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CHS Locations

Greater Daytona

104 LaCosta Lane, Suite 120
Daytona Beach, FL 32114

(386) 274-0341

Proudly serving:

Flagler, Putnam, Volusia

Services Offered in Greater Daytona

Community Partnership Schools in Greater Daytona

Community Partnership Schools bring together schools, families, and community partners to provide coordinated support that helps students thrive. CHS is a partner within 37 Community Partnership Schools statewide, including Campbell Middle and Turrie T. Small Elementary in Daytona.

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Purpose:

  • Strengthen connections between schools, families, and community services.
  • Help students stay engaged and supported in their education.

Schools:

  • Campbell Middle
  • Turrie T. Small Elementary
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Counseling

CHS Counseling provides professional mental health support for children, teens, adults, and families facing emotional, behavioral, or life challenges. Licensed counselors work with clients in flexible settings to address concerns and strengthen coping strategies.

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Who Qualifies:

  • Children, teens, adults, and families experiencing mental health or life challenges, including anxiety, depression, trauma, family conflict, grief, or behavioral concerns.
  • Services are available through in-person, school-based, or telehealth appointments, depending on location and program availability.

Purpose:

  • Provide therapeutic support to address mental health and family challenges.
  • Strengthen coping skills, family relationships, and emotional well-being.
  • Connect clients with additional resources when needed, including telepsychiatry for medication management and crisis response services where available.

Family Services Planning Team

The Family Services Planning Team coordinates mental health and behavioral support for children and families, creating individualized plans with counselors, case managers, and specialists to address each family’s unique needs.

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Who Qualifies:

  • Children ages 0–17 and their families in Volusia, Flagler, Putnam, Duval, St. Johns, Clay, Nassau, Brevard, Orange, Seminole, and Osceola counties.
  • In Brevard, Orange, Seminole, and Osceola, services are also available to adults.

Purpose:

  • Provide coordinated counseling, medication management, and targeted case management.
  • Connect families with specialized therapies, such as art therapy, equine therapy, or therapeutic camps.
  • Ensure a dedicated team supports the child’s progress and the family’s stability.

Family Transition

The Family Transition program provides home-based support for families navigating life changes. Our team works alongside parents to strengthen skills, build routines, and connect families to community resources that promote long-term stability.

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Locations Available:

Who Qualifies:

  • Families referred through Community Partnership for Children (CPC).

Purpose:

  • Support parenting skills and family routines.
  • Address emotional and behavioral health needs.
  • Connect families with timely, appropriate community resources to promote family well-being.

Family Visitation Centers

Family Visitation Centers provide a safe, neutral setting for court-ordered supervised visitation between parents and children. The program supports healthy family interaction while prioritizing safety when families are navigating complex situations.

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Who Qualifies:

  • Families with court-ordered supervised visitation.
  • Cases involving safety concerns such as domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, dating violence, or child abuse.

Purpose:

  • Provide a safe, structured environment for supervised parent-child visits.
  • Support positive parenting and the rebuilding of family relationships when appropriate.
  • Offer clinical oversight and connect families to counseling and supportive services as needed.

Healthy Start

Healthy Start is a statewide early support and education program for pregnant women and families with newborns through age three. It’s delivered through coordinated home‑visiting and care‑coordination services to improve maternal and child health outcomes.

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Who Qualifies:

  • Expecting parents and families with infants up to age three who are identified through prenatal or infant risk screening or referred by clinical and community partners.

Purpose:

  • Connect families with education, support, care coordination, and community resources that reduce risk factors for poor birth outcomes and promote healthy early childhood development.

Independent and Transitional Living

These programs help youth and young adults in or exiting foster care gain the skills and stability needed to transition successfully into adulthood. Participants receive guidance on education, employment, life skills, and housing to build productive, independent futures.

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Locations Available:

Who Qualifies:

  • Independent Living: Youth in foster care ages 13–23.
  • Transitional Living: Young adults ages 18–23 who have recently exited foster care or are at risk of homelessness.

Purpose:

  • Provide life skills training in areas such as budgeting, cooking, house maintenance, and transportation.
  • Support education planning, job training, and goal-setting.
  • For transitional living participants, offer safe, stable housing in apartment-style facilities shared with peers while preparing for independent adulthood.

Mobile Response Team

The Mobile Response Team provides 24/7 crisis support for individuals and families experiencing mental health emergencies in Putnam County. The team offers rapid on-site intervention, safety planning, and follow-up support to help families stay safe and stable.

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Locations Available:

Who Qualifies:

  • Individuals of all ages in Putnam County experiencing a mental health crisis.

Purpose:

  • Provide immediate de-escalation, risk assessment, and safety planning within one hour of a call.
  • Offer ongoing crisis counseling and connect families to community resources, including mental health counseling, case management, and psychiatric services.
  • Support families through mental health crises and, when necessary, the Baker Act process.

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Putnam County Family Resource Center

Because no child, no family should face the tough times alone

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For families in Putnam County, the Putnam County Family Resource Center is here.

Many children and families in Putnam County have limited opportunities and access when it comes to quality health care, mental health care and support in navigating the web of social service resources in the community.

The Putnam County Family Resource Center is Palatka’s one-stop-shop for guided support to navigate local community social services including health care, mental health care, family and youth resources and more.

Healthy Start

Parenting support and resources for those who are pregnant or have a child under the age of 3, courtesy of CHS’ Healthy Start Program.

Mental Health Care

Trauma informed individual and family therapy, including mental health and substance abuse outpatient services. Telehealth and in-person services available!

Social Service Navigators

Local guidance and referrals to CHS’ wide network of trusted partners

24/7 Mobile Crisis Response

24/7 on-call crisis intervention via CHS’ Mobile Response Team.

Virtual Healthcare

Virtual healthcare with a physician through the St. Johns Care Connect Telehealth Kiosk, provided by UFHealth (please call for availability information).

Support Groups

Groups for parent support, youth support, nutritional education, and more.

Food Pantry & Clothing Closet

On-site basic needs resources such as an emergency food pantry and clothing closet.

Connections to Community Resources

Plus, connections to additional resources in the community!

In partnership with Care Connect, Children’s Home Society of Florida is proud to meet the unique needs of the Putnam County Community. With guided, on-site local support and a network of trusted partners, we are here to help you and your family — no matter the challenges.

Care Connect

Putnam County Family Resource Center Update

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SNAP® (Stop Now And Plan)

SNAP® helps children and their caregivers build self-regulation and problem-solving skills to reduce disruptive behavior and strengthen relationships at home, school, and in the community. The program uses an evidence-based, structured curriculum with parallel group sessions for kids and parents.

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Locations Available

Who Qualifies:

  • Children struggling with emotional regulation, behavioral challenges, or impulsive decision-making.
  • Caregivers of participating children.

Purpose:

  • Teach children practical strategies to pause, think, and make better choices in challenging situations.
  • Equip parents with tools to support their child’s growth and manage stress.
  • Promote long-term positive outcomes, including reduced aggression, improved peer and teacher relationships, and decreased juvenile justice involvement.

Program Details:

  • 13-week structured curriculum
  • Group-based sessions for children and parents separately
  • Available in English, Spanish, and Creole
  • Evidence-based and recognized by the Child Development Institute

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