Children’s Safety Center is the founder of the Minnesota chapter of the Supervised Visitation Network (SVN).

Mission:

To facilitate opportunities for children to have safe conflict-free access to both parents through a continuum of child access services provided by competent providers.

Purposes:

• To develop and disseminate standards for practice of child access services
• To maintain a directory of supervised child access providers
• To collect and make available research relevant to safe child access
• To gather and disseminate training and program materials for child access providers
• To provide professional forums for training, networking, and sharing of information
• To provide public education regarding the importance of child access programs

Membership:

SVN is a nonprofit membership corporation open to individuals and organizations with an interest in the delivery of supervised visitation and exchange services, as well as related services for parents and children.

Members consist of:

• Private and non-profit providers of supervised access services
• Legal professionals
• Government employees
• Educators
• Social Workers
• Mental health professionals
• Domestic violence advocates and service providers
• Providers of other services to families.

Functions:

1. Our members throughout the world provide direct services to children and their families designed to keep families in safe contact.

2. We help families find services that are convenient to them and will meet their needs by maintaining a directory of services nationwide. We receive many calls from parents, attorneys, social workers, judges, and others looking for services in their area. Our goal is to have a comprehensive directory so services can easily be found by the families that need them.

3. We collect and disseminate research information relevant to safe child access and provide public education regarding the importance of children having access to their parents.

4. We work to improve the quality of services. This is accomplished in several ways:

• We develop and disseminate standards for practice.
• We provide opportunities for members to network with each other and exchange information that will help them in their practice.
• We hold an annual conference that provides outstanding training for service providers.
• We disseminate resources and helpful information to members through our newsletter and on our website.
• We maintain a library of training and program materials.

5. We encourage the development of new programs in under-served areas and provide support through our members for new and developing programs.

6. We share information with each other about funding sources that will help provide affordable services.

To join or receive more information:
Visit SVN’s website at www.svnetwork.net.

Download SVN Standards and Guidelines (PDF)