All too often, child protective workers fail to identify domestic violence, thus, endangering both child and adult family members. A potential solution is engaging men who abuse in assessing and managing their own risk to family members. This was the aim of a psycho-educational fathering program...

Family group engagement is a means by which child welfare can involve the family, the extended family, and community supports in making plans for the care of children. Such engagement can enlarge supports to help children stay with their parents or as needed, identify relative caregivers. It,...