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Provides safe and secure visitation for families impacted by domestic violence and for those who are divorced or separated with have high levels of conflict during visitation and exchange. The aim is to encourage positive co-parenting techniques along with safe and positive parent-child interactions. Services are contracted with the Department of Social Services and include foster care visitation.

This service is for divorced, unmarried or separated families who are typically referred by the Family or Supreme Court. Based on court order the program can provide Therapeutic Supervised Visitation or Monitored Exchanges. Visitation provides children with a safe, secure and healing environment where they can have contact with their non-custodial parent. Typically, these are families with allegations and/or a history of mental illness, physical/emotional abuse, alcohol or chemical dependency, low parent skill or a risk of abduction, and where the court has determined that supervision is required. Exchanges provides a neutral drop-off and pick-up service that allows children to have safe transitions for scheduled access time. This is a service for families where safe child access to a parent is jeopardized because of existing orders of protection, domestic violence and/or high parental conflict.

Non-custodial parents who are involved with custody disputes, domestic violence or substance abuse issues, mental illness, instances of child abuse or neglect, or those who are absentee parents who want to return to their child’s life often face barriers to access their children. Family Treatment Court Supervised Visitation (FTCSV) also offers supervised visits, but by referrals only from Family Treatment Court in cases where parents have been found neglectful as a result of alcohol and/or substance abuse.