Sonia Melara, Executive Director, Rally Family Visitation Services, Saint Francis Memorial Hospital

Rally Family Visitation Services is a national model for family visitation programs that provides critical visitation services to the highest risk families referred by the San Francisco Family Court System. The goal of the program is not only to assure safe transfer of children from parent-to-parent, but to help divorcing parents establish new, positive parenting relationships. Rally became a Saint Francis Memorial Hospital community service program in 1997, providing Rally with a central San Francisco location and the infrastructure necessary to serve a greater number of families.