COVID-19: Resources & Support for Supervised Visitation and Safe Exchange Programs
Free Support for Supervised Visitation Programs Supporting Families Experiencing Domestic Violence in this Time of a National Health Crisis
The current health crisis the world is facing is putting us all in uncharted territory. Circumstances are rapidly evolving, and individuals, families, and communities are facing challenges in everyday living. As a supervised visitation program that serves families impacted by intimate partner violence, you are being looked to provide services as safe as possible in uncertain times.
As we all co-create new temporary service provisions to families in times of crisis we want you to know, Inspire Action for Social Change is committed to the health, welfare, and care of each of you and take our responsibility for supporting you and your programming seriously. On this page, we have included some immediate resources and tools of support. We will continue to gather and develop new resources and make them available as quickly as we can. Please reach out to us for any support or needed connection.
“We at Inspire are here to remind each of us that love and courage are abundant in all our hearts. We want to encourage a spirit of generosity and compassion and give a loving reminder that we are all in this together. Together we are stronger.”
Downloadable SV&SE COVID-19 Specific Resources
As a community of supervised visitation providers, you have faced tremendous shifts and changes in every aspect of your work. The thoughtful and intentional way you usually have created safety and healing for families has been turned on its head. You now hold the weight of safety, uncertainty, and fear as never before. We have seen you rise to this challenge, spending countless hours re-framing, re-focusing, and re-creating a new reality in providing trauma-informed supervised visitation services. And for that, we are grateful to each one of you for showing up and continuing the work.
As we co-create a new temporary reality to safely provide supervised visitation service in a time of crisis, Inspire Action in partnership with OVW are committed to the health, welfare, and care of each of you and your communities. The staff at Inspire take this opportunity to support you and your community as a great honor and privilege.
Inspire offers you a space to come together with your peers to continue to explore the challenges and opportunities this health crisis has created for each of you and the families you serve. Engaging in honest and courageous conversations and practice, we hope that together, we will develop strategies that promote resilience and healing during these challenging times.
Please see our “Training & Support Offerings” page of this website for a listing of all of our current events.
COVID-19 Specific Past Webinar Resources and Recordings
Webinar on Supervised Visitation Considerations & Creative Solutions During a National Emergency - Presented on March 18, 2020
Webinar on Safety Planning with Survivor Parents and Children During Modified SV&SE Services - Presented on Thursday, April 2, 2020
Webinar on Conducting Modified Supervised Visitation Services - Presented on Friday, April 3, 2020
Webinar on Supporting Children & Youth During Modified SV&SE Services - Presented on Monday, April 6, 2020
Webinar on Working with Parents Who Have Used Violence During Modified SV&SE Services - Presented on Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Webinar on Creative Activities Parents Can Do With Their Children During Remote Supervised Visitation Services - Presented on Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Webinar on Modified Supervised Visitation: Putting the Pieces Together - Presented on Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Webinar on Providing Meaningful and Effective Language Access During Modified SV&SE In partnership with Casa de Esperanza/National Latin@ Network - Presented on Wednesday, April 29
Webinar on Resuming On-Site SV Services Safely - Presented on Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Please Contact Inspire Action for Social Change Staff for Assistance and Support
Beth McNamara / beth@inspireactionforsocialchange.org
Jennifer Rose / jennifer@inspireactionforsocialchange.org
Amrita Hanjrah / amrita@inspireactionforsocialchange.org
This project is supported by Grant No. 2017-TA-AX-K028 & 2020-TA-AX-K011 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.