Wellstar Family Visitation Center

OUR 2022 CASA VOLUNTEERS

Judy Adams Ginny Arcangelo Cindy Austin Mark Avillar Shawn Bach Bob Ballard Sue Barfield Holly Barrett Kelly Black Heather Blevins Addie Bowen Claire Brannon Carl Brooker Jennifer Brooker Barbara Cade Angela Cannarella Gene Carraway Diane Castle Bill Cecil Beth Choppa Michelle Clark Frank Cleveland Jeff Costa Kim Costa Marilee Coughlin Nancy Davis Phyllis Deeb Kelly DiMattesa Lori Downs Nick Downs Linda Etheridge Greer Ezrine Scott Fabricius Debra Farist Gladys Galindez Crystal Gammon Angela Gentry Hannah Gilleland Karen Gosdin Judy Grady Karen Greisman Sean Grizzle Lori Haigwood Katie Hamilton Lisa Happe Jeanie Harrison Linda Hartsfield-Briscoe Judy Harvey Catherine Hill Sandy Hogan Sandra Hordos Katie Huff Lynn Johnson Floyd Jones Sharon Jordan Cheryl Karr Dawn Kasha Linda Katz Kelli Jo Lane Janice Latoza Renee Lefebvre Van Zilen Pat Leonard Morgan Lewis Anna Logsdon June Long Stephanie Lowry Jill MacGregor Suzanne Mahoney Donna Malone Deirdre Manke Sandy Martin Lucia Mattern Barb McRee Janet Merkel Mary Minicucci Loretta M’Latamou Amanda Moore Beth Moore Bob Mullinax Paul Mullins Vinnie O’Connor Maggie Orozco Melissa Pagan Primrose Picart Michele Prance Debbie Rabjohn Jeffrey Rasberry Jim Reddy Carol Redman Macie Christy Redovian Beverly Reece Churchwell Barb Richard Kathleen Rodriguez David Saltz Lori Sargent Lisa Schmid Lori Shackleford Heather Shelton Penny Sibley John Slump Debra Smith Linda Smith Michele Smith Robin Smith Tami Smith Robin Snider Rhonda Speck Holli Spell Deborah Sprayberry Lauren Stallings Lorraine Stallings Barbara Stell Trisha Stiles Paul Stombaugh Jennifer Stowell Caprice Strickland Lorraine Thompson Karen Tilghman Nina Torrence Janet Trippett Jenni Vereen Michelle Von Trott Wendy Wagner Ellen Ward Sandra Ward Randy Watson Sara Whitaker Sherry Wiedman Jeff Wilbur Stefanie Williams Polly Yaguchi Mary Zamorski

We swore in 12 new CASA volunteers in 2022.

A family served by our CASA program celebrated their reunification after foster care by going on a shopping spree at Learning Express Toys in Woodstock. The shopping spree was generously made possible by a partnership between the store and Georgia Academy Club. Baseball players and their families held a fundraiser to raise more than $7,000 for our programs!

New York Times #1 Best Selling Author, Laura Schroff, of “An Invisible Thread” virtually joined our CASA Book Club discussion.

Juvenile Court Judge Rick Jones swears in new CASA volunteers.

Advocacy Coordinator Christine Clark, Advocacy Coordinator Caroline Shelton, Advocacy Coordinator Mandy Quigley and Advocacy Director Julie Carter.

CASA volunteers and Juvenile Court Judge Jennifer Davis and Judge Rick Jones at our annual Volunteer Appreciation event.

Family Visitation Center

The Wellstar Family Visitation Center offers a safe, comfortable, home-like environment for children placed in foster care to visit with their parents, siblings, and extended family while they are not living together. The Wellstar Family Visitation Center is the 2020 recipient of the Hedi Levenback Supervised Visitation Provider of the Year award, a prestigious honor presented by Supervised Visitation Network. This award recognizes our program for providing the highest level of supervised visitation services in order to support, nurture and guide families. The Visitation Center held more than 1,200 safe family visits during 2022, operating at 90-100% capacity, seven days a week. Several families separated by foster care and served by the program were successfully reunified this year!

Staff and Board Members hosted an open house of the visitation center for Supervised Visitation Awareness Month in May. The Visitation team attended the National Supervised Visitation Network Conference in Orlando.

VISITATION

BY the

NUMBERS

1,200

supervised family visits

71

children served through supervised visitation

101

parents served through supervised visitation

268

hours of life skills coaching

1,368

hours of parent coaching

The Visitation program utilizes the Nurturing Parenting curriculum to teach empathy and encourage positive parenting.