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TANF Workers’ Responses to Battered Women and the Impact of Brief Worker Training

What Survivors Report

Daniel G. Saunders

Mark C. Holter

University of Michigan

Lisa C. Pahl

Aviva Family and Children’s Services, Los Angeles, California

Richard M. Tolman

University of Michigan

Colleen E. Kenna

Children’s Center, Detroit, Michigan

Battered women (n = 159) report on their experiences with their Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) case workers. Workers most often ask about physical harm, feelings of fear, and police involvement. They least often create a safety plan, give information about work exemptions, and ask whether the partner had a gun. Women’s major reasons for not talking about abuse are that the worker did not ask and a fear of negative outcomes. Workerswho attendeda 1-day training are more likely than untrained workers to discuss the women’s fear and physical harm, to help develop a safety plan, and to be viewed as generally helpful.

Key Words: battered women • TANF • TANF caseworkers

Violence Against Women, Vol. 11, No. 2, 227-254 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1077801204271837
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