The Family Works Presbyterian Support Otago programme will start in May.
Family Works director Paul Hooper said the programme was funded by the Ministry of Social Development and was approved to run late last year.
The programme, Free to be Me, was designed to support and build ''resilience'' in the children who viewed domestic violence in their homes, Mr Hooper said.
A child would be placed into one of three child groups where they could learn from others experiencing similar circumstances, he said.
Alongside the three child groups that would be established - 5 to 7, 8 to 11, and 13 to 15 - the parents involved in the incidents would also learn about how they could help their children.
The programme would run for eight weeks.
Mr Hooper said if the first round was successful then the programme would continue.
North Otago social worker Jodi Ryan said many people who were involved in family violence incidents were too scared to talk about the situations they were in.
She hoped Waitaki families would take up the opportunity and get a place in the programme.
''[Family violence is] a real underlying problem in Oamaru.''
She said the scheme could help children break free from violence when they became adults and were possibly affected by problems similar to those their parents faced.
Families could be referred to the scheme or self refer, she said.
