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Fact Sheet

Governor’s Grants Program

“Creating S.A.F.E. Communities”

Federal State Access & Visitation Program (SAVP)

October 1, 2008—September 30, 2009

Office of Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson

August 2010

The Federal State Access and Visitation Program pro-vides supervised child exchange or supervised child visi-tation services to children and families at risk because of circumstances relating to neglect; substance abuse; emo-tional, physical or sexual abuse; domestic or family vio-lence; etc. The U.S. Department of Health and HumanServices provides the funding for this grant.

Ten grant projects were awarded a total of $102,979 toprovide supervised visitation and exchange services for children and families and parenting classes to improvethe parenting skills for residential and non-residential par-ents.

Below is data on the victims and services provided bySAVP funded grant projects.

Grant projects provided a total of:

• 6,119 supervised child visits • 4,896 supervised child exchanges 

Racial Background of Individuals Served

Female Male

Caucasian 586 547

African American 36 47

Native American 8 16

Latino 33 44

Asian 14 10

Bi-racial 42 41

Other Race 0 0

Age of Individuals Served Female Male

0—2 47 66

3—5 86 78

6—8 64 86

9—11 45 61

12—14 22 27

15—17 17 13

18—27 128 96

28—35 149 137

36—43 94 96

44—51 39 38

52—59 10 1360+ 8 4

Special Needs of Individuals Served

Adult Child

Physical 6 5

Mental Health 68 54

Non—English Speaking 13 0

Other 11 4

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Governor’s Grants Program

Phone (785) 291-3205 Fax: (785) 291-3204

www.governor.ks.gov/grants/default.htm

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 Officeof the Kansas Governor.

Residential Status of Individuals Served

Female Male

Residential 295 15

Non-Residential 147 262

Marital Status of Client Groups Served

Never Married 173

Married 24

Separated 32

Divorced 164

Source of Referral for Client Groups Served

Courts 354

Attorney 12

Family Member(s) 0

Mental Health Professional 2

Self-Referral 7

Other 16

Reason for Referral for Client GroupsServed

Partner Abuse 137

Child Physical Abuse 50

Child Sexual Abuse 26Child Neglect 36

Substance Abuse 116

Mental Illness 53

Flight Risk 21

Family Re-Integration 101

Other 27

Frequency of Visits & Exchanges for Client

Groups Served

Monthly 22

Semi-monthly 71

Weekly 223

Semi-weekly 40

More than twice a week 19

Length of Time Client Groups Continue

with Supervised Visits & Exchanges

1—2 months 59

3—5 months 93

6—9 months 76

10 months—1 year 48

2 years 26

3 years 7

4 or more years 7