In Harm's Way: Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment
(Part 2)

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SELECTED RESOURCES FOR CHILD MALTREATMENT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INFORMATION

Battered Women's Justice Project
(800) 903-0111
Offers training, technical assistance, and resources on legal issues related to domestic violence.

ChildHelp USA
(800) 4-A-CHILD

Operates a multilingual 24-hour hotline that offers crisis counseling, publications, and referrals to local organizations and child abuse reporting hotlines.

Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence
(800) 313-1310 or (888) 792-2873

Provides information, technical assistance, and library services to strengthen the health care response to domestic violence.

Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community
(612) 624-5357

Provides information on research, services, and responses to prevent and reduce family violence in the African American community.

National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women
(215) 351-0010

Offers assistance, resources, and support to battered women charged with crimes, and to their attorneys, advocates, and expert witnesses.

National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
(800) FYI-3366

Collects, maintains, and disseminates information on all aspects of child maltreatment and provides referrals to local organizations and child abuse reporting hotlines.

National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
(800) 537-2238

Provides information, resources, policy development, and technical assistance designed to enhance community response to, and prevention of, domestic violence.

Resource Center on Domestic Violence: Child Protection and Custody
(800) 527-3223

Provides information, materials, consultation, and technical assistance related to child protection and custody within the context of domestic violence.

Sacred Circle National Resource Center to Stop Violence Against Native Women
(877) 733-7623

Offers specialized training institutes, on-site technical assistance, and culturally specific materials addressing domestic violence in tribal communities.

Texas Council on Family Violence National Hotline
(800) 799-SAFE

Operates a multilingual 24-hour hotline to provide crisis intervention, information and referrals to local programs.

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SELECTED INTERNET SITES WITH INFORMATION ON THE OVERLAP BETWEEN CHILD MALTREATMENT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Listed below are selected Internet sites that focus on the overlap between child abuse and neglect and domestic violence. These sites provide information and resources addressing issues such as the effects of witnessing domestic violence on children, collaboration between domestic violence advocates and child protective services, and current programs.

Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/opa/facts/domsvio.htm

This online fact sheet describes ACF funded activities that reflect the Department of Health and Human Services' ongoing focus on domestic violence, child maltreatment, and child welfare issues. Projects highlighted on this site include battered women's shelters and services, five national resource centers, a national toll-free hotline for victims of domestic violence, community and school-based programs, and prevention services for children at risk of abuse and neglect.

Battered Women and Their Children, University of Alaska at Anchorage
http://cwolf.uaa.alaska.edu/~afrhm1/index.html

This site is devoted to a professional and scholarly examination of the connections between domestic violence and child abuse and neglect. The site includes downloadable/printable reports, papers, and training materials, as well as questionnaires for screening and assessing domestic violence in child maltreatment investigations and child welfare settings.

Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF)
http://www.fvpf.org/

The Family Violence Prevention Fund is a national non-profit organization that focuses on domestic violence education, prevention, and public policy reform. The Fund co-sponsored the development of two national domestic violence and child welfare training curricula, "Domestic Violence: A National Curriculum for Family Preservation Practitioners," and Domestic Violence: A National Curriculum for Children's Protective Services." This site includes fact sheets on the effects of domestic violence on children, a full text version of the publication Domestic Violence: Creating Community Partnerships For Safe Families: Suggested Components of an Effective Child Welfare Response to Domestic Violence, and links to other relevant organizations.

MINCAVA
http://www.mincava.umn.edu/

The Minnesota Center Against Violence & Abuse (MINCAVA) operates this electronic clearinghouse, which provides scholarly papers on battered women and their children, a searchable database on the link between child maltreatment and woman battering, bibliographies, and links to additional resources.

Violence Against Women Office (VAWO)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo/

This U.S. Department of Justice site provides summaries of the grant programs authorized by the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) that foster collaboration among domestic violence programs and child protection service agencies and provide services to battered women and their children. Full text Federal legislation and regulations regarding domestic violence and child victimization, including VAWA, and links to a number of related resources, including the Violence Against Women Grants Office (VAWGO), are also offered on this site.

Violence Against Women Resources
http://www.vaw.umn.edu/

The Violence Against Women's Grants Office, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, and the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse at the University of Minnesota operate this site as a cooperative project. The site includes documents that address provisions of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), issues related to child custody and protection, the overlap between child maltreatment and woman abuse, and child witnesses of domestic violence.

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