The Family Court Enhancement Project: Research and Evaluation
(10/1/2018- Ongoing)
The Center for Urban Research and Learning (CURL), in partnership with the Circuit Court of Cook County Domestic Violence Division (DVD), was awarded a U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) Research and Evaluation Initiative (R & E) grant. This grant will evaluate the Cook County Circuit Court’s Family Court Enhancement Project (FECP), which was a demonstration project funded by OVW in 2016. Through a mixed-methods approach, this project seeks to understand the impact of FCEP on the safety and fairness of child-related remedies in Orders of Protections for litigants and their children, the long-term effects on parenting arrangements, as well as the overall FCEP court process. Continued research and deeper evaluation of FCEP will inform best practices for stakeholder groups within the DVD, including judges, attorneys, and advocates, to facilitate safe and fair parenting arrangements and achieve overall safer outcomes for litigants and their children.
Research Team:
C. George, CURL
G. Spitz, CURL
Y. Khayr, CURL
J. Kaur, Graduate Fellow
E. Jones, Graduate Fellow
E. Fada, Graduate Fellow
L. Platten, Graduate Fellow
C. Callahan, Graduate Fellow
A. Monarski, Undergrad Fellow
M. Farrar, Undergrad Fellow
K. Woziwodzki, Undergrad Fellow
R. Woodruff, Undergrad Fellow
K. Woods, Undergrad Fellow
S. Grossman, School of Social Work, LUC
Z. Harris, School of Law, LUC
Leslie Landis, The Circuit Court of Cook County
Community Partners: