HEALING FAMILIES THROUGH VISITATION
After 30 years of providing exceptional advocacy, Savannah CASA is expanding to meet a need identified by our CASA volunteers, the Chatham County Juvenile Court, the Chatham County Superior Court, and the Chatham County Department of Children and Family Services (DFCS).
A child enters foster care due to abuse or neglect which can often be caused by generational trauma, mental health concerns, stress caused by poverty, or substance use of the parent. Often these causes can be addressed and the child returned home. More than 50 percent of the children that enter foster care in Chatham County are reunified with their families.
While the child is in foster care, quality supervised visitation is crucial to strengthening parent-child attachments and decreasing the sense of abandonment that children experience. Family visitation is linked to positive outcomes, including improving a child’s well-being, less time in out-of-home care, and faster reunification. Chatham County has one of the largest populations of children in foster care outside of Greater Atlanta with 102 children entering foster care last year and an average daily count of 360 children. However, Chatham County does not have a visitation center to serve those children.
In 2022, Savannah CASA will launch the Savannah Family Visitation Center (SFVC) to meet this distinct need in our community by providing a home-like environment where families can practice being families. The SFVC will provide supervised visitations and parent education/coaching services to families referred via court order or DFCS. By intervening during this traumatic time and providing parents with the support they need to care for their children, our community will prevent future abuse and neglect.
The SFVC will ensure that visitations take place in a safe and controlled environment to maximize developmentally appropriate interactions. Since the SFVC will be in a traditional home, families will have the opportunity to cook meals together, bond around the dinner table, host a family game night, play in the backyard, etc. Many of the crucial experiences missing in our families' current circumstances.
Will you help provide a place of healing for our families? Help us reach our goal to bring the Savannah Family Visitation Center to life.
Donate below or text CASA30for30 to 44-321.
A child enters foster care due to abuse or neglect which can often be caused by generational trauma, mental health concerns, stress caused by poverty, or substance use of the parent. Often these causes can be addressed and the child returned home. More than 50 percent of the children that enter foster care in Chatham County are reunified with their families.
While the child is in foster care, quality supervised visitation is crucial to strengthening parent-child attachments and decreasing the sense of abandonment that children experience. Family visitation is linked to positive outcomes, including improving a child’s well-being, less time in out-of-home care, and faster reunification. Chatham County has one of the largest populations of children in foster care outside of Greater Atlanta with 102 children entering foster care last year and an average daily count of 360 children. However, Chatham County does not have a visitation center to serve those children.
In 2022, Savannah CASA will launch the Savannah Family Visitation Center (SFVC) to meet this distinct need in our community by providing a home-like environment where families can practice being families. The SFVC will provide supervised visitations and parent education/coaching services to families referred via court order or DFCS. By intervening during this traumatic time and providing parents with the support they need to care for their children, our community will prevent future abuse and neglect.
The SFVC will ensure that visitations take place in a safe and controlled environment to maximize developmentally appropriate interactions. Since the SFVC will be in a traditional home, families will have the opportunity to cook meals together, bond around the dinner table, host a family game night, play in the backyard, etc. Many of the crucial experiences missing in our families' current circumstances.
Will you help provide a place of healing for our families? Help us reach our goal to bring the Savannah Family Visitation Center to life.
Donate below or text CASA30for30 to 44-321.
