consider how visitation should look, given between California and Florida at this it’s point.” On November 3, 2015, the Department filed an updated case plan as to Father. For the objective involving age appropriate behavior for Minors, the case plan stated: and attend the Duval County Family Preservation Program FAST Program “Sign up through Family Support Services of North Florida, and of the Inc.,” “[a]ttend all aspects program: in-home counseling - anger mgmt - substance abuse treatment. - domestic with No contact information for the program was violence education” “90% attendance.” provided. The case plan also added a third objective to maintain relationships with Minors, which provided for Father to have weekly telephone visits, permitted him to write Minors letters via the social worker, and allowed social media or video contact at the discretion. Department’s At the November 4, 2015 continued hearing, counsel voiced several Father’s objections: the identified program and does not indicate its length; Father “is very vague” had not been assessed as to his need for anger management and domestic violence services; and the plan lacked drug testing and housing services. The Department responded that the Florida agency did not respond to the requests for Department’s a involved with their and noted Father was on parole “having referral, what’s program,” drug testing through them so we can probably get something through “so he’s probably The Department also stated Father was not returning the social calls. At them.” worker’s the conclusion of the hearing, the juvenile court directed case plan Father’s “be rerun with specifics as to what the in-home counseling, how to take place. Is long that’s going that a parenting component? . . . [¶] . . . What the anger management is or if simply it’s like a parenting, discipline with confidence, that kind of thing certainly would be appropriate. Substance abuse treatment, what it consists of, and include testing protocols. Domestic violence education, simply be assessed to determine if there is a need and comply with the recommendation. [¶] Add a housing component, provide appropriate housing and, to the extent that not specifically addressed, parenting classes. I believe it’s [Father] has not been actively parenting his children for a period of time, and I believe
consider how visitation should look, given it’s between California and Florida at this point.” On November 3, 2015, the Department filed an updated case plan as to Father. For the objective involving age appropriate behavior for Minors, the case plan stated: “Sign up and attend the Duval County Family Preservation Program FAST Program through Family Support Services of North Florida, Inc.,” and “[a]ttend all aspects of the program: in-home counseling - anger mgmt - substance abuse treatment. - domestic violence education” with “90% attendance.” No contact information for the program was provided. The case plan also added a third objective to maintain relationships with Minors, which provided for Father to have weekly telephone visits, permitted him to write Minors letters via the social worker, and allowed social media or video contact at the Department’s discretion. At the November 4, 2015 continued hearing, Father’s counsel voiced several objections: the identified program “is very vague” and does not indicate its length; Father had not been assessed as to his need for anger management and domestic violence services; and the plan lacked drug testing and housing services. The Department responded that the Florida agency did not respond to the Department’s requests for “having a referral, what’s involved with their program,” and noted Father was on parole “so he’s probably drug testing through them so we can probably get something through them.” The Department also stated Father was not returning the social worker’s calls. At the conclusion of the hearing, the juvenile court directed Father’s case plan “be rerun with specifics as to what the in-home counseling, how long that’s going to take place. Is that a parenting component? . . . [¶] . . . What the anger management is or if it’s simply like a parenting, discipline with confidence, that kind of thing certainly would be appropriate. Substance abuse treatment, what it consists of, and include testing protocols. Domestic violence education, simply be assessed to determine if there is a need and comply with the recommendation. [¶] Add a housing component, provide appropriate housing and, to the extent that it’s not specifically addressed, parenting classes. I believe [Father] has not been actively parenting his children for a period of time, and I believe
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