What Do Professionals Need to Know?

Child Welfare

Links

The following are links to information specifically related to domestic violence and the child welfare system.  The sites are provided as a reference. The content on the site represents the views of the authors and should not be construed as representing the opinions or positions of the New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence.

• Understanding the Link Between Child Maltreatment and Woman Battering
  Provides up-to-date information on current research and interventions on current research and interventions with families experiencing both child maltreatment and woman battering. This site also provides an opportunity to participate in a discussion related to overlap issues by joining the Link Research Study discussion forum.
  
  
• Searchable Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA)
  Database on the link between child maltreatment and woman battering.
  
  
• MINCAVA: Children who Witness Domestic Violence - Research and Intervention, Selective Bibliography
  
  
• The Greenbook Initiative
  The recommendations from the National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges Family Violence Department are being piloted in several communities around the country. This website describes the projects and provides information on their progress.
  
  
• The Family Violence Prevention Fund
  A comprehensive resource on family violence including domestic violence and children.
  
  
• The New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS)
  
  

• Prevent Child Abuse New York
  The only statewide, nonprofit organization in New York dedicated to preventing child abuse and neglect
  
  

• National Center for Children Exposed to Violence
  Resource center for information on the effects of violence exposure on children and related initiatives.