Battered Mothers Involved with Child Protective Services: Learning from Immigrant, Refugee and Indigenous Women’s Experiences, 2010

Battered Mothers Involved with Child Protective Services reports the voices, views and recommendations of battered immigrant, refugee and indigenous women, derived from their experiences in the domestic violence and child protective services systems. They begin with powerful poems that speak of sorrows and humiliations, but celebrate integrity and cultural identities.

Based on information gathered from 9 focus groups of 30 women in Hawai’i and Massachusetts, 74 national surveys from advocates, and 22 key informants from Child Protective Services (CPS), domestic violence programs, attorneys, and others; this report:

• Informs the development of policies, practices and interventions to address the physical, emotional and spiritual health of individuals, families and communities;
• Demonstrates how CPS and domestic violence services can be more responsive to the needs of battered mothers, their children and families; and
• Explores how community (family, friends, neighbors, churches, civic organizations) can be more responsive to partner abuse and c

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