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SVN Launchpad Timeline + Mission Specialist Launch Sequence

A 6-Month Journey to Build and Launch Your Supervised Visitation Practice

The SVN Launchpad is a 6-month, mentor-guided program for individuals ready to build ethical, sustainable, and mission-aligned supervised visitation practices. Participants work one-on-one with a Mission Specialist, attend monthly Launchpad Labs, and complete foundational certificate trainings as they become available throughout the year.

At the center of the experience is your Business Flight Plan—a flexible, living roadmap you’ll build and refine month by month. By the end of the program, you’ll have a fully personalized and launch-ready strategy for offering professional supervised visitation services in your community.

Rolling Admission Friendly: Participants may start at any time. Training schedules will vary based on availability and individual pace. SVN will assist with scheduling.

Month-by-Month Launchpad Journey + Mission Specialist Launch Sequence

Month 1: Welcome + Lifting Off

Lab Theme: Launching with Purpose
Flight Plan Focus: Mission & Service Philosophy
Mentoring Objectives:

  • Clarify participant’s mission, vision, and guiding values

  • Explore distinctions between mission, model, and method

  • Help participants connect values to client experience and service delivery
    Deliverable: Mission Statement draft and service philosophy narrative

Month 2: Designing Systems That Work

Lab Theme: Systems that Sustain
Flight Plan Focus: Service Menu
Mentoring Objectives:

  • Define types of services (e.g., supervised visitation, exchanges, virtual)

  • Clarify target population and any limitations

  • Explore alignment with personal strengths and community needs
    Deliverable: Draft list of services and population focus

Month 3: Building a Safe & Ethical Foundation

Lab Theme: Protecting Your Practice
Flight Plan Focus: Policies, Procedures & Forms
Mentoring Objectives:

  • Review draft policies and core forms

  • Discuss enforceability and alignment with best practices

  • Explore confidentiality, safety, and cancellation policies
    Deliverable: Draft intake packet and internal procedures

Month 4: Financial Clarity & Core Forms

Lab Theme: Making the Money Work
Flight Plan Focus: Funding & Fee Strategy
Mentoring Objectives:

  • Discuss sustainability goals and funding models

  • Clarify approach (fee-based, contract, grants)

  • Review basic budgeting (no pricing guidance due to antitrust policy)
    Deliverable: Written sustainability plan and budget concept

Month 5: Community Visibility & Relationship Building

Lab Theme: Rooted and Referred
Flight Plan Focus: Referral & Intake Pathways; Marketing & Community Engagement
Mentoring Objectives:

  • Discuss referral and intake flow

  • Review outreach language and relationship-building strategy
    Deliverable: Referral workflow and short marketing message

Month 6: Leadership, Boundaries & Launch Readiness

Lab Theme: Leadership Without Losing Yourself
Flight Plan Focus: Schedule & Capacity Plan; Leadership, Boundaries & Sustainability
Mentoring Objectives:

  • Explore caseload boundaries and personal leadership vision

  • Finalize full Flight Plan and celebrate progress
    Deliverable: Completed Flight Plan document

Capstone Review & Final Touches (Optional 1:1)

Focus: Readiness for launch
Purpose: Review and refine final Flight Plan as capstone submission
Mentoring Objectives:

  • Review all sections for clarity and completion

  • Celebrate growth and readiness

  • Identify any additional supports or future goals
    Deliverable: Polished and launch-ready Flight Plan

What You’ll Receive

  • 6 Launchpad Labs with live coaching and peer support

  • 6 months of 1:1 mentorship with an SVN Mission Specialist

  • Access to SVN’s core certificate trainings:

    • Key Concepts (online)

    • 24-Hour Certification

    • Admin Certification

    • Policy & Procedure Training

    • Form Development Training

  • Custom tools and materials:

    • SVN Training Manual

    • Bench Cards + Parent Info Cards

  • A completed Business Flight Plan

  • Capstone review + graduation recognition

  • Ongoing access to SVN’s network and resources

The Business Flight Plan

Your Flight Plan becomes the capstone outcome of the program. Each section aligns with a Lab theme and includes:

  • Your mission and values

  • Services offered + scope

  • Policies, procedures, and forms

  • Intake process and referral plan

  • Outreach + engagement strategy

  • Sustainability goals + leadership reflections

By graduation, your Flight Plan will be a launch-ready document you can rely on, grow from, and present to courts, funders, or community partners.