Child Welfare and Domestic Violence Agency Collaborations to Support Families

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The purpose of this funding opportunity is to help jurisdictions improve community response to incidents of domestic violence where a child is present in the household. This will be done by building capacity to enhance collaboration between state, local, or tribal child welfare agencies, domestic violence agencies, and other partners. Projects will include people with lived experience with the child welfare system and/or domestic violence in critical decision-making processes, such as planning, implementing, and evaluating services and resources.The goal of the program is to improve collaboration between child welfare and domestic violence agencies to ensure that families affected by domestic violence, with or at risk of involvement with the child welfare system, have timely access to trauma-informed, individualized services and resources that improve their safety and well-being.