Working With Child Welfare Archives - Promising Futures

Domestic violence organizations and state coalitions have an important role to play in ensuring that the child welfare system is accountable for achieving positive outcomes for adult and child survivors of intimate partner violence. However as of July 2021, fewer than half of DV state coalition websites mention working with or on behalf of children, and fewer still reference the child welfare system.

Black, Native American and Latinx families are disproportionately involved in child welfare as a result of intersecting and compounding inequities in multiple systems and sectors, and experience worse outcomes. DV programs committed to racial as well as gender equity should ensure they understand the differential impacts of the system, show up to help fix it, display leadership around the need for relational accountability for people who use violence, and promote protective factors that help both child and adult survivors to grow and heal and thrive.