This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cachildwelfareclearinghouse.org/
This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cachildwelfareclearinghouse.org/
Child Welfare Outcomes: Safety and child/family well-being.
Type of Maltreatment: Emotional abuse, Exposure to domestic violence, Physical abuse, and Sexual abuse
Target Population: Designed for and tested with survivors of domestic abuse who have utilized shelters. Can be expanded to non-shelter users.
Brief Description:
The Community Advocacy Project has been rated by the CEBC in the area of Domestic/Intimate Partner Violence: Services for Women Victims and their Children. The Community Advocacy Project involves providing home-based and community-based advocacy services for survivors of intimate partner abuse. Highly trained paraprofessionals, receiving intensive supervision, work with survivors of domestic abuse (and their children), helping them obtain the community resources and social support they desire. This is an empowerment-based, strengths-focused intervention designed to increase women's quality of life and decrease their risk of re-abuse.
Contact name: Cris M. Sullivan, Ph.D.
Affiliation/Agency: Michigan State University
Email: sulliv22@msu.edu
Phone: 517-353-8867
Fax: 517-432-2945
Website: http://www.vaw.msu.edu/
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