In Broward and Palm Beach County every year, several hundred children enter the child welfare system due to abuse, abandonment or neglect.

As the local Community Based Care lead agency, ChildNet manages the local system of services and supports for Broward and Palm Beach Counties' most vulnerable children.

Our mission is to protect abused, abandoned and neglected children in the communities we serve.

Help us honor foster parents by joining their ranks.

During National Foster Care Month this May, we honor the foster parents in our community who, through their commitment and caring, help children in the foster care system heal, thrive and grow, and their temporary parenting leaves a permanent imprint on young hearts.  However, it is important to shed light on the need for Broward and Palm Beach County residents to open their hearts and homes to children in the foster care system.

Ordinary people in our community do extraordinary things.  You too can do something extraordinary by becoming a hero to a child who has been abused, abandoned, or neglected.

For more information about fostering call 954-414-6001 in Broward or 561-352-2501 in Palm Beach County.

You can also click here to learn more.

Children's journey into foster care begins with an unexpected and hasty removal from a home that has been deemed abusive or neglectful.  Children often arrive at our intake center with their meager belongings in a plastic bag.

Provide them with a duffle bag that tells them:

YOU MATTER 

A donation of $20 will provide children in foster care with a duffle bag and let them know they matter.

For information about how to adopt - call 954-414-6001 or click here.

Hope is bright, shy and quiet, and is a pleasure to have around. She enjoys bike riding, swimming and reading books. Hope needs a family that will help her heal from past wounds, and will also provide her with a loving environment.

» Please click here to see more children available for adoption.