This newsletter, from the Family and Youth Services Bureau, gives information on how youth in tribes are often best served through culturally-specific programs. Currently, more than a third of the Native American community is under the age of 18, which makes it important to work with the tribal youth. Tribes are currently working with Family and Youth Services Bureau in an effort to better serve Native youth and families.

The CalWORKs Project seeks to inform policy makers, using a variety of approaches, in order to positively influence CalWORKs policy and practice, particularly in the areas of identification, referral, and delivery of mental health (MH), alcohol and other drug (AOD), and domestic violence (DV) services to CalWORKs-eligible families.

Child abuse and domestic violence often co-occur in families, and such data has led child welfare programs to re-evaluate service delivery protocols for families. This article reviews Family to Family Grantee experiences and offers guidance on how to better serve families in the child welfare system facing domestic violence issues as well.

The Social Security Administration's Web site has information about its policy that allows victims of domestic violence to apply for and obtain a new Social Security Number for themselves and their children.

This issue brief, written by the National Center for Children in Poverty, addresses the needs of welfare parents experiencing (either singly or in combination) domestic violence, substance abuse and serious mental health issues. Children of these individuals are more likely to have developmental, behavioral, or school problems. The issue brief provides key findings from research, promising strategies, implications for action and key recommendations.

Depression, substance abuse, and domestic violence can pose significant barriers to work for low-income women on TANF. There is a lack of research on the co-occurrence of these barriers and the effects that they can have on children. From the National Center for Children in Poverty, this report outlines research on these barriers and gives guidance for future policies to reduce the effects on families.

This brief explores the connection between healthy marriage, responsible fatherhood, and domestic violence to promote the well-being of families and children. Authors discuss barriers to connecting these three disciplines and offer solutions for collaboration.

Domestic violence can have a wide range of effects on the education, training, and employment options for women. Specifically, women on welfare who are victims of sexual violence may have a harder time meeting program requirements. From the Center for Impact Research, this article summarizes lessons learned from the Kraft Domestic Violence Services Project, which investigated how domestic violence is a barrier to women’s training and employment and provides recommendations for the integration of domestic violence services into employment services agencies.

This paper from the Center for the Study of Social Policy is part of a series on improving service delivery to victims and families affected by domestic violence. Particularly, domestic violence can have a wide range of effects on children, including developmental difficulties. However, many children develop resiliency to the violence at home due to caregiver attachment. This specific resource offers recommendations to help low-income families access support programs to help improve programs serving families.

Child abuse and domestic violence often co-occur in families, and such data has led child welfare programs to re-evaluate service delivery protocols for families. This article reviews Family to Family Grantee experiences and offers guidance on how to better serve families in the child welfare system facing domestic violence issues as well.