Safe Harbor Child Access Centers
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Our Mission and Programs
Safe Harbor Child Access Centers
is a 501(c)3, all volunteer, New Jersey based not-for-profit
organization, and is a registered New Jersey charity with
the
New Jersey Department of Consumer Affairs, having met
all the mandated registration obligations relevant to
maintaining charitable status within this state.
Our mission is to provide services to separating,
divorcing, and divorced families to assure that children
have continuing contact with both parents and other families
members. Our centers cut down on the opportunity for
family violence, allow for parenting time/visitation in
potentially high-risk
situations, and allow for reintroduction of a parent or
other family member. We aim to provide these services in a
safe, courteous and child-friendly environment.
We serve as a safe harbor for families in crisis.
In partnership with faith-based and other services
organizations, we offer two primary programs:
◊ Monitored Exchange Services:
Monitors are present while the parents meet on Friday
evenings to exchange the children for their weekend
parenting time, and for their return on Sunday evenings.
Monitored exchanges may also be arranged for shorter visits
during access center hours.
◊ Supervised Child Access
Services: One parent drops off the children, and leaves
the premises after the other parent arrives, returning after
the other parent has had supervised parenting time.
Trained monitors remain with the parent and the children through out
the session.
These programs are open to separated
and divorcing families of all races, religions and origins,
but interested parties must make an appointment to use the
centers. Referrals can be made through the courts,
attorneys, counselors, mediators, parenting time
coordinators, social workers and families themselves.
After a one-time registration fee payable on the first visit
to cover administrative costs, all transfer and access
services are provided at no charge.
Please click to view
Safe
Harbor Child Access Centers' brochure.
Additional Services
All families in our programs have access to parenting
time/visitation mediation services. Where appropriate,
we work with families to transition them from Supervised
Access to Transfer Services, and from Transfer Services to
unsupervised access.
We also provide
referrals to attorneys, mediators, custody evaluators,
therapists, parenting coordinators and other family law
specialists. If you are a service provider,
please contact us to get on our referral lists.P
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