Any one creative to brainstorm with me.
I am getting minimal amount of referrals from my local. So I am thinking when the UC runs out what to do.

I have education to get my private investigator license, with it I have a lot of options. As self owned I would like to target what I was doing for three years, supervising court ordered monitored visits with kids and the parents.

So I have a known name, long german one hard to say and impossible to spell.
Sounds like the Harpsburgs of Germany,
So do I use it adding investigation services, then market a service as providing supervised visitations,

That is the main reason to do this. No office work from home and meet out for the work and prepare reports to the court. NOT full time.

I can also serve papers for attorneys as a side income too.
THis way I will still have my SSDI, until I get established.

So far in three years I have not had any chargable quarters nor was I found to have any medical improvement. Each year my SSD checks go up about an additional $50 a month on top of the increase.

I need to work to help the bills and my sanity....keep busy.

Some things I thought would be to make a name for the agency, Then it would be the web address too.

Something family oriented, that I am offering supportive service for families in custody issues,
A word like safeharbor, family advocate, I am sure that is taken,....
Guardian, visitations solutions, ?????

di

Family Pillar, Safe Family, Safe Shelter

I heard a tip about phone book advertisements/yellow pages etc -

since it alphabetical listed start with A, AA or AAA to be listed in the first batch - websites might come up the same way...not sure

AAA+ family support services?
or any variation of that or the others suggested previously

If you make your own site ?
when you try the names it will let you know if it is taken already, then you can add or change something to try it again.

I'm thinking about this. You probably want something that sounds comforting, yet professional (not sappy).

Safe & Sound Family Services?

Something high in the alphabet:

Able Family Advocates

That's a hard one, DiMarie. Sounds like a great idea, though.

You will be safeguarding families, so how about

FamilyShield

FamilyGuard

Safe & Sound

Safe Solutions

This is very cool and I like all the names. Have you looked in the yellow pages to see what other names there are so you don't get one too similar but it may spark ideas?

I did internet for my local area names.
Many are agency' s doing family counseling. THe names and ideas are great.
Right on.
I thought about Advocate for family solutions

NE PA Advocate-visitation solutions

Advocate for "safe and sound" visitations

visitations soultions-family advocate

I know my pricing, I need an agreement form for the families. Cost sharing, one party hiring me.
The standards and regs
Rules of the program
Emergency contacts form
Court release
I have the basics done.

The business and marketing plan I did not complete yet, outlined it,
I applied for the license.
I need to think of spots for the weeking visits as opposed to renting full time space.

The families are generally for 6 months....then lots of outcomes happen.
In some cases the families are very happy as, the custodial parent knows they are safe and have time to do errands. THe other parent knows there are no accusations of hitting, harming, negelcting the child.

I hope the forum does not mind my posting and working this out. DH is not good about input ideas.
He has been out of work since Feb when the plant closed and no one will hire him at 61 yrs old.

Tons of letters saying someone more qualified hired. He worked this one job since high school, no GED, that is it..
HE did all jobs, and knows the manufacturing, shipping/receiving AAAA++++

His old job, the new owner never interviewed him and hired a kid without a clue. The foreman has no clue,
SUCKS.

I am working very part time doing the field investigations for a third party adjuster agency. Lots of great cases referred from senior adjusters for my research. But research paying for 1/2 hr a page. and same for reseach.

Many liability cases. I am unbiased and the truth is related in the facts. I do not hide them and the employer would not allow something to be covered up even it the client does not like it.

Sorry to be long...so much to consider and so tired of being broke!
DH needs a job for the benefits asap too....
di