The Safe Havens: Supervised Visitation and Safe Exchange Grant Program (Supervised Visitation Program) is funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW).  OVW’s vision for the Supervised Visitation Program is to assist communities across the country in the establishment and maintenance of supervised visitation and safe exchange centers.  Supervised visitation programs:

• Provide supervised visitation and safe exchange of children by and between custodial and non-custodial parents where there is domestic violence, dating violence, child abuse, sexual assault, or stalking;
• Protect children from the trauma of witnessing domestic or dating violence or experiencing abduction, injury, or death during parent and child visitation exchanges;
• Protect parents or caretakers who are victims of domestic and dating violence from experiencing further violence, abuse, and threats during child visitation exchanges; and
• Protect children from the trauma of experiencing sexual assault or other forms of physical assault or abuse during parent and child visitation and visitation exchanges.

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