The safety and well-being of child and adult survivors of domestic violence are profoundly linked.
The QIC-DVCW is supporting Research and Capacity Building Projects across the country to develop, implement, and evaluate practices, policy, and programming to promote safety and well-being of adult and child survivors of domestic violence, accountability and meaningful support for change for people using violence and coercive control, and permanency for children.
From January to April 2017, the QIC-DVCW conducted a series of listening sessions to understand the current opportunities and challenges of working with families who are involved in child welfare and experiencing domestic violence, including the perspectives of families themselves.
The Quality Improvement Center on Domestic Violence in Child Welfare (QIC-DVCW) is a five year cooperative agreement with the Children’s Bureau to test an approach to improve how child welfare agencies and their partners work collaboratively to help families experiencing domestic violence. The safety and well-being of child survivors of domestic violence and child maltreatment are closely connected to the safety and well-being of the adult survivor of domestic violence. For this reason, the QIC-DVCW is testing an Adult & Child Survivor-Centered Approach to addressing the needs of both the parent and child, which includes effectively engaging and working with the person causing them harm.