Family Monitoring Services

Family Monitoring Services are for families with children who are involved in high risk emotional or physical situations. Our Monitors provide a safe and protected environment to control external influences of stress on the child. In addition, our optional monitor security service provides a safe and protected environment for all parties involved including the monitor, mother, and/or father. This option can be installed by the Monitor, Custodial, or Noncustodial parent.

Supervised or Monitored visitation may be used in circumstances where the non-custodial parent is improving his/her parenting skills, struggling with a drug or alcohol abuse issue, overcoming abusive activity or has demonstrated a history of abuse, and/or has been convicted or accused of engaging in inappropriate sexual behavior with a minor. Monitored visitation may be legally court ordered or not to diminish visitation related conflict between mother and father, parent and child, in attempts of improvement of parenting abilities, to assist in the reconstruction of the health within the parent-child relationship, and/or to stop emotional or physical child abuse. Monitored visits usually take place in a neutral location with few exceptions; such requirements are necessary to ensure the maximum level of comfortability for all parties involved.

Our Family Monitoring Services provide scheduled contact between child or children, and designated family which can be biological, adoptive, or other in relation in the presence of a neutral third-party. The objectives and responsibilities of a Monitor are to maintain confidentiality and neutrality; to ensure that the courts directives are followed; monitor safety of all participants during visits; relay relevant information relating to the child(ren) welfare between the custodial parent and the noncustodial parent at the commencement and conclusion of supervised contact (e.g. special needs, medication, diet, etc.); facilitate appropriate visit interaction, if necessary; effectively communicate with program with relevant parties on issues related to family dynamics; provide constructive feedback, correction, and/or direction to the parties involved; suspend or terminate any visit in which the safety of participants or monitor cannot be maintained; keep written records of facts observed during visits in formal official documents in agreement with court directives and company policy; provide community referrals where appropriate; testify in formal court hearings, when appropriate; and report child abuse pursuant to law.

Initial Monitoring Services are structured as follows:

Contact (Initial Phone Call and/or Email)

Intake #1 (Initial Meeting Between Monitor And Non-Custodial Parent)

Intake #2 (Initial Meeting Between Monitor And Custodial Parent)

Intake #3 (Initial Meeting Between Monitor And Child or Children)

Monitored Visit

*Subsequent Monitored Visits Do Not Require Intakes Unless Issues Arise Which Need To Be Addressed.

Our Family Monitoring Services are categorized as follows:

Hourly Rate, Holiday Rate, Monitored Exchanges, Reports, Court Appearances.

Hourly Rate – The monetary rate accumulated each hour of the monitored visit.

Holiday Rate – The monetary rate accumulated each hour of a monitored visit occurring on a holiday.

Monitored Exchanges – The Monitoring of the exchange of temporary custody of the child(ren) between parties.

Reports – Official documentation requested by the court or by either respective party.

Court Appearances – A court appearance by the Monitor.

*Hourly Rates and Holiday Rates are dependent on number of children, and individual circumstances.

*Reports Fees are dependent on the length of the Report. Reports are classified as general, basic, and comprehensive.

**Fees can be subject to client economic ability based on provided evidence.