Supporting Safety Together: Reviewing Child Protective Services Policies, Forms, and Case Records

Supporting the Safety of Battered Mothers & Their Children Together: A Guide to Assessing Child Protection Practice in Domestic Violence-Related Cases is a tool created by Praxis International for institutional change-oriented advocacy. It guides community teams of advocates, child protection representatives, and other stakeholders to collaboratively assess their child protective services response to the co-occurrence of domestic violence and child abuse. Toolkit 4: Examining Policy and Case Processing in the guide structures the heart of the practice assessment: discovering whether and how CPS practice recognizes and understands battering, ensures children’s safety by supporting their mother’s safety, and holds domestic violence perpetrators accountable for abusive behavior and for stopping the abuse. This webinar will provide an overview of the practice assessment, but will focus on the vital role of policy, forms, and case file examination in recommending changes that enhance outcomes for battered mothers and their children.