MHA Supervised Visitation Program

Visit Hosts are professionally trained community volunteers who assist families by supervising and supporting them as they visit with their children.

Program Goals:

• Guide parents as they cope with their own feelings, respond to the unique needs of their children, and build on the strengths in each family.
• Supervised Visitation helps parents plan for meaningful visits in a natural and community-based environment whenever possible.
• Reduce the trauma that children experience from being separated from their families.
• Increase chances of reunification with their families.

Mission:

To make the Hudson Valley a place where anyone can get access to the full spectrum of mental health and addiction services they need, without jumping through unnecessary hoops.

• Integrity: Maintaining confidentiality, promoting safety and trust.
• Dignity: Treating everyone with respect.
• Excellence: Providing compassionate, comprehensive, creative care for all.

Core Values:

• Through empathy, compassion, and patience in the way we communicate, we can learn each other’s true needs.
• We are accepting of all people regardless of their differences in a non-judgmental way.
• MHAD is a safe-haven. Everyone does their part to ensure that everyone feels welcomed and included.
• No one is above anyone else. We meet people where they are at. We are humble.
• Be a visionary. Be proactive, think outside the box, have a passion for change, and the ability to adapt and evolve.
• Leave every interaction better than you entered it. (for the story: humor, smiling, kindness)
• Everybody’s voice matters. We value insight regardless of who you are.