History of the Clearinghouse on Supervised Visitation 

The Clearinghouse on Supervised Visitation was created in 1996 through an appropriation from the Office of the State of Courts Administrator to provide statewide technical assistance on issues related to the delivery of supervised visitation services to providers, the judiciary, and Florida's Department of Children and Families. Since 1996, the Clearinghouse has received contracts on an annual basis from the Department of Children and Families to continue this provision of technical assistance. In 1998, the Clearinghouse published a training manual, A Competency-Based Training Manual for Florida's Supervised Visitation Providers, covering the recommended training content for providers developed by the Florida Supreme Court. The new manual A Training Manual for Florida's Supervised Visitation Programs, published in 2006, is a completely revised and updated curriculum. 

Since 1996, The Clearinghouse has also produced two semiannual newsletters: The Bar & Bench Visitation Report and The Family Visitation Times. Additionally, the Clearinghouse has produced other technical assistance tools, including the 2003 manual Child Sexual Abuse Referrals: A Curriculum for Supervised Visitation Providers and the 2004 Referrals to Supervised Visitation Programs: A Manual for Florida's Judges, a curriculum for which judges receive continuing judicial education credit. In addition to producing two comprehensive administrative guides, A Toolkit on Monitored Exchange and A Toolkit for Collaboration Between Florida's Colleges and Universities and Supervised Visitation Programs, the Clearinghouse has provided on-site training around the United States and Canada, conducted telephonic and web-based training for providers, and responded to telephone requests for assistance from providers and the courts across the country. In 2003, the Clearinghouse received funding from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women to provide technical assistance and training to federal Safe Havens-Supervised Visitation grantees. This funding was renewed for 2005-2006. 

The Clearinghouse is a component of the Institute for Family Violence Studies at Florida State University's College of Social Work. The Institute is directed by Karen Oehme. College of Social Work faculty contribute to the design, development, and evaluation of work products.

Clearinghouse staff may be contacted in the following ways:

Phone: 850.644.6303

Email: clearinghouse@fsu.edu

Mailing Address:
Clearinghouse on Supervised Visitation
Institute for Family Violence Studies
College of Social Work, Florida State University
C-2309 University Center, Tallahassee, FL 32306-2570

Visit our website at http://familyvio.csw.fsu.edu