Ohio Chapter

About the Chapter

Chapter Goals

Chapter Goals

The goals of the Ohio Chapter of the Supervised Visitation Network are to

- provide a forum for communication among its members concerning issues pertaining to the delivery of supervised visitation and exchange services,

- provide continuing education and technical assistance to its members,

- educate the public, other professionals and policy makers about supervised visitation, and

- provide any other services and information as may be appropriate.

Objectives

1. To provide quarterly meetings in a centrally located location in Ohio.
2. To provide a time during each meeting for providers to interact, network and gather information about other programs.
3. To provide at least one continuing education training per calendar year.
4. To provide on-going technical assistance with program development to existing and new programs through direct contact with established programs.
5. To collect monthly data from Ohio providers about supervised visitation services and provide an annual report to the Chapter members.
6. To provide at least one educational and informative meeting about supervised visitation services per year to the public, other professionals and/or policy makers.

What's Going On

Next meeting

March 22, 2010 – 11:00 am to 1:30 pm

Some more news

Meeting Dates, Times and Location

March 22, 2010 – 11:00 am to 1:30 pm

June 28, 2010 (Annual election of Chapter officers), 11:00 am – 1:30 pm

September 27, 2010 – Training Day, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

November 22, 2010 – 11:00 am to 1:30 pm

Currently, meetings are held at the Ohio Buckeye Ranch located at 697 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215

Chapter Officers:

Chair - Melissa Wheaton, Highland County Family Advocacy Center, Hillsboro, Ohio, 937-393-4642; wheatm@odjfs.state.oh.us

Vice Chair (and temporary secretary) - Barbara Stamper, Greene County Family Visitation Center, Xenia, Ohio, 937-562-5687; bstamper@co.greene.oh.us

Treasurer - Carole Bopp, Hope House Visitation Center, Inc., Youngstown, Ohio, 330-788-8882; cjbhopehouse@sbcglobal.net

Secretary - unfilled