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Preliminary Review Should Families Experiencing Domestic Violence be Reported to Child Protective Services? There is a certain hope, and also panic, that some parents feel when introduced to Child Protective Services (CPS) for the first time. In most cases, the help and support provided is necessary for the promotion of a healthier home or lifestyle for not just the residing child(ren), but the family as well. However, some visits from CPS strike more fear and worry than hope. These visits are not centered on the typical cases of child abuse or maltreatment, but rather around the abuse of a spouse or significant other within the home and the secondary effect it has on the child(ren) present. Domestic violence (DV) is an increasingly problematic occurrence that affects 750,000 to 2.3 million victims of DV each year. To make that statistic worse, 30%-60% of those cases also include evidence of child maltreatment or abuse (Bragg, 2003). With all of that said, shouldn’t families be thrilled to have CPS help during DV occurrences? According to the victims, the answer is a resounding no. There are issues of safety for all parties involved, including the CPS worker, fear of retaliation from the abuser and the state, additional trauma for the children involved, potential cases of cultural insensitivity, legal complexities, and quite possibly a lack of resources to help families experiencing DV. According to an article by The Nation, families with a DV case initiated are subject to frequent and random drug tests, house searches, bodily searches, and necessities checks. Meaning to help and monitor the family's situation, families instead feel more burdened by the constant threat of losing their children for one small failure. To help determine my perspective on this question, I found the article, “Child Protection in Families Experiencing Domestic Violence” from the Child Abuse and Neglect User Manual Series to be the most insightful among my other sources. This guide provides a comprehensive look at the significance of DV, its impact on families, and the different resources that can be used to help victims. “I’d Rather Take a Beating Than Catch a CPS Case”, an article published by The Nation, provides an alternative perspective on the possible controversies when involving CPS in DV cases. This is important when arguing against both sides so that an unbiased perspective can be created. I did use another source from the Casey Family Programs, “How can child protection agencies partner with domestic violence programs?”, to introduce potential methods to mitigate CPS’s risk to families and increase the potency of their involvement during DV cases. Findings A harsh truth for parents to learn is that their efforts to shield their child(ren) from DV are often in vain. Due to their closeness to the situation, children are unsurprisingly able to provide detailed accounts of DV happening within the home. Because DV is a powerful intimidation tool used by abusers towards their victims, partners will often voluntarily involve their child(ren) in physical, emotional, or sexual abuse (Bragg, 2023). This escalation of violence necessitates CPS within the home because the child(ren) is now under direct subjection or exposure to many different atrocities. However, CPS has more of a right to be involved in these cases because of the secondary exposure to violence alone. Hearing or seeing a violent event happen can have both long-term and short-term problems, ranging from behavioral issues to cognitive issues. CPS can bridge the gap between parents and children to help facilitate a safer environment based on the nature or frequency of violence. The resources, coping strategies/skills, security, and aid that CPS workers can provide can help families with the smallest bit of DV to the largest, doing whatever it takes to preserve the safety of not only the child(ren) but the rest of the family as well (Brown, 2023).

References Bragg, H. L. (2003). Child abuse and neglect user manual series - child welfare information ... Child Welfare. https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/domesticviolence.pdf Wali, J. (2023, April 15). “I’d Rather Take a Beating Than Catch a CPS Case”: Survivors Face an Impossible Choice . The Nation. Retrieved December 7, 2023, from https://www.thenation.com/article/society/child-welfare-domestic-violence/ Brown, S. (2023, June 9). Domestic violence . Casey Family Programs. https://www.casey.org/child- protection-domestic-violence/

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