Practice Notes #29—Intimate Partner Violence in Child Welfare, Summer 2017
Authors: Renner, L.M., Anderson, L., & Barry, K.

An estimated 7 million children live in families in which severe intimate partner violence (IPV) occurred in the past year1 and one-third of all families involved with Child Protection Services (CPS) experienced IPV in the year preceding their involvement in the child welfare system.2 Considering the pronounced co-occurrence, it is important that child welfare workers have knowledge and awareness of children’s exposure to IPV.

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Practice Notes is published by the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW), School of Social Work, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota. This issue was supported, in part, by grant #GRK%80888 from Minnesota Department of Human Service, Children and Family Services Division. This work is/was supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Hatch project MIN-55-030.
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