violence and child welfare systems, including information on the development of guidelines, strategies, model programs, and training to support children, youth, and families affected by domestic violence.
Building Safety and Support for Battered Women and Their Children Into the Child Protection System: A Summary of Three Consultations (PDF - 519 KB)
Pence & Taylor (2003)
Describes the efforts of three communities to explore how the intervention of child protection agencies in the lives of battered women served to strengthen or weaken women's capacity to protect their children.
Child Welfare Practices for Cases With Domestic Violence (PDF - 824 KB)
Oregon Department of Human Services (3rd ed.) (2003)
Guides child welfare workers to encourage the collaboration of domestic violence services and child protective services to increase the safety of adults and children.
Child Welfare Services With Families Experiencing Family Violence: Participant Guide (PDF - 4210 KB)
Georgia Division of Family and Children Services (2007)
Focuses on incorporating knowledge of the co-occurrence of family violence and child abuse into practical application when working with families.
Child Well-Being and Domestic Violence Task Force Final Report (PDF - 364 KB)
North Carolina Child Well-Being and Domestic Violence Task Force (2003)
Recommends strategies for collaboration between child welfare and domestic violence services in the areas of education and training, courts and law enforcement, community-based services, and funding for services.
Collaborating With Domestic Violence Agencies: 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Collaboration
Healthy Families Illinois (2004)
Reports effective strategies used by a child abuse prevention program implemented in an Illinois domestic violence shelter to improve availability of support for abused women and enhance parenting skills of men at risk of violence.
Domestic Violence and Child Abuse: Ten Lessons Learned in Rural Alaska (PDF - 98 KB)
Chamberlain
Policy and Practice, 59(1), 2001
Presents lessons learned from Alaska's regional 2-day workshops to promote community-level cooperation between domestic violence and child protection professionals.
Guidelines for Responding to Child Maltreatment and Domestic Violence (PDF - 4630 KB)
Minnesota Department of Human Services (2005)
Provides direction to child protection staff when responding to situations in which child maltreatment and domestic violence are both occurring.
Model Protocol for Advocates Working With Battered Women Involved in the Child Protection System (PDF - 556 KB)
Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence (2003)
Offers ways to develop and implement a comprehensive assistance plan for battered women and their children and lists individual advocacy practices.
Quality Child Welfare Practice With Families Affected by Domestic Violence: A Strategic Plan (PDF - 133 KB)
New York City Administration for Children's Services (2003)
Includes action steps for goals in the areas of training, clinical consultation teams, preventive services, child protection, foster care, addressing abusive partners, coordinated community response, data collection, and quality improvement.
Vermont's Partnership Between Domestic Violence Programs and Child Protective Services
Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, Vermont Department for Children and Families, & Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services (2004)
Discusses a coordinated systems approach to the co-occurrence of domestic violence and child maltreatment. The series provides model policy responses and recommend best practices and lessons learned from the Vermont experience.
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