Visitation Monitoring
Creating safe, supportive environments for visiting families.
EA works directly with parents to supervise private court-ordered visits, and with county partners who need support.
Visitation monitoring with EA
Currently, EA has two contracts to provide visitation monitoring: one with San Joaquin County, since 2021, and one with Tulare County, since 2025.
EA staff have also provided visitation supervision and monitoring to counties that were short-staffed or needed assistance with extra visits, such as Calaveras, Amador, El Dorado and Lassen counties.
As a foster family agency, EA provides visitation services for all children who are placed in our resource homes.
Pricing & fees
The rate for supervised visit is $50 per hour, this includes travel if the visitation monitor has to travel outside of County.
The rate for a therapeutic visit or a no-contact visit (restraining order) is $75 per hour, this includes travel if the visitation monitor has to travel outside of County.
There is a $35 flat rate fee for no-shows or last-minute cancellations.
Fees are due prior the beginning of the first visit via personal check, cashier’s check or money order.
Before the visit, we will need a copy of the court order (to set up visitation and identify any restrictions) and a picture of the child(ren) attending the visits. The visitation monitor assigned to your case will provide you with an intake assessment to complete and supervised visitation protocol to sign.
Our approach
EA has several clinicians at various sites who counties have engaged to provide therapeutic visitation aimed at enhancing parent-child relationships and bonding, fostering healthy communication patterns, and setting mutual expectations for acceptable behavior and discipline.
Supervised visitation is not mediation, and the monitor cannot get involved in the personal emotions, frustrations and/or relationship complaints that are often present in a divorcing or ineffective co-parenting situation. Those issues should be addressed with the Court, your attorney, mediator, therapist, and/or other professional. A monitor's job is to remain neutral and provide a safe visitation experience. Visits are supervised to ensure the children involved are free from behavior(s) by the visiting parties that may evoke feelings of fear, anxiety, guilt, shame, or self-blame.