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Children’s Safe Harbor provides a safe place for families to use when exchanging children for visitation and provides supervised visitation services. Parents may access services through court order, agency referral or by self-request.

Please see the Order Directing Use of Visitation Exchange Services or the Order Directing the Use of Supervised Visitation Services to access services through the court.

If a family is referred through an agency or by self-request, they can contact Children’s Safe Harbor directly at 815-316-7772. There are no fees to utilize Children’s Safe Harbor services.

Before services can begin, parents (separately) must complete an intake/orientation with Children’s Safe Harbor staff.  During the intake/orientation staff will address program polices that include but are not limited to:

• Safety
• Scheduling
• Documentation
• Expectations for parents
• Guests
• Security
• Program guidelines related to no-shows, cancellations and late arrivals
• Client privacy
• Review of records

Once both parent’s intake/orientation has been completed, staff will work with parents to develop a routine visitation exchange or supervised visitation schedule that is based on their unique family needs.