Description: Supervised Visitation services may be in an office setting, in a community setting, or in a biological or foster family’s home depending on the progress of the parents in ensuring child safety. The short term objective of the intervention and the provision of service is to prevent any further abuse or neglect of children and to provide a safe and nurturing environment for family interactions to occur. The more general or long-term goal is to assist parents in increasing their protective capacities, their understanding of child development as it relates to their child(ren)’s needs, and their ability to proactively respond to all of their child(ren)’s needs as it relates to safety, discipline, parenting and nurturing and overall child well-being. There will be a variety of target populations including, but not limited to, families with children involved in child welfare system who may have been subjects of abuse or neglect, families where children, and sometimes the parents, are developmentally disabled or severely emotionally disturbed, and families where alcohol and drug abuse on the part of children or parents has been identified as a concern. In general, families will be referred to the program when children have been removed from the parental home and there are continued concerns for their safety. Supervised visitation is required in a facility environment when the safety of the children cannot be insured in either a community or in-home setting. There will also be some instances where family interactions are transitioned into a more natural setting such as a community location or the parent(s)’ home when parents have made observable improvements in their parental protective capacities. Monitored visits are requested when parents are just beginning unsupervised contact with their children, as a safety check-in. The Provider must include a description of tools used to complete required reports including: a.) Weekly tool monitoring referrals, scheduled visitations and visitation capacity b.) Quarterly and annual reports including number of families served (including names), new cases served, starting and ending states of services.
