Posts Tagged ‘Foster Care’
Family Mentor Model
Families First of Florida has been providing Therapeutic Foster Care services for almost twenty years. Understanding the importance of relationships, Families First of Florida has adapted a foster care model that will not only maintain children in foster homes, it provides additional support to our foster families. Creating relationships is how we heal from trauma.…
Read MoreNational Foster Care Month
With May being National Foster Care Month, Families First of Florida recognizes the importance of every child being raised in a family setting. All children have the right to feeling safe, contributing to and belonging in a family structure. Families First of Florida knows how supporting each other as we raise children from the foster…
Read MoreChild Abuse Prevention Month
What if society was able to stop child abuse before it started? What would the world look like? Would there be no need for the child welfare system or protection for youth. Overall, we would be out of a job. Unfortunately, this is not the case. There is hope. April is National Child Abuse Prevention…
Read MoreFebruary is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
It is a national effort carried on by activists, community leaders, and national and local organizations, to raise awareness about dating abuse, promote programs that support young people, and encourage communities to prevent this form of abuse with the goal of decreasing the prevalence of dating abuse among young people. The National Resource Center on…
Read More10 New Year Resolutions for Foster Care
Families First of Florida recognizes that not everyone can become a foster parent, everyone can help a child in foster care in some way, and in some fashion. With more children in foster care now than in years past, the foster care system in the United States is in need of attention, and in some…
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