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Article: $233,000 grant will assist Family Visitation Center
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- The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
- Article date:
- October 18, 2002
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BLOOMINGTON - Officials from Bloomington's Children's Foundation
say a $233,559 grant will help them protect more children and
families.
U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson, R-Urbana, announced the grant Thursday. It
goes to the foundation's Family Visitation Center, which provides a
neutral site and monitoring for child visits in cases where parents
harbor extreme animosity.
Johnson called the center a quality organization that promotes
healthy families.
Teresa Kelly, Children's Foundation program manager for Intact
Family Services, said the grant is a wise use of money. She called
the program a "wonderful intervention" that helps families before
their problems reach crisis stage.
"This is a safe place ...