Children's Home Society and Family Services

Definition of abuse:
Systematic pattern of behaviors in a relationship that are used to gain and/or maintain control and power over another.

Children's Home Society & Family Services offers professional services to stop the intergenerational cycle of abuse through our abuse-prevention programs. To learn more about these family abuse-prevention programs, click the links to the right. CHSFS also offers Parent Support Services to help prevent domestic child abuse.

Links to more domestic-abuse prevention programs:

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Steps to take to help a friend or family member living in violence.

Startling Statistics on Domestic Violence
National and Minnesota state statistics about domestic violence.

Myths & Realities About Domestic Violence
Get informed about domestic violence.

Create a Safety Plan
Are you in a violent relationship? Here are ways to create a safety plan for yourself and your children.

Are you working with a client you think may be in an abusive relationship?
How to lend support without forcing a solution.