Agency Details:

Family Support & Visitation Center

Devereux Foundation changes lives and nurtures human potential. We inspire hope, ensure well-being and promote meaningful life choices. Our mission is achieved through a wide range of services and supports for individuals and their families. Our purpose for almost 100 years has been to help persons with emotional, behavioral and developmental disabilities transition from troubled lives to lives filled with personal accomplishment and hope. At Devereux, we dream often of new tomorrows and realities for the persons we serve. We know that every person, regardless of disability, has the potential and the right to lead a life of fulfillment and accomplishment.

Description:
The Family Support & Visitation Center (FSVC) program offers four services: supervised visitation, parenting classes, transportation and case management. Visitation services and parenting classes are not interdependent. Located in Orange County, the FSVC provides a safe, neutral, nurturing and child-friendly environment, where children who have been taken into state custody, due to allegations of abuse or neglect, can maintain or develop relationships with their family members and interact with each other through various activities. Activities include such things as playing board games, reading books, playing outside on the playground, working on schoolwork or sharing family mealtime. This supervised visitation has been ordered by the Court as a means of assessing family dynamics and appropriateness for reunification. Typically, visitation occurs until the family is reunited or an alternative permanent placement for the child is found. Parenting classes target both families that visit at the Center as well as community families. The goal is to strengthen families, teach new parenting skills and prevent the occurrence or re-occurrence of child abuse.

Contact people:

Silvanita Trevino, Parent Mentor , (phone), (email) Eunice Keitt, Program Manager, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (407) 999-5589

Address:

118 Pasadena Place Orlando, FL 32803 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.devereux.org

Directions:

The address of the Family Support and Visitation Center (FSVC) is 118 Pasadena Place, Orlando, FL 32803. Phone number (407) 999-5577. The nearest main intersection is Colonial Drive (Hwy. 50) and Magnolia Ave. This intersection is located just east of I-4 on Colonial Drive. Directions to the intersection of Colonial Drive (Hwy. 50) and Magnolia Ave.: Option # 1 If coming from I-4 Westbound, get off on the Colonial Drive (Hwy 50) exit. Turn left (East). The second light will be Magnolia Ave. You will turn left onto Magnolia Ave. Option #2 If coming from I-4 Eastbound, get off on Robinson Street. Turn right onto Robinson Street and take it to Rosalind Ave. Turn left onto Rosalind Ave. Rosalind Ave. becomes Magnolia Ave. Stay on Magnolia and cross over Colonial Drive (Hwy 50). Option #3 From the East-West Expressway (Westbound), exit at Rosalind Ave. This exit will put you on South Street (one way street) headed toward Rosalind Ave. Turn right onto Rosalind Ave. Take this street through downtown. It will turn into Magnolia. Take Magnolia to Colonial Drive (Hwy 50). Cross over Colonial Drive (Hwy 50). Option #4 From the East-West Expressway (Eastbound), get off on Bumby Ave. Turn left onto Bumby and go under the East-West Expressway. Turn left onto South Street. Take South Street until you reach Rosalind Ave. Rosalind will turn into Magnolia. Stay on Magnolia and cross over Colonial Drive. Directions from the intersection of Colonial Drive (Hwy 50) and Magnolia Ave to the FSVC: Magnolia is a one way street. You will either turn onto Magnolia Ave. or cross over Colonial Drive if on Magnolia. The next light after Colonial Drive is Marks Street. Cross over Marks Street and the next street will be Pasadena Place. Turn right onto Pasadena Place. The FSVC will be the second house on the right. It is a yellow two-story house with a white picket fence in the front. There is a parking lot located immediately past the FSVC. There is a playground located directly behind the parking lot. The entrance to the FSVC is located at the back of the house.   Nearest Bus Stop: 900 N Magnolia Ave, 10 minute walk

Miscellaneous Information

Does this agency typically accept court-ordered assignments?
	Yes
Do you accept volunteers at night and on weekends?
	Yes
Do you accept groups of volunteers?
	Yes

Last updated on July 1, 2010