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Organization : Exchange Club CASTLE Program: Valued Visits Funder: Children 's Services Advisory Committee RFP # 6067 F pervise this contact. Valued Visits also fosters boundary and limit setting, holds ountable for their behavior, and enrolls non-residential parents in a parenting lass . In some cases , therapeutic intervention is offered when ordered by the court . The policies and procedures of Valued Visits follow the guidelines recommended by the Florida Clearinghouse on Supervised Visitation, and the Minimum Standards for Supervised Visitation programs issued by the Florida Supreme Court . Following theses standards ensures that Valued Visits adheres to " best practices" as defined by statewide leaders in the field of supervised visitation . Evidence that that supervised visitation works comes from both in-house statistics (there have been no instances of abuse, or witnessing of domestic violence by a child since the programs inception, during visits by families) and external statistics : • 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) . One program manager ( 100% of time) Required credentials/experience : BA/5 years Four visit monitors ( 100% of time) Required credentials/experience : High SchooUl yr. Secretary (25 % of time) Required credentials/experience : High School/ 1 yr. One site supervisor ( 100 % of time) Required credentials/experience : High School/2yrs . 12 Volunteers ( 100 % of time) Required credentials/experience : High School/ 1 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. 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) ? alued Visits is open in the evenings and on weekends , ensuring accessibility to working milies . The program office is located on a major thoroughfare in South Vero Beach . Enrolled families provide their own transportation , 7