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    By the Committee on Children and Families





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to domestic violence; requiring

  3         the Department of Children and Family Services

  4         to provide training on domestic violence and

  5         child protection to specified professionals by

  6         a specified date; providing for the Florida

  7         Coalition Against Domestic Violence, contingent

  8         upon the appropriation of funds, to provide

  9         training to specified professionals by

10         specified dates; providing for the content of

11         training; requiring the department to assess

12         the need for special training of staff members

13         and professionals who interact with families in

14         which there is domestic violence and child

15         abuse; requiring collaboration with other

16         groups and state agencies; requiring a report

17         to the Governor and the Legislature; requiring

18         the department to conduct pilot programs in

19         which department staff perform the role of

20         domestic violence consultants participating in

21         protective investigative units; specifying

22         duties of the consultants; specifying

23         qualifications and minimum numbers of such

24         consultants per county; providing for

25         compensation; requiring the department to

26         collect and analyze data on the effectiveness

27         of the domestic violence consultants; requiring

28         a report to the Governor and the Legislature;

29         providing guidelines for administrative rules

30         or operating procedures relating to protective

31         investigations of families in which domestic

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  1         violence exists; requiring the department to

  2         form a work group concerned with the procedures

  3         for identifying perpetrators of child abuse;

  4         requiring a report to the Governor and the

  5         Legislature; providing for pilot programs of a

  6         Domestic Violence/Child Abuse Early

  7         Intervention Initiative; providing eligibility

  8         guidelines for families who are to be served by

  9         the program; providing components of the

10         initiative; providing eligibility standards for

11         communities that may be sites for such

12         initiatives; requiring entities that enter into

13         an Interagency Working Agreement to provide

14         joint direction and oversight and to

15         collaborate with the local one-stop delivery

16         system; requiring the department to contract

17         with the Florida Coalition Against Domestic

18         Violence for the administration of the

19         initiative; requiring the coalition to

20         collaborate with the Agency for Workforce

21         Innovation; requiring a third-party evaluation

22         of the initiative; requiring a preliminary and

23         a final report to the Governor and the

24         Legislature; amending s. 741.30, F.S.;

25         requiring batterer's intervention programs to

26         provide to the court certain documents for the

27         case file; providing prerequisites to

28         dissolving an injunction against a respondent

29         in a domestic violence case; requiring the

30         Office Of Program Policy Analysis and

31         Government Accountability to conduct an

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  1         examination of the batterer's intervention

  2         programs; specifying requirements of the study;

  3         requiring consultation with key stakeholders;

  4         providing for phase I and phase II reports to

  5         the Legislature; amending s. 39.903, F.S.;

  6         revising the duties of the department with

  7         respect to domestic violence; amending s.

  8         39.904, F.S.; amending the list of subject

  9         matter to be included in the department's

10         annual report to the Legislature on the status

11         of domestic violence cases; providing an

12         appropriation for the child abuse training for

13         domestic violence center staff; providing an

14         appropriation for districtwide joint training

15         of domestic violence center and child

16         protection staff; providing appropriation for

17         Domestic Violence/Child Abuse Early

18         Intervention Initiative pilot projects;

19         providing an effective date.

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21  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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23         Section 1.  (1)  By June 30, 2002, the Department of

24  Children and Family Services shall fully implement the

25  department's domestic violence training by providing the

26  training to all existing protective investigators, protective

27  investigator supervisors, foster care counselors, adoption

28  counselors, and protective service counselors who have not yet

29  received the domestic violence training. All operations

30  program administrators in the department must have received

31  the domestic violence training by December 31, 2001.

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  1         (2)  Contingent upon the appropriation of funds, all

  2  personnel, paid or unpaid, of domestic violence centers

  3  certified under section 39.905, Florida Statutes, who work

  4  with victims of domestic violence and their dependents must

  5  receive a minimum of 8 hours of training concerning child

  6  abuse. This training must, at a minimum, include recognizing

  7  and reporting child abuse and the relevant components,

  8  process, and role of the child-protection system. The

  9  Department of Children and Family Services, in collaboration

10  with the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence, shall

11  develop the curriculum. The Florida Coalition Against Domestic

12  Violence shall provide the training to domestic violence

13  staff. Personnel who currently work at the centers must have

14  received the training concerning child abuse by June 30, 2002.

15  Personnel who are hired after June 30, 2001, must have

16  received the training concerning child abuse within 2 years

17  after beginning their employment.

18         (3)  In fiscal year 2001-2002, the Department of

19  Children and Family Services, in conjunction with the Florida

20  Coalition Against Domestic Violence or the local certified

21  domestic violence center, shall conduct districtwide joint

22  training of domestic-violence-center staff and protective

23  investigator and protective investigator supervisor staff. The

24  purpose of the joint training is to build a common

25  understanding of the functions and perspectives of the child

26  protection and domestic violence systems and the joint role of

27  both systems in protecting both the child and the battered

28  parent. The Department of Children and Family Services shall

29  develop the training in collaboration with the Florida

30  Coalition Against Domestic Violence. The amount of funds

31  appropriated will determine the number of districts in which

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  1  the joint training is offered. Attendance at this joint

  2  training fulfills the domestic violence center staff's

  3  requirement for training concerning child abuse.

  4         (4)  The Department of Children and Family Services

  5  shall incorporate into its training concerning the initial

  6  child safety assessment, instruction on the injunction process

  7  provided in section 39.504, Florida Statutes, as it relates to

  8  families in which domestic violence exists and assessment of

  9  when this injunction process would and would not offer

10  protection for the child and for the nonabusing parent. The

11  instruction must address the need to use this injunction

12  process only with the consent of the nonabusing parent and in

13  conjunction with a safety plan for the child and for the

14  nonabusing parent.

15         Section 2.  The Department of Children and Family

16  Services shall examine the staff positions and professions

17  that interact with families in which there is domestic

18  violence and which are involved in child abuse reporting,

19  protective investigations, or judicial proceedings described

20  in chapter 39, Florida Statutes, and shall identify those who

21  should receive training on the dynamics of domestic violence,

22  the impact of domestic violence on battered parents and

23  children, and the implications of domestic violence for the

24  child protection system. Based on the findings from this

25  examination, the Department of Children and Family Services

26  shall develop recommendations for implementing domestic

27  violence training for each of the identified staff and

28  professions, including, for each staff position and

29  profession, whether existing domestic violence training

30  exists, particular requirements relative to the position or

31  profession which must be met, and the cost of providing the

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  1  training. At a minimum, staff positions and professions that

  2  must be considered include child protection teams, child

  3  welfare legal services, Department of Children and Family

  4  Services' district attorneys, guardians ad litem, and hotline

  5  staff. This examination and development of recommendations

  6  must be conducted in collaboration with the Florida Coalition

  7  Against Domestic Violence, the Department of Health, the

  8  Family Law Section of The Florida Bar, and any other

  9  interested organizations identified by the Department of

10  Children and Family Services. All participants in the

11  examination and development of recommendations must attend

12  meetings at their own expense. A report of the recommendations

13  and projections of costs associated with the recommendations

14  must be submitted to the Governor, the President of the

15  Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by

16  January 1, 2002.

17         Section 3.  (1)  The Department of Children and Family

18  Services shall conduct a pilot program concerning the use of

19  domestic violence consultants in the protective investigative

20  units in at least three counties. The domestic violence

21  consultants shall provide case consultation and technical

22  assistance with respect to the protective investigations and

23  the determination of interventions if there is domestic

24  violence in the families, with the goal of educating and

25  supporting the protective investigative staff in identifying

26  and assembling the most-effective interventions possible for

27  the children and adult victims. These domestic violence

28  consultants shall serve as a liaison among the department,

29  domestic violence centers, and other community agencies. The

30  domestic violence consultants may also assist in identifying

31  domestic violence, assessing the risk of domestic violence to

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  1  both the children and the battered parent, assisting with

  2  safety planning, and linking the family to community

  3  resources.

  4         (2)  The equivalent of one domestic violence consultant

  5  must be allotted for each protective investigative unit for

  6  each county. The domestic violence consultants must be

  7  existing protective investigators or protective investigator

  8  supervisors who have received the department's domestic

  9  violence training and additional instruction from their local

10  domestic violence center. A higher level of compensation,

11  commensurate with that of the mentors in the department's

12  Child Protection Certification Program, will be paid to the

13  domestic violence consultants for their added

14  responsibilities. Counties in which the department and the

15  certified domestic violence centers have entered into the

16  Interagency Working Agreement are the only counties in which

17  the pilot program on the use of domestic violence consultants

18  may be conducted.

19         (3)  The Department of Children and Family Services

20  shall collect and analyze data on the technical assistance

21  provided to investigations and the families for whom

22  consultation has been provided to determine the extent to

23  which the goal of the domestic violence consultants is being

24  achieved. At a minimum, the data collected must include

25  numbers and types of consultations provided, numbers and types

26  of families involved, utilization of consultants by the

27  protective investigative units, linkages with community

28  resources, and case information such as domestic violence

29  information ascertained, assessments conducted, safety

30  planning, and domestic violence service referrals. A report on

31  the outcome of this analysis of the impact of the domestic

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  1  violence consultants on the investigations and families shall

  2  be submitted to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and

  3  the Speaker of the House of Representatives by January 1,

  4  2003, and shall be used to consider the use of domestic

  5  violence consultants in additional counties.

  6         Section 4.  The Department of Children and Family

  7  Services shall incorporate into administrative rule or

  8  operating procedures the following directions to the

  9  protective investigation process relative to families in which

10  domestic violence exists:

11         (1)  In determining the parent's ability or failure to

12  protect the child or whether the protection of the child can

13  or cannot be assured in cases of domestic violence, the parent

14  should be considered to be unable to protect or to have failed

15  to protect the child only after the investigator has explored

16  all of the circumstances surrounding the abuse, including the

17  battered parent's attempts to seek help.

18         (2)  An assessment of whether any current danger of

19  domestic violence to the battered parent exists is to be made,

20  and, if potential danger exists, a referral must be made for

21  the development of a safety plan for the battered parent.

22         (3)  Referral for a domestic violence assessment of

23  need and services is to be made when any potential for

24  domestic violence exists.

25         Section 5.  (1)  The Department of Children and Family

26  Services shall form a work group to examine the process that

27  the Florida Abuse Hotline uses of identifying for the initial

28  abuse report the nonabusing parent as an alleged perpetrator

29  due to failure to protect when an abuser is also identified as

30  an alleged perpetrator. The purpose of this examination is to

31  assess: the value to the investigatory process of identifying

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  1  a parent as a perpetrator due to failure to protect at the

  2  initiation of the report, and the implications of identifying

  3  a nonabusing parent as the perpetrator for failure to protect

  4  prior to examining the parent's actions.

  5         (2)  The work group shall consist of representatives of

  6  the Department of Children and Family Services, the Florida

  7  Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and any other interested

  8  organizations identified by the Department of Children and

  9  Family Services. All participants in the work group must

10  attend meetings at their own expense. Based on the findings

11  from this examination, the work group shall develop

12  recommendations for any modifications that it determines are

13  needed to the Florida Abuse Hotline process relative to

14  identifying the alleged perpetrator. A report of the findings

15  from the examination, the recommendations, and the

16  department's response regarding implementing the

17  recommendations shall be submitted to the Governor, the

18  President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of

19  Representatives by January 1, 2002.

20         Section 6.  (1)  A pilot program on Domestic

21  Violence/Child Abuse Early Intervention Initiative shall be

22  conducted in designated communities, contingent upon the

23  allocation of funds. The goal of this initiative is to assist

24  families in which there is domestic violence and the potential

25  for risk of harm to the child in the family's efforts to

26  prevent the continuation of the domestic violence and to

27  provide a safe home for the adult victim and children through

28  supports and linking existing community services to the

29  family.

30         (2)  Before finding a family eligible for the program

31  created under this section, a determination must be made that:

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  1         (a)  The family includes a parent with one or more

  2  minor children or a caretaker relative with one or more minor

  3  children.

  4         (b)  The family has been investigated for child abuse,

  5  and domestic violence has been identified in the home, but

  6  court-ordered protective services were determined to be

  7  unnecessary.

  8         (c)  The family is at risk of welfare dependency

  9  because the family's income does not exceed 200 percent of the

10  federal poverty level.

11         (3)  The services or one-time payments provided are not

12  considered assistance under federal law or guidelines.

13         (4)  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in

14  sections 414.075, 414.085, and 414.095, Florida Statutes, a

15  family that meets the criteria set forth in this section is

16  considered a needy family and is eligible under this section.

17         (5)  Participation in the Domestic Violence/Child Abuse

18  Early Intervention Initiative must be voluntary.

19         (6)  Receipt of services or a one-time payment under

20  this section does not preclude eligibility for or receipt of

21  other assistance or services under chapter 414, Florida

22  Statutes.

23         (7)  The primary components of the Domestic

24  Violence/Child Abuse Early Intervention Initiative must

25  include: assessing how the domestic violence is interfering

26  with the adult victim's ability to protect the child,

27  assessing how domestic violence may be interfering with the

28  adult victim's ability to find and maintain employment,

29  providing the family with a caseworker to support and assist

30  them with those needs that would enable the adult victim to

31  provide herself and her children with a safe home and adequate

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  1  support for her children, and directing funds to specific

  2  needs of the adult victim or child for which community

  3  services are not available within the timeframe in which they

  4  are needed. The functions of the caseworker may be expanded

  5  based on a community's identification of the most effective

  6  method for intervening with the targeted population to meet

  7  the goal of the initiative. A minimum of $300 for each family

  8  projected to be served must be earmarked to address those

  9  needs for which community services are unavailable.

10         (8)  The Domestic Violence/Child Abuse Early

11  Intervention Initiative pilot program may be conducted only in

12  a community where the Department of Children and Family

13  Services and the certified domestic violence centers have

14  entered into the Interagency Working Agreement. Communities

15  designated for the pilot program must be chosen from among

16  those communities that have Interagency Working Agreements

17  using a grant process. If funding is available for more than

18  one community and rural communities have applied to

19  participate, the pilot program must be conducted in at least

20  one rural community.

21         (9)  The entities entering into the Interagency Working

22  Agreement shall jointly provide direction and oversight to the

23  establishment and operation of the Domestic Violence/Child

24  Abuse Early Intervention Initiative. These entities must also

25  collaborate with the operators of the local one-stop delivery

26  system, pursuant to section 445.009, Florida Statutes, to

27  ensure that linkages to employment and other supports related

28  to self-sufficiency for participating families are available.

29         (10)  The Department of Children and Family Services

30  shall contract with the Florida Coalition Against Domestic

31  Violence for the administration of the Domestic Violence/Child

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  1  Abuse Early Intervention Initiative, which must include, but

  2  is not necessarily limited to, functions related to the grant

  3  application, pilot program contracts, monitoring, technical

  4  assistance, and the evaluation. The Florida Coalition Against

  5  Domestic Violence/Department of Children and Family Services

  6  Work Group shall provide guidance to the sites where the pilot

  7  program is conducted. The Florida Coalition Against Domestic

  8  Violence shall also collaborate with the Agency for Workforce

  9  Innovation to ensure that linkages to employment and other

10  supports related to self-sufficiency for participating

11  families are available.

12         (11)  A third-party evaluation of the implementation

13  and outcomes of the Domestic Violence/Child Abuse Early

14  Intervention Initiative on the families must be conducted. At

15  a minimum, this evaluation must examine subsequent child abuse

16  hotline calls, removal of children from the home, cost of care

17  per family, services and supports provided, and services not

18  available in the community which would have assisted the

19  families in achieving the goal of this initiative. Families

20  will be tracked for outcome indicators for 1 year. A

21  preliminary evaluation report shall be submitted to the

22  Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the

23  House of Representatives by January 1, 2002, and the final

24  evaluation report shall be submitted by January 1, 2003.

25         Section 7.  Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (6) of

26  section 741.30, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

27         741.30  Domestic violence; injunction; powers and

28  duties of court and clerk; petition; notice and hearing;

29  temporary injunction; issuance of injunction; statewide

30  verification system; enforcement.--

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  1         (6)(a)  Upon notice and hearing, the court may grant

  2  such relief as the court deems proper, including an

  3  injunction:

  4         1.  Restraining the respondent from committing any acts

  5  of domestic violence.

  6         2.  Awarding to the petitioner the exclusive use and

  7  possession of the dwelling that the parties share or excluding

  8  the respondent from the residence of the petitioner.

  9         3.  On the same basis as provided in chapter 61,

10  awarding temporary custody of, or temporary visitation rights

11  with regard to, a minor child or children of the parties.

12         4.  On the same basis as provided in chapter 61,

13  establishing temporary support for a minor child or children

14  or the petitioner.

15         5.  Ordering the respondent to participate in

16  treatment, intervention, or counseling services to be paid for

17  by the respondent. When the court orders the respondent to

18  participate in a batterers' intervention program, the court,

19  or any entity designated by the court, must provide the

20  respondent with a list of all certified batterers'

21  intervention programs and all programs which have submitted an

22  application to the Department of Corrections to become

23  certified under s. 741.325, from which the respondent must

24  choose a program in which to participate. If there are no

25  certified batterers' intervention programs in the circuit, the

26  court shall provide a list of acceptable programs from which

27  the respondent must choose a program in which to participate.

28  A batterer's intervention program shall provide to the court a

29  notification of the respondent's enrollment and discharge from

30  the program to be placed in the case file. The notification of

31  discharge must specify one of the following categories for

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  1  discharge and the reason for discharge: completion of the

  2  program, rejection of services, or termination from the

  3  program.

  4         6.  Referring a petitioner to a certified domestic

  5  violence center. The court must provide the petitioner with a

  6  list of certified domestic violence centers in the circuit

  7  which the petitioner may contact.

  8         7.  Ordering such other relief as the court deems

  9  necessary for the protection of a victim of domestic violence,

10  including injunctions or directives to law enforcement

11  agencies, as provided in this section.

12         (b)  The terms of an injunction restraining the

13  respondent under subparagraph (a)1. or ordering other relief

14  for the protection of the victim under subparagraph (a)7.

15  shall remain in effect until modified or dissolved. Either

16  party may move at any time to modify or dissolve the

17  injunction. No specific allegations are required. Such relief

18  may be granted in addition to other civil or criminal

19  remedies. A respondent who requests to dissolve an injunction

20  must have completed a batterer's intervention program if

21  ordered to do so as a condition of his or her injunction,

22  unless the court finds that there is substantial justification

23  for the respondent's failure to complete the program. The

24  court shall not grant the respondent's request to dissolve the

25  injunction unless there is substantial justification for the

26  respondent's failure to complete the program.

27         Section 8.  (1)  The Office of Program Policy Analysis

28  and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) shall conduct an

29  examination of the Batterer's Intervention Program.  The study

30  shall examine: the current court processes for requiring

31  domestic violence perpetrators to participate in the

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  1  batterer's intervention program, the systems and processes in

  2  place that lead to the utilization of the court processes for

  3  requiring participation, the extent to which these systems and

  4  court processes are capturing and requiring domestic violence

  5  perpetrators identified through the child protection and

  6  dependency court process to participate in the batterer's

  7  intervention program, and identification of potential

  8  strategies for increasing the identification of and

  9  requirement for the domestic violence perpetrators to

10  participate in the batterer's intervention program; the

11  current mechanisms for monitoring participants' completion of

12  the batterer's intervention program, the extent to which these

13  mechanisms are ensuring that the participants complete the

14  program, and identification of potential strategies for

15  improving the monitoring and the system for ensuring

16  completion of the program; and available data on the

17  effectiveness of the batterer's intervention program in both

18  achieving the purposes delineated in section 741.32, Florida

19  Statutes, and in changing the violent behavior of the

20  participants.

21         (2)  In conducting the examination, OPPAGA shall

22  consult with the key stakeholders in the system, to include

23  but not be limited to the Department of Children and Family

24  Services, the Department of Corrections' Batterer's

25  Intervention Program, the Family Law Section of the Florida

26  Bar, the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and the

27  Office of State Courts Administrator.

28         (3)  OPPAGA shall prepare and submit a phase I report

29  by December 31, 2001, to the President of the Senate and the

30  Speaker of the House of Representatives.  The report must

31  contain the findings of the examinations and any

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  1  recommendations for improvements. If it is determined that key

  2  recommendations require continued examination or

  3  implementation of provisions of this legislation should be

  4  studied as it relates to the examination, a phase II report

  5  will be prepared and submitted by December 31, 2002.

  6         Section 9.  Paragraph (g) is added to subsection (1) of

  7  section 39.903, Florida Statutes, to read:

  8         39.903  Duties and functions of the department with

  9  respect to domestic violence.--

10         (1)  The department shall:

11         (g)  Promote and facilitate, but not mandate, the

12  negotiation and execution of the Interagency Working Agreement

13  between the district offices of the department and the

14  certified domestic violence centers for the development of

15  partnerships in working with families in which child abuse and

16  domestic violence exist.

17         Section 10.  Subsection (8) is added to section 39.904,

18  Florida Statutes, to read:

19         39.904  Report to the Legislature on the status of

20  domestic violence cases.--On or before January 1 of each year,

21  the department shall furnish to the President of the Senate

22  and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a report on

23  the status of domestic violence in this state, which report

24  shall include, but is not limited to, the following:

25         (8)  An identification of the certified domestic

26  violence centers and districts that have executed the

27  Interagency Working Agreement and a description of the

28  partnership initiatives implemented for working with families

29  in which child abuse and domestic violence exist.

30         Section 11.  (1)  The sum of $52,580 is appropriated

31  from nonrecurring federal grants trust fund to the Department

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  1  of Children and Family Services to cover the training costs to

  2  provide child abuse training to domestic violence center

  3  staff, as specified in subsection (2) of section 1 of this

  4  act.  The source of these funds is the Temporary Assistance

  5  for Needy Families Block Grant. The Department of Children and

  6  Family Services shall contract with the Florida Coalition

  7  Against Domestic Violence to provide the training. This

  8  training will improve family stability and the safety of

  9  children, enabling them to remain in the home or with family

10  members to the fullest extent possible.

11         (2)  The sum of $121,651 is appropriated from

12  nonrecurring federal grants trust fund to the Department of

13  Children and Family Services to cover the costs of district

14  wide joint training of domestic violence center staff and

15  child protection staff, as specified in subsection (3) of

16  section 1 of this act. The source of these funds is the

17  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant.  This

18  training will improve family stability and the safety of

19  children enabling them to remain in the home or with family

20  members to the fullest extent possible.

21         (3)  The sum of $465,000 is appropriated from recurring

22  federal grants trust fund to the Department of Children and

23  Family Services to conduct two Domestic Violence/Child Abuse

24  Early Intervention Initiative pilot projects, as specified in

25  section 6 of this act. The source of these funds is the

26  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant. These

27  pilot projects will improve family stability and the safety of

28  children enabling them to remain in the home or with family

29  members to the fullest extent possible.

30         Section 12.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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    Florida Senate - 2001                            CS for SB 858
    300-1525-01




  1          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
  2                         Senate Bill 858

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  4  Modifies the required completion date for providing domestic
    violence training to child protection staff and management
  5  from December 31, 2001 to June 30, 2002.

  6  Stipulates that the Office of Program Policy Analysis and
    Government Accountability will conduct the examination of the
  7  batterer's intervention program instead of the Department of
    Children and Family Services, Family Law Section of the
  8  Florida Bar and Department Corrections.  The effectiveness of
    the batterer's intervention program is added to the scope of
  9  the examination, as well as the potential for a phase II
    report.
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    Clarifies that the Department of Children and Family Services
11  cannot mandate the execution of the Interagency Working
    Agreements.
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    Provides for the appropriation of funds for the child abuse
13  training to domestic violence center staff, the district wide
    joint training of domestic violence center and child
14  protection staff, and the conducting of two Domestic Violence/
    Child Abuse Intervention Initiative pilot programs.
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    Clarifies that the district wide joint training is a one-time
16  training and removes the stipulation that the training will be
    provided contingent upon appropriation.
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