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Family Visitation Center / Safe Child Custody Exchange Program (FVC/SCCE)
The purpose of the Family Visitation Center / Safe Child Custody Exchange Program (FVC/SCCE) is to keep children safe while improving connections to their parents or legal guardians from whom they were separated by providing coached monitored visits by trained Visitation Coaches.
The delivery of the FVC/SCCE program services is designed to achieve the following objectives:
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Strengthen attachment between children and their parents or legal guardians;
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Promote family reunification;
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Promote child well-being;
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Help parents and legal guardians learn and practice how to nurture and connect with their child(ren) in a culturally relevant and respectful way and in accordance with the family’s cultural and/or religious framework and customs; and
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Link visitation activities to help parents or legal guardians build protective capacities and change behaviors or conditions that caused them to be involved with child welfare services
FVC/SCCE enhances child/parent interaction during visits which are consistently demonstrated as the number one factor impacting family reunification. This objective is achieved by:
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Having planned and purposeful visitation involving parents or legal guardians whose children have been removed from their care by DCFS and placed in out-of-home care
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Maintaining family-friendly sites where meaningful visits can take place between children in out-of-home care and their parents or legal guardian
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Having trained visitation coaches to monitor and coach parents or legal guardians during visits with their children.