Need for foster parents with specialized training

December 11, 2020

 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.

Forever Family: CHS drive-by celebration

December 1, 2020

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 […]

National Adoption Month brings kids to forever homes

November 30, 2020

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The making of a new family: Siblings celebrate forever home during adoption month

November 28, 2020

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 […]

Celebrating National Adoption Day 2020

November 25, 2020

WPTV CHS Palm Beach Adoption Day Celebration from Children’s Home Society Florida on Vimeo.

Celebrating our STARS!

November 19, 2020

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 […]

‘Caída del cielo’: adopciones en la pandemia

November 18, 2020

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, […]

Adoption Highlight: Huderson Family

November 18, 2020

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 […]

Recognizing our veterans!

November 10, 2020

Sabal Palm Elementary unveils new educational bicycle park for students

October 31, 2020

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, […]