**OCSE Child Access & Visitation Program Name of State: Guam**

**Part I: Contact Information**

-   Name of State Program Contact Kathleen E. Maher, Deputy Attorney
    General

-   Name of Designated State Agency Department of Law

-   Street Address 238 Archbishop F.C. Flores St.

-   City, State, & Zipcode Hagatna, Guam 96910

-   Telephone no. (671) 475-3360

-   E-mail Address <katmaher_2000@yahoo.com>

-   Fax no. (671) 477-6118

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## Part II: Statistical Profile 

-   Total no. of minor children under 18 years

> of age living with one biological parent 6,704
>
> (1990 U.S. Census data)

## Part III: Previous and Current Year Funding Levels

**[Federal \$ Grant]{.underline} [State \$ Match]{.underline} and
[Percentage]{.underline}**

-   FFY 1997 \$ 50,000 NA NA

-   FFY 1998 \$ 50,000 NA NA

-   FFY 1999 \$100,000 NA NA

-   FFY 2000 \$100,000 NA NA

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## Part IV: Summary of State's Proposed Use of FFY 2000 Grant Funds

**[Yes]{.underline} [No]{.underline}**

#### Process for Awarding Funds: 

#### Request for Proposals 

#### (new & continuation)

-   **New only**

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-   **Other\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_**

**Time of Year RFP's are Issued and/or Funding Decisions Are Made:**

Fall \_\_\_\_\_ Winter \_\_\_\_\_ Spring \_\_\_\_\_ Summer \_\_\_\_\_

**Award of Funds:** Grants \_\_\_\_\_ Contracts \_\_\_\_\_ Cooperative
Agreements \_\_\_\_\_

**[Targeted Priority Areas]{.underline}:**

-   **Mediation**

voluntary **Yes \_\_\_\_\_ No \_\_X\_\_\_**

mandatory **Yes \_\_\_\_\_ No \_\_X\_\_\_**

-   **Counseling Yes \_\_X\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

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-   **Education Yes \_\_X\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

-   **Parenting Plans Yes \_\_X\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

-   **Visitation Enforcement**

monitoring **Yes \_\_\_\_\_ No \_\_X\_\_\_**

supervision **Yes \_\_\_\_\_ No \_\_X\_\_\_**

neutral drop-off/pick-up **Yes \_\_\_\_\_ No \_\_X\_\_\_**

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-   **Development of Guidelines**

> Visitation **Yes \_X\_\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**
>
> Alternative custody arrangements **Yes \_X\_\_\_\_ No \_\_\_\_\_**

**Summary Narrative: Proposed Use of FFY 2000 Funds**

Unlike many states, Guam does not have published guidelines for
visitation and alternative custody arrangement. Guam proposes to use FFY
2000 Child Access & Visitation Grant funds to support the research for
the development of final guidelines for the courts, in addition to
implementing an access & visitation service program. Guam's Department
of Law, Family Division, is the home of the Child Support Enforcement
Program, which has current administrative responsibility for the Child
Access and Visitation Grant Program.

Guam's overall goal for the expenditure of the FFY 2000 grant is "to
develop and implement programs to support and facilitate non-custodial
parents' access to and visitation with their children." Specific
objectives include the following:

-   to educate parents regarding the need to provide non-custodial
    parents access to and visitation with their children;

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-   to develop guidelines for visitation and alternative custody
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-   to develop parenting plans in specific cases and provide parenting
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-   to be responsive to visitation problems.

Last, Guam would use a portion of FFY 2000 grant funds to establish a
"visitation hotline" to answer questions from both parents concerning
visitation.

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## Part V: Projects Funded by States with FFY 98 OCSE Dollars

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**Grantee Name, Address Amount of Award & Number of Parents Served:**

& Phone Number Services Provided Total \# % fathers % mothers

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# Participant Data: Part A

(by income and marital status)

**Grantee Name & Average Annual Parent Participation Rates:**

#### Program Title Income 

####  divorced separated unwed

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# Participant Data: Part B

(by race/ethnicity**)**

**Grantee Name [RACIAL / ETHNIC BREAKOUT:]{.underline}**

**White Black Hispanic Asian Native Pacific**

**American Islander**

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# Sources of Client Referral

**GRANTEE**

> Self-Referral TANF Child Welfare Child Support Social Services Courts
> Private Agency

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