Did You Know

African-American women experience intimate partner violence at rates 35% higher than their White counterparts and 2.5 times the rate of men and other races

Intimate partner homicide is the leading cause of death for African-American women ages 15 to 45

Domestic violence affects all Americans, regardless of race, gender, or socioeconomic status. However, this threat has disproportionately dire consequences for African-American women.

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Concepts in Creating Culturally Responsive Services for Supervised Visitation Centers

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This DVD is a companion to the report, “Concepts in Creating Culturally Responsive Services for Supervised Visitation Centers.”Both explore the issues associated with Cultural Responsiveness in the context of Supervised Visitation, Safe Exchange and Domestic Violence. The report is an in-depth analysis. The DVD highlights some of the report’s key issues and will hopefully inspire practitioners to begin to understand and implement culturally responsive services.

The Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community produced this DVD in collaboration with the United States Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, (OVW).

OVW created the “Safe Havens: Supervised Visitation and Safe Exchange Grant Program” that requires governmental entities, domestic violence agencies, courts, and supervised visitation and exchange service providers to come together to examine and implement policies and procedures for the purpose of creating services that account for the complex safety needs of families experiencing intimate partner violence.