Mission Statement
Family Bridges advocates for the right of children to maintain contact with parents and significant people in their lives. Thus, our goal is to provide supervised parenting time and supervised child exchanges with the parent/adult with less than 50% of the residential responsibility for the child.
Our Services:
- Supervised Parenting Time
- Supervised Exchanges
- Child and Parent Support
- Resources and Referrals, Public Education
Supervised Services Provided:
- Safety
- Objectivity
- Child Center Focus
- Environment for positive interaction
- Improvement of parent/child relationship
- Emphasis on the best interest of the child
Who can make referrals?
- Judge
- Attorneys
- Social/Child Protection Services
- Domestic Violence Shelters
- Therapists/Counselors
- Law Enforcement
- Parent/Family and Friends
Reasons for Referrals:
- History of Domestic Violence
- Foster Care Placement
- Concerns of emotional, sexual, and/or physical abuse of children
- Concerns about parenting skills
- Unresolved conflict between parents
- History of substance abuse
- History of mental issues
- Lengthy separation of child and parent or no previous relationship
- Abduction concerns
- Allegations of child access denial
You can HELP by:
- Making a tax write off donation
- Giving new toys, games, or art supplies
- Volunteering