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Organization : Exchange Club CASTLE Program: Valued Visits Funder: Children's Services Advisory Committee RFPY. 2006061 Florida Clearinghouse on Supervised Visitation the Florida Supreme Court Standards for Supervised Visitation programs, and the "Recommendations from the National Council of Juvenile and Familv Court Judges. " ensuring that Valued Visits utilizes both state and national standards for best practices . Evidence that supervised visitation works comes from the following research: "Supervised Visitation Beneficial for Young Children," U. S . Dept. of Health and Human Services ; July, 2004) : • Only 17% of families using supervised visitation centers missed their appointments, compared with 71 % of families who use Department of Children and Families caseworkers to supervise visits . • Families using visitation centers were likely to have 10 or more visits, about 3 times more than if caseworkers supervised visits. • 50% of children who had regular family visits were in foster care for less than one year, while only 10% of children who had infrequent visits were in foster care for less than one year. • Children who use visitation centers have their court cases resolved sooner than children who use caseworkers to supervise family visits . 4. List staffing needed for your program, including required experience and estimated hours per week in program for each staff member and/or volunteers (This section should conform with the information in the Position Listing on the Budget Narrative Worksheet). Program Manager 42% of time — 2 yrs . supervisory experience required. Program Supervisor 29% of time — 1 yr. relevant experience. Case Mgr. 20% of time — 1 yr. exp . Court Liaison 33 % of time — Bi-lingual required/ lyr. relevant experience required. 6 P/T visit monitors ( 100% of time) Required credentials/experience : High School/ 1 yr. Secretary (3) 7% of time — H. S . diploma 2yrs . exp. HR Spec . 7% of time — 2 yrs. HR exp. Development/Community Relations 8 % of time -2 yrs. exp required. Bookkeeper 8 % of time — 2 yrs. exp required. 10 Volunteers ( 100% of time) Required credentials/experience : High SchooUl yr. 5. How will the target population be made aware of the program ? All families using Valued Visits are court ordered to do so. Families are made aware of the program through the judge presiding at their court appearance, or in dependency cases, through their DCF caseworker. The program also has a bi-lingual court liaison to assist families and explain supervised visitation during and after court hearings . Program enrollment begins when a family provides a copy of the court order to the CASTLE. 6. How will the program be accessible to target population (i.e. location, transportation, hours of operation) ? Valued Visits is open in the evenings and on weekends, ensuring accessibility to working families. The program office is located on a major thoroughfare in South Vero Beach. Enrolled families provide their own transportation. 7