Visitation Centers

Mission

A visitation center provides a safe, comfortable, neutral and accessible location for frequent visitations of children and their families during evening and weekend hours.

Purpose

Every year over 5,000 children come to the attention of the Fulton County Juvenile Court because of abuse or neglect. In many of these cases, children are separated from their parents and put into foster care. While the central concern of the Court is the protection of the child, its underlying goal is reunification of parent and child when at all possible.

As people of goodwill realize, living in meaningful relationship is essential to being whole. A Visitation Center is an outreach project dedicated to promoting relationships among children and their parents who are striving to transform their lives and reunite as families. These centers open the door to maintaining the important bond between parent and child while providing the family the gift of normalcy in a time of turmoil and hope that will inspire the parent to continue the often difficult journey to a new life. A Visitation Center engages volunteers in a hands-on outreach project for children and parents who live within their own community. By putting their commitment into action, volunteers are touching the lives of children and parents who have a critical need.