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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 […]
Many children enter foster care with special needs that require extra attention, love and care. Right now in Northeast Florida, there is a desperate need for foster homes with the specialized training to care for these children.
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 […]
WPTV CHS Palm Beach Adoption Day Celebration from Children’s Home Society Florida on Vimeo.
Children’s Home Society of Florida, the state’s oldest and largest child-serving organization, received a $100,000 donation from the The Sansing Foundation to benefit local children and their families. CHS will use the funds to help families facing hard situations compounded by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Studies show 8 million Americans have slipped below […]
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, […]
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, […]
More than 54 million people, including 18 million children, may experience food insecurity this year, according to the group “Feeding America.” Farm Share has teamed up with Children’s Home Society of Florida and the Clay County School district. News4Jax reporter Lena Pringle joins us.
Clothing, shoes, purses, and jewelry are just some of the items you’ll find at Eagles Laundry Center and Clothing Exchange at Wilkinson Jr. High School. Watch the broadcast here. Principal Christina Cornwell said the Middleburg community was in need of something like this when she realized clothing was a big reason why children weren’t attending […]
CLAY COUNTY, Fla. – Chronic absences due to a lack of clean clothes can take a devastating toll on a student’s overall success in school. By removing access barriers to learning, the Community Partnership Schools model is helping more Clay County children realize their full potential. Ernest Hamilton, the Florida Regional Executive Director for Children’s […]
In honor of World Mental Health Day, Andry Sweet, CHS President & CEO spoke with WJCT’s Melissa Ross about the impact of pandemic on mental health and CHS’ work to increase access to mental health care throughout Florida. at the 37:00 minute mark to hear more: WJCT.ORG
A child’s joy and wonder around the holidays, s’mores by a campfire and family bike rides around the neighborhood — these are a few of Cheryl Miller’s favorite things about being a foster parent. Cheryl loves to give the children in her home happy memories and positive, family-grounded experiences. She recognizes that each child has […]
