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4KIDS of South Florida, Inc. 827 S. State Road 7, Suite B North Lauderdale FL 33068 Contact Person: Joan Englert (954) 979-7911 http://www.4kidsofsfl.org/what_we_do/foster_care.cfm 4Kids is a faith-based foster care agency linking with local churches to provide support to foster parents, adoptive parents and children. Our services include recruiting, training, and licensing of foster homes. In addition, we support those homes with respite care, mentoring, continuing education classes and other services as needed.

Camelot Community Care, Inc. 1925 S. Perimeter Road, # 120 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309 Contact Person: Vilma Caban (954) 958-0988 http://www.camelotcommunitycare.org/fl_fosterparenting.asp Camelot, a national non-profit agency, has been serving children and families for over 30 years. Our foster care programs, Traditional, Supported, Enhanced and Therapeutic, have been providing nurturing and supportive environments that include support services, counseling, 24 hour on-call, MAPP classes and clinical training serving children 0 -18 years old.

Children’s Home Society 401 N.E. 4th Street Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 Contact Person: Jennifer Benson (954) 453-6408 http://www.chsfl.org/becoming-chs-foster-parent.php Children’s Home Society is the oldest agency providing adoption and foster care services statewide, to newborns through age 18. It is our goal to place every child in a safe, loving home. We provide in home clinical support services to our foster homes, as well as 24/7 on-call, continued education and other recreational activities.

C.H.O.I.C.E.S. Community Helpers Organized In Churches Empowering Society 2300 NW 6th St. Pompano Beach, FL 33069 Contact Person: Beryl Fenton (954) 968-6777 CHOICES is a licensed child placement agency. Its foster care services include training, mentoring and family support. Foster parents belong to a support group (sponsored by CHOICES) that allows their voices to be heard. The Foster Parent Support group allows CHOICES to keep abreast of and provide services that benefit the children in its care.

Florida Baptist Children’s Homes 20 N.W. 46th Avenue Plantation, FL 33317 Contact Person: Shonda Griffin (954) 797-1223 http://www.fbchomes.org/html1/foster.html We are faith-based, non-profit organizations that have been caring for needy boys and girls since 1904. We believe that Jesus is Lord, and we recruit like-minded foster families to demonstrate a Christian lifestyle to our foster children.

Broward Office: 7261 Sheridan Street, 3rd Floor Hollywood, FL 33024 Miami Office: 20000 NW 47th Avenue, Bldg 2 Opa-Locka, FL 33055 (305) 430-0085/Fax: 305-430-8533 Contact Person: Tiffany Nogueira, (305) 430-0085 ext. 210 http://www.hhch.org/home.html Established by Jean Caceres-Gonzalez in 1989, His House Children’s Home is a private, non-profit, faith-based organization that provides residential care, full case management, adoption, foster care, counseling, and independent living services to children from newborn to 17 years old, who have been abused, neglected, drug exposed, or whose parents are in severe crisis. Staffed with loving house parents and supportive caregivers, the mission of His House is to restore the lives of children physically and emotionally through love, a good education, and safety, thereby giving every child the experience of a family. His House is a healing place where a child’s hope is renewed for a brighter future, as the darkness in little hearts is being colored away all over South Florida.

Kids In Distress 819 N.E. 26th Street Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33305 Contact Person: Tiffani Dhooge (954) 390-7654 http://www.kidsindistress.org/residential2.asp Kids In Distress (KIDS) offers the most comprehensive services to families in the child welfare system. Dedicated to permanency for children, foster care services include training and licensing of foster families, 24 hour support, on-going training, and adoption support services for children birth to 18 years old.

THERAPEUTIC & ENHANCED FOSTER CARE AGENCIES

Alternate Family Care / Center for Innovative Solutions 1001 W. Oakland Park Boulevard, # 304 Sunrise, FL 33351 Contact Person: Cynthia Moreno (954) 572-2600 http://www.altfam.com/program.htm Licensed foster families provide short-term, goal orientated, specialized therapeutic foster care for SED children. Requires compliance with ChildNet and DCF licensing standards, AFC personnel standards, 30 hour MAPP class, 30 hour Pre-service Training and active participation on child’s treatment team.

Devereux 6365 Taft St. Suite 2002 Hollywood, FL 33024 Contact Person: Denise Voyik (954)962-1225 http://fc.devereuxfl.org/ Therapeutic Foster Care serves children with emotional and behavioral problems in a structured foster home setting. The foster parents are specially trained and supported by a treatment team composed of psychiatrists, therapists, and a program manager. The therapists do in home counseling to help the foster parents learn the skills necessary to effectively work with the children in their home. Family Care is a foster care program for children who are developmentally disabled. The foster parents are specially trained and supported by a treatment team composed of psychiatrists, behavioral analysts, and a program manager. The behavioral analysts do in home training to teach the foster parents the skills necessary to effectively work with the children in their home.

National Youth Advocate Program 313 N. State Rd. 7 Plantation, FL 33317 Contact Person: Katie Warner (954)495-1457 or (877)692-7226 http://www.nyap.org Established in 1978 by Dr. Mubarak Awad, the National Youth Advocate Program (NYAP) serves youth and families in need of restorative care and treatment. NYAP is a national child welfare agency that has established a reputation for creating innovative programs that utilize community resources. NYAP's Florida office provides enhanced foster care services to youth that are medically fragile, youth that have a recent history of or current problem with substance abuse, and for youth that are gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual, or questioning.

The Mentor Network 600 N. Pine Island Road, # 230 Plantation, FL 33324 Contact: Shawndra Maine (954) 423-1919 Mentor Florida, Broward Office, provides the following services for children and adults in our program: therapeutic foster care, therapeutic services, individualized programs, behavioral services, and homes for children with developmental disabilities.

The Twelve, Inc. 1881 N.E. 26th Street, # 240 Wilton Manors, FL 33305 Contact: Felice Frederick (954) 667-0960 http://the12inc.org/florida/services.htm The Twelve for Children and Families of Florida Enhanced Foster Care Program is a community residential treatment program, which is clinically effective, and utilizes a non-institutional approach that addresses the needs of male sexual offenders, between the ages of 12-17.

TROY Foundation, Inc. 2300 W. Sample Road, # 313 Pompano Beach, FL 33073 Contact: Angela Deal (954) 917-2599 http://www.troyfoundation.org/ The TROY Foundation, Inc. Enhanced Foster Care Program provides a supportive, nurturing, and structured home environment for children, ages 12-17, while implementing behavior management interventions and counseling to improve the child’s anger management, problem solving, and social skills.

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