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.
The opening of The Bright House – a supervised visitation and family support center – in January 2022, is key to our efforts to raise up the family who strives for a better life. In a warm, home-like environment, parents will be assisted to develop healthy relationships with their children while participating in court-mandated supervised visitations. Through parental coaching, referrals to community services, and case management assistance, The Bright House will support families to heal and grow despite the many barriers that arise from difficult circumstances.
Will you help provide a place of healing for our families? Help us reach our goal to bring The Bright House 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.
The opening of The Bright House – a supervised visitation and family support center – in January 2022, is key to our efforts to raise up the family who strives for a better life. In a warm, home-like environment, parents will be assisted to develop healthy relationships with their children while participating in court-mandated supervised visitations. Through parental coaching, referrals to community services, and case management assistance, The Bright House will support families to heal and grow despite the many barriers that arise from difficult circumstances.
Will you help provide a place of healing for our families? Help us reach our goal to bring The Bright House to life.
Donate below or text CASA30for30 to 44-321.
