This resource section provides a library of publications developed under the Supervised Visitation Program, and it provides links to additional organizations working in the areas of supervised visitation and exchange and domestic violence.
Library
This paper highlights a number of practices used by supervised visitation programs and the courts. It is intended for judges, court administrators, and their community partners in an effort to reduce the risk of violence…
This paper identifies and discusses seven central themes that highlight the intersection between women abuse and parenting. Specific implications and recommendations for community and court service providers are offered.
This article discusses some of the controversies surrounding parent-child access and provides practical guidelines within a clinical and legal context.
The four sites chosen as demonstration initiative sites under the Supervised Visitation Program Initiative were required to conduct community-based assessments utilizing the methodologies of the Praxis Safety and Accountability Audit. Each demonstration site explored a…
This article discusses how child custody and access processes provide opportunities for abusive partners to exert power and control over their partners and children and discusses how these opportunities are often supported by policies and…
The four sites chosen as demonstration initiative sites under the Supervised Visitation Program Initiative were required to conduct community-based assessments utilizing the methodologies of the Praxis Safety and Accountability Audit. Each demonstration site explored a…
This study of the Danger Assessment Tool finds that despite certain limitations, the tool can, with some reliability, identify women who may be at risk of being killed by an intimate partner.
This report develops a comprehensive picture of women’s experiences while leaving abusive relationships and highlights the unique challenges associated with leaving abusive relationships and the gaps in policy and service delivery.
This report looks at the lessons learned from community-based efforts to counter family violence, focuses on five goals that emerged and that are critical to family violence prevention efforts, includes examples of groups that are…
Links
Supervised Visitation Specific Information
- Family Violence and Domestic Relations Program, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
The Family Violence and Domestic Relations Program (FVDR) of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges is funded by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women to support supervised visitation program communities in their efforts to increase their ability to assist families experiencing domestic violence, child abuse, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence. The FVDR provides communities with training on court-related, collaborative practice issues; tailored consultation on collaborating with the courts; and access to information on best practices for court and community collaboration. - Futures Without Violence
Futures Without Violence (Futures) operates, among other programs, the Children and Families Program that focuses on improving community and system responses to children and their families experiencing domestic violence or child maltreatment. Futures works with domestic violence programs, batterer intervention programs, family and juvenile courts, responsible fatherhood groups, child welfare agencies, supervised visitation centers, and community organizers to influence and form effective collaborations and build partnerships to promote safe and healthy families. - Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice
The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), a component of the U.S. Department of Justice, provides national leadership in developing the nation’s capacity to reduce violence against women through implementation of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Created in 1995, OVW administers financial and technical assistance to communities across the country that are developing programs, policies, and practices aimed at ending domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Currently, OVW administers two formula grant programs and 17 discretionary grant programs, which were established under VAWA and subsequent legislation, including the Justice for Families Supervised Visitation Program. - Supervised Visitation Network
The Supervised Visitation Network (SVN) is an international membership organization of professionals who provide supervised visitation and access services to families. SVN provides services and resources for agencies, individuals, and members, including opportunities for networking, information sharing, and training.
General Domestic Violence Information
- Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence
- Battered Women’s Justice Project
- Child Welfare Information Gateway
- Child Witness to Violence Project
- Dating Violence Resource Center
- Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs
- Encuentro Latino National Institute on Domestic Violence
- Hague Domestic Violence Project
- Inspire Action for Social Change
- Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community
- Legal Resource Center on Violence Against Women
- Mending the Sacred Hoop
- Men Stopping Violence
- National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, & Mental Health
- National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
- National Domestic Violence Hotline
- National Immigrant Family Violence Institute
- National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center
- National Network to End Domestic Violence
- National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
- National Sexual Assault Resource Center
- Praxis
- Stalking Resource Center
- Vera
These links are provided solely as a convenience to the user. Inclusion of these links is in no way an endorsement of the websites or contents of said websites by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice or the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.
This project was supported by Grant No. 2015-TA-AX-K023 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this website/publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice or the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.