The law requires that children in foster care visit with their parents (and siblings not in the same foster home) at least twice a month unless it wouldn't be safe to do so.  However, many children visit their parents more often because it can make foster care less traumatic and help maintain a relationship with their parents so that things will be easier when they return home.  Visits are not always easy for children, their parents or their foster parents but they are essential to build relationships and heal past traumas.  See resources below for more on family visits.

• Making the Most of Visits - Rise Magazine, September 2011 issue (pdf)
• Family Visiting for Children in Out-of-Home Care: A NYS OCFS Practice Paper (pdf)
• Parents' Rights to Frequent, Meaningful Contact with their Children (pdf)
• Visit Coaching: Supporting Families to Meet Their Children's Needs
• Advocating for Creative Visiting Plans
• Visiting Practice Points for Attorneys
• Parent Child Visits: NC Family and Children's Resource Program
• NYC ACS Best Practice Guidelines for ASFA Implementation (pdf)
• NRCPFC Family/Child Visit Resources
• Making Visits Better: Perspectives of Parents, Foster Parents, and Workers (pdf)
• Planned, Purposeful, and Progressive Visits: An engaging new video from NRCFCPPP