CHS Blog
In March of 2019, a friend of mine posted on Facebook about being a mentor and how the program could use some more people willing to become mentors. At that time, I was basically an empty nester. My daughter was grown and had moved out a few years prior and was living her own life. […]
Like most parents in 2020, Belkis Moya suddenly became the “principal” of her home when her children started virtual schooling in response to the coronavirus pandemic. She worried how the challenges of the pandemic would impact her children’s ability to learn and achieve … and how she would be able to support them along the […]
Cheryl Miller makes a Positively Jax Difference by opening her heart and her home to children who have experienced trauma and may have severe emotional and behavioral needs. She is a “specialized therapeutic foster parent in Northeast Florida. Miller works with the Children’s Home Society to find kids with special needs who need special love […]
I’ll start by saying thank you to those of you who have helped me along the way. I’ve been helped by many people in many ways. I tell myself a lot it’s the little things that count and it’s true. When in the moment it’s often hard to see the big picture or the main […]
Amanda and Christopher enrolled in Children’s Home Society of Florida’s (CHS) Early Head Start program (EHS) when their first child was just three months old. As a first-time mom, Amanda didn’t know a lot about child development and early school readiness. She leaned on her EHS home visitor, Sandra, for education and encouragement to track baby’s […]
After nearly one year apart, Reba’s family will celebrate the holidays together at home. Reba — a Lakeland mother of two — welcomed her children home from foster care just in time for the magic of the holiday season. After surviving a toxic domestic relationship and battling substance abuse, Reba found the strength to overcome […]
The Children’s Home Society (CHS) here in Palm Beach is dedicated to building bridges to success for children, which includes helping children in foster care find permanency so children finding Forever Families is a call for a celebration. CHS usually does a party to celebrate the year’s adoptions but this year, they found a safe […]
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November is National Adoption Month, but every month in the United States there are nearly 425,000 minors and youth in foster care. From infants to age 21, children and young people who have been removed from their birth situation and placed in temporary family settings, await either a reunion within their original parents, perhaps a […]
As we rang in our 118th year, we also hosted our 2020 virtual North Star Awards and iLEAD graduation, an opportunity to celebrate our amazing “do gooders” going above and beyond for the children and families they serve. It was an inspiring celebration, commemorating the impact, dedication and leadership of our teams statewide. With 82 North […]
Lo que ya era un trámite sumamente riguroso, se ha tornado más complejo en el nuevo escenario de la pandemia del coronavirus Apenas en septiembre pasado, más de 11,000 niños esperaban para ser adoptados en Florida, un proceso que regularmente tarda hasta más de dos años. Y lo que ya era un trámite sumamente riguroso, […]
A Facebook post from a friend turned into an “ah-ha” moment for Jackie Huderson. “Adoption had always been in the back of my mind, but I didn’t know it was the path for me until I saw a Facebook post about a friend who had adopted,” said Jackie. “That was my ah-ha moment. I saw […]
What was once a partially-used basketball court next to Sabal Palm Elementary School now is a freshly-painted bicycle park, complete with road signage and turning lanes for students to learn the rules of the road in a safe, enclosed environment. Leon County School officials, including board member Darryl Jones, cut the ribbon on the new outdoor park, […]
Melody can describe her kids with just a few words. “They are so silly”, she says with a smile. Melody and Bert have always loved children and even with five biological children of their own, they knew they had room in their heart for more. “We decided to look closer into adoption after we learned […]
