COMDTINST 1750.7C
Instruction applies to all active duty Coast Guard members, Coast Guard Reserve members recalled
to active duty and/or under contract and their dependents. This Instruction applies to retired
personnel as requested and to the extent resources permit. When a Coast Guard command or Family
Advocacy Specialist (FAS) is notified, receives a request for assistance, or becomes aware of a
family violence incident involving a member of another uniformed service, the command or FAS
shall notify that service. Initial intervention should be provided to the extent necessary to meet
emergent needs.
5. DISCUSSION. Family violence is unacceptable and incompatible with the core values of Honor,
Respect and Devotion to Duty and the high standards of professional and personal discipline
expected and required within the United States Coast Guard. Each active duty and reserve service
member and civilian employee has a responsibility to foster an environment which does not excuse,
tolerate, or mitigate family violence. Helping service members and their families to confront the
reality of family violence is a most difficult challenge faced by commands. The CGFAP exists to
help commands effectively confront this challenge. The CGFAP is staffed with civilian personnel,
FASs, who work under the direct technical supervision of the Family Advocacy Program Manager
(FAPM) and the administrative supervision of the Work-Life Supervisors.
6. POLICY.
a. All Coast Guard civilian and military personnel, volunteers and persons under contract with the
Coast Guard are required to immediately report any allegations of, reason to believe and/or
suspected instances of child abuse and neglect, spouse abuse, sibling abuse, parent abuse, and
elder abuse and neglect to the servicing FAS.
b. Victims of family violence, child abuse and neglect, spouse abuse, sibling abuse, parent abuse,
elder abuse and neglect, and witnesses to such acts are treated in accordance with the applicable
provisions of reference (a).
c. The Coast Guard FAPM, located at Commandant (CG-1112), is designated as the senior
Program expert and authority on all family violence matters.
d. FASs are the designated field professionals exclusively responsible for family violence
prevention initiatives, intervention strategies and ongoing case management.
e. The determination of whether or not abuse and/or neglect are present in a family and the
intervention services required is made by the FAS and approved by the FAPM.
f. Spouse abuse is non-gender specific. Both men and women abuse their partners. Within the
Coast Guard community there are victims and perpetrators of both genders.
g. FASs are the designated field professionals exclusively responsible for obtaining domestic
violence assessments from external qualified civilian providers approved by the FAPM on all
allegations of family violence. Department of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Administration
(VA) providers can be used only if there are no qualified civilian providers available due to the
remoteness of the area.
h. FASs shall work under the direct technical supervision of the FAPM regarding all aspects of the
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