TY - JOUR
T1 - Specialists in welfare offices
T2 - Do family violence experts matter?
AU - Hetling, Andrea
AU - Born, Catherine E.
N1 - Funding Information:
A previous version of this paper was presented at the 4th Bi-Annual Trapped by Poverty/Trapped by Abuse Conference on October 17, 2003. Some of the findings are taken from a larger study presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Maryland, College Park in July 2002 in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. The dissertation was completed by Andrea Hetling under the direction of William A. Galston, School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland, College Park. The research was supported by funding from the Maryland Department of Human Resources.
PY - 2006/12/13
Y1 - 2006/12/13
N2 - In many welfare offices, a key component of the Family Violence Option (FVO) of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act was the establishment of experts trained in domestic violence and the new policy. This study analyzes the effect an FVO expert has on three outcomes: domestic violence disclosures; administrative documentation of disclosures; and FVO waiver use. Findings show that the presence of an expert is not related to disclosures or documentation, but does have a statistically significant, negative effect on the likelihood of waiver use. These mixed results indicate that the presence or absence of an expert is not necessarily indicative of an agency's commitment to the FVO.
AB - In many welfare offices, a key component of the Family Violence Option (FVO) of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act was the establishment of experts trained in domestic violence and the new policy. This study analyzes the effect an FVO expert has on three outcomes: domestic violence disclosures; administrative documentation of disclosures; and FVO waiver use. Findings show that the presence of an expert is not related to disclosures or documentation, but does have a statistically significant, negative effect on the likelihood of waiver use. These mixed results indicate that the presence or absence of an expert is not necessarily indicative of an agency's commitment to the FVO.
KW - Domestic violence
KW - Family Violence Option
KW - Welfare reform
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U2 - 10.1300/J147v30n04_03
DO - 10.1300/J147v30n04_03
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33845792979
VL - 30
SP - 19
EP - 36
JO - Administration in Social Work
JF - Administration in Social Work
SN - 0364-3107
IS - 4
ER -