Web resource:	http://www.brycs.org/documents/immigrationDV.pdf
Type:	Report
Title:	Understanding children, immigration, and family violence : a national examination of the issues
Authors:	Villanueva, Sandra Marin, Leni Davis, Lonna Das, Elizabeth Marsh McDonald, Jen Cohen, Elena Pendleton, Gail
Keywords:	Training;Policy;Impact on children and young people;CALD (culturally and linguistically diverse);Refugee communities;Cross-cultural
Year:	2005
Publisher:	Family Violence Prevention Fund & Learning Systems Group
Notes:	This US project looks at improving services for immigrant children and their families affected by domestic violence. With a focus on building partnerships, it aims to help communities and states in the US to improve policy and practice. The process included: literature review in the areas of family violence prevention and services, child trauma and immigration; conducting a national telephone survey of practitioners and experts in the fields of domestic violence, children’s services and immigration services; and convening a national workgroup. It gives an overview of immigrant and refugee families in the US, types of immigration status, and the impact of domestic violence on adult and child victims. Strengths and challenges faced by immigrant children and families and the communities that serve them are discussed. Some of the challenges included: language barriers; cultural barriers; structural access barriers; use of immigration status as strategy for power and control; anti-immigrant attitudes; conflicts between children and parents; past trauma; literacy issues; threat of deportation; and not knowing the law. Best practice recommendations included: involving immigrant youth and families in planning and leadership; partnering and sharing resources (such as coordination between domestic violence service providers, immigration and refugee service providers and children service providers); promoting cultural competency, language diversity and gender sensitivity of service providers; implementing a community organising prevention model; providing family-centred, strengths-based services; ensuring services are embedded in the community; and including services for men. Some of the policy recommendations are: priority on domestic violence prevention across service systems that reach immigrant children; policies that reflect an understanding of the unique needs of immigrant children and families; grantees to submit a plan on how they will address the needs of immigrant children and families before receiving funding. Tips on evaluation are also listed. Resources, contact details, training, services, and relevant projects in the US are provided.
Contents:	National workgroup Introduction Background: Domestic violence, Immigrant and Refugee Families in the United States, Types of Immigration Status, Impact of Domestic Violence on Adult and Child Victims, The Response to Domestic Violence Strengths and challenges faced by immigrant children and families and the communities that serve them: Strengths, Challenges Best practice recommendations Policy implications Resources Endnotes
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/19264
Physical description:	21 p.
Appears in Collections:	Reports

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