Domestic Violence Assessments
Assessing for domestic violence is a process to ensure the safety of children and the adult victim. This assessment examines domestic violence, a child’s exposure to violence, and assesses the safety and risk of children, youth, and families affected by the violence.
DFCS Entitlement Codes that can authorize
Domestic Violence Assessments
PUP
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- 521-29A | $935.00/each
Benefits of The Domestic Violence Assessments
A Domestic Violence Assessment determines:
- If domestic violence has been or is present, what are the risks of future danger? To whom? And by whom?
- Is the violence occurring in the homes situational couple violence or coercive control of one partner over the other?
- What have been the impacts/harms of domestic violence on the adult victim?
- What have been the impacts/harms of domestic violence on the children?
- How does the domestic violence affect the parenting of the adult victim? Of the domestic violence perpetrator?
- What ongoing or future risks of harm does the domestic violence perpetrator pose to the adult victim? To children? To others?
- Is the DV perpetrator amenable to treatment/motivated to change? Are there co-occurring issues for the DV perpetrator that may negatively impact treatment/change?