King County Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment Coordinated Response Project Outline

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King County Domestic Violence and Child
Maltreatment Coordinated Response ProjectOutline

• November 14, 2006
• Presented by
• Jackie Buchanan, Region IV, Childrens
  Administration
• And
• Judge Joan E. DuBuque, King County Superior Court

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Background

• 2002 statewide summit coordinated by Justice
  Bobbe Bridge
• September, 2005 statewide protocol template
  adopted
• September 16, 2005, Region IV organizational
  summit meeting, over 70 attendees

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Definition of Child Abuse or Neglecteffective
1/07 page 8, glossary

• Child abuse or neglect sexual abuse, sexual
  exploitation, or injury of a child by any person
  under circumstances which cause harm to the
  childs health, welfare or safety.or the
  negligent treatment or maltreatment of a child by
  a person responsible for or providing care to the
  child..

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Child Negligent treatment or Maltreatment
Definition, effective 1/07

• an act or failure to act, or the cumulative
  effects of a pattern of conduct, behavior, or
  inaction, that evidences a serious disregard of
  consequences of such magnitude as to constitute a
  clear and present danger to a childs health,
  welfare or safety..
• Evidence of substance abuse to be given great
  weight when considering clear and present
  danger to a child

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Child Negligent treatment or maltreatment(effecti
ve 1/07)

• In and of itself, the following does not
  constitute negligent treatment or maltreatment
• Fact that siblings share a bedroom
• Poverty or homelessness
• Exposure to domestic violence that is perpetrated
  against someone other than the child

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Mission Statement for Region IV

• Child/youth witnessing of domestic violence shall
  not be considered child maltreatment per se
• It is generally in the childs best interest to
  remain in the care of the non-offending parent
• Increasing the safety, autonomy, and wellbeing of
  the adult DV survivor leads to safer outcomes for
  the child
• Individualized response plans should be developed
  for the family
• Families should be offered effective and
  culturally relevant services

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Workgroups develop guidelines

• Agency roles, responsibilities and coordination
• Court collaboration
• Interventions
• Services
• Information sharing

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Agencies roles, responsibilities and coordination

• Describe the agencys role
• Outline the agencys responsibilities
• Identify how coordination can occur in cases
  involving domestic violence and child
  maltreatment
• Interagency Case staffing
• Interagency Cross training

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Court Collaboration

• Court Security Best Practices guidelines
• Visitation guidelines when domestic violence
  allegations are presented
• Region IV DCFS and King County Superior Court
  Family Law Referral Guidelines

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Interventions

• Screening Guidelines
• Assessment Guidelines
• Safety Planning for Domestic Violence and Child
  Maltreatment cases

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Services

• Services for Adult Domestic Violence Survivors
• Services for Domestic Violence Offenders
• Services for Children
• Guidelines for appropriate services
• Community Resources

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Information Sharing

• Considerations for Information Sharing
• Safe Disclosure of Information
• Confidentiality and Privileges
• Information Sharing in the context of Court
  proceedings

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Next Steps

• Oversight Committee
• Develop Training Curriculum
• Guidelines available on Superior Court web-site
• Formal signing and recognitions

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DV and Child MaltreatmentCoordinated Response
Project Contact

• Project Coordinator
• Deborah Greenleaf
• Public Health Seattle King County
• Deborah.Greenleaf_at_metrokc.gov
• 206.205.8361