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CHS Locations

Greater Orlando

5768 South Semoran Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32822

(407) 896-2323

Proudly serving:

Orange, Osceola, Seminole

Greater Orlando Events

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Services Offered in Greater Orlando

CINS/FINS

CINS/FINS provides early intervention for youth showing risky behaviors, helping them stay on track before issues escalate. We partner with schools, law enforcement, and families to make sure support is targeted and effective.

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Who qualifies?

Youth referred for non-criminal behaviors or status offenses that suggest risk of deeper system involvement.

Purpose:

  • Provide alternatives to detention or formal court.
  • Connect youth and families with the right supports in the community.

Contact the team:

  • Greater Palm Beach: (561) 598-4152
  • Greater Treasure Coast: (772) 460-9752
  • Greater Orlando (Osceola County): (772) 971-9194

Community Partnership Schools in Greater Orlando

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 Carver Middle, Eccleston Elementary, Evans High, Jones High and OCPS Academic Center for Excellence in Orlando.

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Purpose:

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

Schools:

  • Carver Middle
  • Eccleston Elementary
  • Evans High
  • Jones High
  • OCPS Academic Center for Excellence
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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.

Early Head Start

Early Head Start is a federally supported early childhood and family support program for expectant families and families with very young children. It focuses on healthy development, early learning, and connecting families with community supports.

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Locations Available:

Who Qualifies:

  • Expectant families and families with infants or toddlers under age 3.
  • Families experiencing challenges such as low income, homelessness, or other risk factors identified by referral partners.

Purpose:

  • Support healthy early development and family engagement from pregnancy through a child’s third birthday.
  • Provide developmental monitoring, parenting support, and connections to health and community resources.

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.

Healthy Families

Healthy Families is a voluntary, home‑based family support and coaching program that helps expectant parents and families of newborns build strong, nurturing foundations during the early childhood years. It’s part of the statewide Healthy Families Florida network and designed to promote positive parent‑child relationships and healthy development.

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Who Qualifies:

  • Families with a prenatal referral or a newborn less than about three months old.
  • Families referred by partner agencies who would benefit from in‑home support and connection with community resources.

Who qualifies?

  • Provide supportive home visiting to strengthen parenting skills and engagement.
  • Connect families to community services and help them set and achieve family goals.
  • Support child development and help create safe, stable home environments.

Targeted Case Management

Targeted Case Management supports children with diagnosed mental health challenges and helps families navigate complex behavioral and emotional support systems. We coordinate services and connect families to community resources to promote stability at home and school.

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Who Qualifies:

  • Children ages 0–17 with:
  • Behavioral or emotional difficulties at home and/or school, or
  • A mental health diagnosis that is not a developmental challenge, or
  • Destructive behaviors that could result in self-harm or harm to others.

Purpose:

  • Assess needs and develop personalized support plans for children and families.
  • Equip families to advocate for mental health needs and manage challenging behaviors.
  • Connect children and families with counseling, behavioral therapy, evaluations, mentoring, and ongoing medical support.
  • Promote safe, stable environments so children can remain successfully at home and in school when appropriate.

Wraparound Services

Wraparound Services supports children, teens, and their families in Central Florida by coordinating a network of services to address behavioral, emotional, and social challenges. The program is family-driven, youth-guided, and culturally competent, making community resources more accessible.

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Locations Available:

Who Qualifies:

  • Children and teens experiencing challenges such as truancy, running away, aggressive or defiant behaviors, relationship struggles, sadness, anger, or other behavioral concerns.
  • Families referred by partner agencies or self-identified through referral.

Purpose:

  • Provide weekly support from a Wraparound Specialist and Family Partner to build a coordinated team around the family.
  • Connect families to community resources and services tailored to their goals and needs.
  • Facilitate simple, direct access to a system of care to strengthen family stability and help youth succeed.

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Katria Haynes Jenkins

Executive Director

Kamryn Young

Managing Director of Area Development

Stephanie Mozer

Development

Kara Kerlin

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Local Community Advisory Board

Christie Hinkle

Chair

  • Associate Director of Group Sales The Ritz-Carlton Resorts of Naples

Ryan Gilliland

Vice Chair

  • CFO Birdsong Housing Partners

Shannel Sykes

Immediate Past Chair

  • VP, Human Resources Technology & Operations Synchrony

Meghan Curren

  • Community Engagement Director AdventHealth

Frank Fernandez

  • SVP Middle Market Valley Bank

Joe Gitto

  • Business Advisor Blue Sky Exit Planning

Tim Harper

  • Regional Vice President Zack Investment Management

Johnta Hatchett

  • Controller City of Orlando

Stephanie Henley

  • Principal Beasley & Henley Interior Design

Hannah Hill

  • Director of Operations Celebration Restaurant Group

Mark Mankbadi

  • AVP Wealth Management Advisor Fifth Third Private Bank

Julia Neumann

  • Director of Marketing and Business Development Dean Mead

Christopher Norcott

  • Community Outreach & Development Aetna

Frank Montes de Oca

  • Associate Greenberg Traurig

Alex Riva

  • VP, Commercial Relationship Manager PNC

Vijai V. Tiwari

  • Senior Vice President, Middle Market Banker Truist

Kathi Wells

  • Preneed Funeral Insurance

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