Prisoners of Abuse: Domestic Violence and Welfare Receipt: A Second Report of the Women, Welfare and Abuse Project

• NCJ Number: 176202
• Author(s): J Raphael
• Date Published: 1996
• Length: 23 pages
• Corporate Author: Taylor Institute
• Sale Source: Taylor Institute
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This report describes ways in which domestic assault prevents the successful completion of job training programs and interferes with employment retention needed by persons trying to move from welfare to work, presents data regarding the extent of domestic violence in program caseloads, and makes welfare reform policy recommendations.

Abstract

An earlier report presented data from 12 grassroots programs, establishing the connection between current and past domestic assault and long-term welfare receipt. Further research has revealed multiple cases of in-home sabotage, failure to keep promised about child care, stalking, post-traumatic stress disorder, and even murder. Statistics from numerous programs document the significant rate of domestic assault among participants in literacy, job training, and job placement programs. These findings indicate the need for temporary exemptions or extensions of time limits in welfare reform, proper assessment of the presence of current or past domestic assault in the lives of recipients of public assistance, child support enforcement, and supportive services. Tables and questionnaire