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An interim legislative committee is crafting pioneering child custody measures that promise to result in a collision between groups advocating for victims of domestic violence and advocates for fathers' rights. The most dramatic changes codify the concept of coercive control , which is a pattern of behavior used to dominate an ex-spouse, the other parent or intimate partner. A judge would determine custody and visitation based on whether there is a pattern of controlling behavior by one or both of the parents.

• Arizona Capitol Times
• July 03, 2011

• Standing Funding Opportunity Announcement for Family Violence Prevention and Services/Grants to State Domestic Violence Coalitions

This notice for family violence prevention and services grants to Coalitions serves four purposes: To confirm a Federal commitment to reducing family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence; to provide for Coalitions to collaborate and coordinate with States, tribes, localities, cities, and the private sector to be involved in State and local planning towards an integrated service delivery approach that meets the needs of all victims, including those in underserved communities and racial and ethnic minorities; to provide training and technical assistance to domestic violence programs and providers of direct services; and to increase public awareness about and prevention of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence, and increase the quality and availability of imme...

• Federal Register Nbr. 78 FR 20648, April 05, 2013
• Notices
• Health and Human Services Department

• Coercion's common threads: addressing vagueness in the federal criminal prohibitions on torture by looking to state domestic violence laws.

Under international law, the United States is obligated to criminalize acts of torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment. However, the federa...

• Michigan Law Review
• Vol. 109 Nbr. 5, March 2011

• Standing Funding Opportunity Announcement for Family Violence Prevention and Services Grants to States for Domestic Violence Shelters and Support Services

This announcement governs the proposed award of mandatory grants under the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) to States (including territories and insular areas). The purpose of these grants is to: (1) assist States in efforts to increase public awareness about, and primary and secondary prevention of, family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence; and (2) assist States in efforts to provide immediate shelter and supportive services for victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence (42 U.S.C. 10401 et seq.). This announcement sets forth the application requirements, the application process, and other administrative and fiscal requirements for grants in Fiscal Year (FY) 2013, 2014 and 2015.

• Federal Register Nbr. 78 FR 23263, April 18, 2013
• Notices
• Health and Human Services Department

• 24 CFR 5.2007 - Documenting the occurrence of domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 24: Housing and Urban Development

• Funding Opportunity Announcement for Family Violence Prevention and Services/Grants for Domestic Violence Shelters/Grants to Native American Tribes (including Alaska Native Villages) and Tribal Organizations

This announcement governs the proposed award of formula grants under the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) to Native American Tribes (including Alaska Native Villages) and Tribal organizations. The purpose of these grants is to assist Tribes in efforts to increase public awareness about, and primary and secondary prevention of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence and to provide immediate shelter and supportive services for victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence, and their dependents. This announcement sets forth the application requirements, the application process, and other administrative and fiscal requirements for grants in Fiscal Year 2013. Grantees are to be mindful that although the expenditure period for grants is a...

• Federal Register Nbr. 78 FR 21370, April 10, 2013
• Notices
• Health and Human Services Department

• Domestic Violence Victims and Welfare

Introduction. II. Domestic Violence And Welfare .A. The Problem of Poverty and Domestic Abuse. B. The Prevalence of Domestic Violence Among Welfare Recipients. C. The Impact of Domestic Violence on Welfare Recipients .III. AFCD And Domestic Violence .IV. "Welfare Reform," TANF, And Domestic Violence. V. TANF And The Family Violence Option .A. The Murray-Wellstone Amendment .B. Federal Regulation of the FVO .C. Reactions in Anticipation of State Adoption and Implementation. VI. Implementation Of Tanf In Illinois .A. Early Reform Innovations in Illinois .B. Overall Structure of Illinois's TANF Program. The Impact of TANF on Battered Women in Illinois. D. Impact of TANF on Illinois's Recipients. VII. Politics As Usual: The Family Violence Option In Illinois .A. Illinois Advocates fo...

• The Journal of Gender, Race & Justice
• Nbr. 5-2, May 2002

• At Home in the Law: How the Domestic Violence Revolution Is Transforming Privacy.

AT HOME IN THE LAW: How THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REVOLUTION Is TRANSFORMING PRIVACY. By Jeannie Suk. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. 2009. P...

• Michigan Law Review
• Vol. 109 Nbr. 6, April 2011

• Safety Planning with Children and Adolescents in Domestic Violence Shelters

This exploratory mixed methods survey yielded a comprehensive picture of safety planning practices with children and adolescents in Texas emergency domestic violence shelters. Shelter personnel described safety planning goals, methods, timing, and contents and views of best practices, barriers, and risks. The study's approach was guided by Proctor's (2005) recommendations for developing the research base for an understudied intervention. Results indicate that the practice is widespread. Shelters consider developmental differences and use multiple methods and timing strategies. Views on goals and risks varied. Findings are contextualized with information on overall child/youth services. This article discusses implications for shelter practices and future research, such as outcome studies...

• Violence and Victims
• Vol. 27 Nbr. 6, December 2012

• Sunrise: Man Arrested for Domestic Violence

A domestic disturbance Wednesday led to the arrest of a man on suspicion of misdemeanor domestic violence charges and possession of a weapon by a previous offender. Colorado Springs police were called to the 3000 block of Dublin Boulevard at 7:17 p.m. about a domestic disturbance. They found a female victim with three children inside the house and were told that the male suspect was in the lower part of the house with a handful of ammunition and access to a handgun.

• Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo.
• January 31, 2013