Fact Sheet

Governor’s Grants Program

“Creating S.A.F.E. Communities”
Office of Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson

Federal State Access & Visitation Program (SAVP)

October 1, 2008—September 30, 2009
The Federal State Access and Visitation Program pro- Age of Individuals Served Female Male
vides supervised child exchange or supervised child visi-
tation services to children and families at risk because of 0—2 47 66
circumstances relating to neglect; substance abuse; emo- 3—5 86 78
tional, physical or sexual abuse; domestic or family vio-
lence; etc. The U.S. Department of Health and Human 6—8 64 86
Services provides the funding for this grant. 9—11 45 61
Ten grant projects were awarded a total of $102,979 to 12—14 22 27
provide supervised visitation and exchange services for
children and families and parenting classes to improve 15—17 17 13
the parenting skills for residential and non-residential par- 18—27 128 96
ents.
28—35 149 137
Below is data on the victims and services provided by 36—43 94 96
SAVP funded grant projects.
44—51 39 38
Grant projects provided a total of:
52—59 10 13
• 6,119 supervised child visits
• 4,896 supervised child exchanges 60+ 8 4

Racial Background of Female Male

Individuals Served Special Needs of Adult Child
Individuals Served
Caucasian 586 547
Physical 6 5
African American 36 47
Mental Health 68 54
Native American 8 16
Non—English Speaking 13 0
Latino 33 44
Asian 14 10 Other 11 4

Bi-racial 42 41
Other Race 0 0

August 2010
Residential Status of Female Male Reason for Referral for Client Groups
Individuals Served Served
Residential 295 15 Partner Abuse 137
Non-Residential 147 262 Child Physical Abuse 50
Child Sexual Abuse 26
Child Neglect 36
Marital Status of Client Groups Served
Substance Abuse 116
Never Married 173
Mental Illness 53
Married 24
Flight Risk 21
Separated 32
Family Re-Integration 101
Divorced 164
Other 27

Frequency of Visits & Exchanges for Client Length of Time Client Groups Continue
Groups Served with Supervised Visits & Exchanges
Monthly 22 1—2 months 59
Semi-monthly 71 3—5 months 93
Weekly 223 6—9 months 76
Semi-weekly 40 10 months—1 year 48
More than twice a week 19 2 years 26
3 years 7
4 or more years 7
Source of Referral for Client Groups Served
Courts 354
Attorney 12
Family Member(s) 0
Mental Health Professional 2
Self-Referral 7
Other 16

The opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors/presenters and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Office
of the Kansas Governor.

Governor’s Grants Program

Phone (785) 291-3205 Fax: (785) 291-3204
www.governor.ks.gov/grants/default.htm