Access & Visitation
The Access and Visitation Program grants provide funding to states to administer programs that help noncustodial parents spend time with their children.
Below are some examples of activities permitted with access and visitation grant funding:
- Mediation
- Parenting plans
- Parenting education and counseling
- Visitation enforcement, including monitored and supervised visitation and neutral drop-off and pick-up
- Guidelines for visitation and alternative custody arrangements
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State and Federal Access & Visitation Contacts
August 21, 2012
Noncustodial Parents: Summaries of Research, Grants and Practices
August 27, 2009
Healthy Family Relationships
June 19, 2011
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State and Federal Access & Visitation Contacts
August 21, 2012State contact information for the Access and Visitation ProgramOverview of the Access and Visitation Program
December 1, 2011Summarizes the state grant program that supports and facilitates noncustodial parents' access to and visitation of their childrenState/Jurisdiction Profiles for FY 2008
December 1, 2010Highlights access and visitation services provided by states including socio-economic characteristics of parents servedProgram Legislation
April 16, 2010Provides the legislative cite and section for the Access and Visitation programChild Access and Visitation Grants: State/Jurisdiction Profiles for FY 2008
March 8, 2010Announces the release of the Child Access and Visitation Grants: State/Jurisdiction Profiles for FY 2008
State and Federal Access & Visitation Contacts
August 21, 2012State contact information for the Access and Visitation ProgramNoncustodial Parents: Summaries of Research, Grants and Practices
August 27, 2009Summary of research projects on NCPs assuming financial and emotional responsibility for their childrenOverview of the Access and Visitation Program
December 1, 2011Summarizes the state grant program that supports and facilitates noncustodial parents' access to and visitation of their childrenRelease of New Access and Visitation Program Data for Services Provided to Parents in FY 2005
May 8, 2007Provides a copy of the "Child Access and Visitation Grants: State/Jurisdiction Profiles for FY 2005"Release of New Access and Visitation Program Data for Services Provided to Parents in FY 2006
June 12, 2008Announces the release of the "Child Access and Visitation Grants: State/Jurisdiction Profiles for FY 2006"