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Kenosha County expands child support safety efforts for domestic-violence survivors under federal grant
Summary
Kenosha County staff described a federally funded pilot to make child support safer and more accessible for survivors of domestic violence, including a new safety coordinator, screening forms, staff training and collaboration with local advocates.
Kenosha County Human Services Committee members heard a presentation on a federally funded Safe Access for Victims Economic Security Demonstration Grant intended to make child support services safer and more accessible for domestic violence survivors.
The program, described by Dustin Feeney, director of the Division of Workforce Development, and Laura Irvin, Kenosha County Child Support Services manager, has funded a child-support safety coordinator, improved screening and welcome materials, expanded staff training and new case-triage procedures to protect participants who fear contact with other parents or public court filings.
"Child Support's core mission is financial security for families," Feeney said while explaining why the county pursued the grant and the service improvements it supports. Feeney and Irvin told the…
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