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CDHS increases safe access to services for survivors of domestic violence

CO4Kids

Back to Blogs News & Press CDHS increases safe access to services for survivors of domestic violence October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month DENVER (Oct. Conversations help raise awareness; increase support, prevention and volunteer efforts; and deepen community engagement.”

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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

CO4Kids

Back to Blogs Community Blog October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month CDHS makes child support services safer for domestic violence survivors October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, free and confidential support is available 24/7.

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“[It] feels like a jail cell has dropped around my family”

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

New York’s family police agency is still harassing survivors of domestic violence and their children. In New York, it’s illegal to tear children from their homes and throw them into foster care just because they “witnessed domestic violence” – typically a husband or boyfriend beating the child’s mother. Emphasis added.]

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When it comes to the problems plaguing “child welfare” wrongful removal drives everything else – including caseworker turnover. Case in point: Massachusetts

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

They think they’re going to be working with families, helping families to engage in services, to be self-sufficient, to move on to higher education,” Everett said. Citing Ethel Everett, a leader of the caseworkers’ union, the story explains that the reality of the job clashes with many new employees’ idealism. And, in fact, Toscano tried.

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Reducing Workplace Violence in Nursing & Healthcare

Relias

While lateral violence doesn’t put healthcare workers in immediate physical danger, it still creates a toxic work environment that negatively impacts employee productivity and morale. Domestic Violence. It is not uncommon for violence that occurs outside of the workplace to creep into healthcare settings.

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NASW Observes Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Month

Social Work Blog

Learn a combination of diagnosis and interventionist tools of dissociation to consider when engaged in treatment of populations of color. This blog from the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence discusses the dynamics of abuse and helpful resources. Dynamics of Abuse .

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Community Spotlight Series

Center for Child Protection

March: Asian Family Support Services of Austin (AFSSA) offers free, confidential services to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and trafficking in 39 languages, with specialized services for immigrant communities.