Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.
Violence Against Women. 2011 Aug;17(8):1046-66. doi: 10.1177/1077801211414928. Epub 2011 Jul 13.
The Family Violence Option (FVO) protects welfare recipients who are domestic violence victims or survivors by providing service referrals and waivers from certain requirements. Implementation of the FVO has been difficult for welfare agencies and disclosures and service uptake have been low. Using administrative data and caseworker notes, this study compares demographic and case characteristics and abuse experiences among four analytic groups. Although differences in demographics are most pronounced between victims and nonvictims, experiences with abuse and services differed between victims who received waivers versus those who did not. Findings indicate that caseworkers may base service decisions on abuse experiences.
家庭暴力选择项（FVO）通过提供服务转介和免除某些要求，保护家庭暴力受害者或幸存者的福利受助人。福利机构在实施家庭暴力选择项方面遇到了困难，披露和服务利用率一直很低。本研究使用行政数据和个案工作者的记录，比较了四个分析组的人口统计学和案例特征以及虐待经历。尽管受害者和非受害者之间的人口统计学差异最为明显，但获得豁免的受害者和未获得豁免的受害者的虐待经历和服务也有所不同。研究结果表明，个案工作者可能会根据虐待经历做出服务决策。
