Re: CPS/Battered Women's Shelters

["Annelies Hagemeister" <ahagemeister@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

RESPONSE FOLLOWS ORIGINAL POST:

Date:          Tue, 01 Sep 98 16:18:00 PDT
Reply-to:      CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu
From:          "INGRAM, BOBBY B." <INGRAMBB@fwor1286b.dlls.tdprs.state.tx.us>
To:            Child Maltreatment Researchers   <CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu>
Subject:       CPS/Battered Women's Shelters
X-To:          Child Maltreatment Listserv <CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu>

Hello all.  I am a CPS worker specializing in domestic violence issues.
I would like to know if anyone out would have any research or leads on 
instances where CPS has been or is coordinating with Battered Women's 
Shelters where they both "share" a family.  I would also like to know if 
anyone has ever heard of a specialized "unit" in CPS that only deals with 
domestic violence cases.

Thanks,
Brian Ingram, MSSW


I am a research asssitant on a project at the University of 
Minnesota's School of Social Work. The PI's on the project are
Drs. Jeffrey Edleson and Sandra Beeman both in the SSW.
We are directly working on this topic at this time.  Currently 
we are interviewing mothers who have been battered where 
their children lived with them at the time of the battering and 
looking at a variety of variables, but of great interest in service 
response.  One of our goals is to look at various models of 
collaboration of services between DV service providers and CPS
agencies.  We have gathered a great deal of information about what is 
happening around the country from various sources.  
One collaboration is happeing in your state - I believe from your 
email address - Texas.  The Family Place in Dallas Texas has a 
liaison with their local CPS agency.  Contact:  The Family Place: 
Safe Home Outreach/Supportive Living Program, 214-443-7766.

I actually will be in Dallas tomorrow, Thurs. Sept. 3 as the Family 
Place is collaborating agency on our research along with sites in 
Pittsburgh, Santa Clara County CA, and here in Minneapolis.  Please 
feel free to contact me directly.

Sincerely,
Annelies Hagemeister, MA
Project Coordinator

  
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Annelies Hagemeister, M.A.
Research Assistant, School of Social Work
Graduate Student, SSW and Family Social Science
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN  55108
email: ahagemeister@che2.che.umn.edu
OR hagem001@tc.umn.edu

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