The information in this program outline is provided by the program representative and edited by the CEBC staff. The The Community Advocacy Project program has been rated by the CEBC in the area of: Domestic/Intimate Partner Violence: Services for Women and their Children.

• Child Welfare Outcomes: Safety and Child/Family Well-Being
• Types of Maltreatment: Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Exposure to Domestic Violence
• Target Population: Designed for and tested with survivors of domestic abuse who have utilized shelters. Can be expanded to non-shelter users.

The Community Advocacy Project involves providing home-based and community-based advocacy services for survivors of intimate partner abuse. Highly trained paraprofessionals, receiving intensive supervision, work with survivors of domestic abuse (and their children), helping them obtain the community resources and social support they desire. This is an empowerment-based, strengths-focused intervention designed to increase women's quality of life and decrease their risk of re-abuse.