The Family Nurturing Center of Florida, Inc. (formerly known as the Family Visitation Center), is a not-for profit organization serving children and their families in Duval, Clay, Baker, St. Johns, and Nassau counties by providing a safe, caring place where families can maintain and strengthen family relationships while learning to adjust to change. The Family Nurturing Center provides service at three centers located in Duval and Clay Counties.

CENTER LOCATIONS

Clay County
1726 Kingsley Avenue, Suite 7
Orange Park, Florida 32073
(904) 215-1504

Duval County
1221 King Street
Jacksonville, Florida 32204
(904) 389-4244
FAX: (904) 389-4255

4714 Shelby Avenue
Jacksonville, Florida 32210
(904) 389-7800
FAX: (904) 389-1617

133 West 9^th Street
Jacksonville, Florida 32209
(904) 354-1147
FAX: (904) 354-8315

PROGRAMS OPERATED BY THE FAMILY NURTURING CENTER

Dependency Visitation Program:
- provides a safe place for supervised visitations between parents and children who have been removed from their homes because of abuse and/or neglect;

- provides free transportation so children who are temporarily residing in foster care or placed with relatives can participate in a 90 minute supervised visit with their parents;

- all visits are bi-weekly and are court-ordered.

The Family Law Program:
- provides supervised visitation between non-custodial parents and their children. All cases are court-ordered through either Domestic Violence cases or Family Law Court;

- provides monitored exchange services so a non-custodial parent may pick up the child(ren) for an unsupervised visit without having contact with the custodial parent.

- cases referred by the Family Law Court pay for services on a sliding fee scale;

- cases referred as a result of Domestic Violence are never charged a fee.

The One-to-One Parent Education Program:
- developed for parents whose children have been removed from the home because of abuse or neglect;

- parents are referred to the program by the Department of Children and Families;

- parents must attend weekly classes of one hour followed by a 90 minute supervised visit with their children;

- teaches a violence-free, nurturing form of parenting; upon successful completion of the 12-week program, families are referred to the Dependency Visitation Program, if they are not immediately reunified;

- services are provided free of charge to participants through funding from the Department of Children and Families and other private foundations.