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Organization: Exchange Club CASTLE Program: Valued Visits Funder: Children 's Services Advisory Committee RFP# 7052 The policies and procedures of Valued Visits follow the guidelines recommended by the Florida Clearinghouse on Supervised Visitation the Florida Supreme Court Standards for Supervised Visitation progTams and the "Recommendations from the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges , " ensuring that Valued Visits utilizes both state and national standards for best practices . Evidence 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 (" 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). One program manager 17 hrs . - Required credentials/experience : BA/5 years 5 P/T visit monitors (includes site sup .) ( 100% of time) Required credentials/experience : High School/ 1 yr. Secretary 17 hrs . - Required credentials/experience : High School/ 1 yr. One /lead monitor - 13 hrs . - Required credentials/experience : High School/2yrs . 16 Volunteers 100% of time) Required credentials/experience : High School/ 1 [All . How will the target population be made aware of the program ? families using Valued Visits are court ordered to do so . Families are made aware of the ogram through the judge presiding at their court appearance, or in dependency cases, through eir DCF caseworker. This year we have added a 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, transpor7Enrolled hours of operation) ? Valued Visits is open in the evenings and on weekends, ensuring accessibility to worki families . The program office is located on a major thoroughfare in South Vero Beach. families provide their own transportation, 7