The safe visitation program began serving families at risk of continued violence in Red Deer and area on October 1, 2007. Referrals are made to the safe visitation program at Central Alberta Women’s Outreach Society by the Central Alberta CFSA so children can maintain positive contact with both parents. Research has demonstrated the positive benefits for children to have contact with both parents after they separate, and safe visitation provides children with an opportunity to have supervised visits with their non-custodial parent in a secure environment.
Families participating in this program will be considered high risk for domestic abuse. High risk is based on identified risk factors and assessment that a child(ren) will be harmed and or impacted by another exposure to further incidents of family violence between adult intimate partners.
These families will only be referred through partnerships with Child and Family Services Authorities, judicial system, and the RCMP.
Links: Family Violence
