New family visitation center in Steinhatchee now a reality

Posted on June 20, 2014

On Friday, May 23, County Judge Bill Blue, along with representatives from the Florida Guardian Ad Litem and the Partnership for Strong Families met with representatives of the Steinhatchee Community Center Board and secured permission to use the Steinhatchee Community Center as the specific supervised visitation site for dependency cases in Steinhatchee.

Steinhatchee parents in dependency proceedings needed a designated location to visit their children regardless of the weather, and volunteers who supervise the visitation needed an assigned location that they knew would be available for purposes of facilitating the visitation, Blue explained.

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