We put workers from the violence against women shelters into the CAS offices, working with their DV team but going out on the very first call with the CAS child protection workers. They identify that they are a violence against women worker. For all intents and purposes, we have found this to be wonderful—if I can use the words “wonderful” and “child protection” in the same sentence. That partnership and that collaboration have really helped the woman and helped support her and her kids during the process of an investigation. It provides child protection and it provides the mother with some other options around her safety, such as whether she needs to go into a shelter or whether the father is going to go into a Caring Dads program.
On December 4th, 2014. See this statement in context.