Success Stories

Linda grew up in an abusive environment with an alcoholic father and a very submissive, co-dependent mother. Linda witnessed several episodes of domestic violence during her childhood and headed down a path that promoted this cycle of abuse.

This June, a non-custodial parent made a great turn-around in her diligence with attending visits at the Valued Visits program. The case began approximately one year ago when mom visited her three and five year old boys. During an eight-month period of visitation, Mom missed several visits due to difficult circumstances in her personal life. Her two children were unable to see her when she cancelled visits, which disappointed them very much.

A father recently visited his 3-year-old daughter at Valued Visits after not seeing her for two and a half months. At initial contact, both the child and father were somewhat reserved; not knowing what to expect. But both were eager to see one another. At the beginning of the first visit the child cried a little when she left her mother’s arms, but upon seeing all of the toys at the visitation center and the joy in her father’s eyes, the child opened right up. The father and daughter played games, ran after each other, ate meals together and giggled often. Throughout the months, the bond between the father and daughter grew. This little girl was no longer seeing Mommy and Daddy fighting. She was only focusing on playing and sharing laughs with Daddy.

 Actual quotes from some of the people we've helped..

 "CASTLE was able to make an unbearable situation bearable through Value Visits." 

"The home life for my family has greatly improved from participating in CASTLE's Safe Family Program. God bless the counselors." 

"We are better parents and we can see a difference in our children's behavior since we attended Positive Parenting classes at the CASTLE."