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June 20, 2018
I was inspired by Byron Dobson’s recent piece highlighting FSU College of Medicine’s efforts to introduce students to opportunities to serve those living in rural areas. The need for quality health care in our underserved communities cannot be overstated, and we must continue to find ways to provide holistic care to citizens in these neighborhoods, from Havana […]
Read MoreMarch 22, 2018
Tallahassee, Fla. (March 23, 2018) — Children’s Home Society of Florida has appointed former State Representative Alan Williams to its statewide Board of Directors. A fifth-generation Floridian, Williams is recognized as one of the nation’s rising political leaders and consistently uses his platform to act as a voice on behalf of Florida’s most vulnerable families. […]
Read MoreMarch 13, 2018
Orlando, Fla. (March 13, 2018) – Orlando, Fla.-based Children’s Home Society of Florida (CHS), the state’s largest provider of services to children and families, has named Andry Sweet its new chief operations officer. Sweet previously served as chief administration officer, where she oversaw CHS contract management, systems evaluations and process improvement. As COO, Sweet leads […]
Read MoreDecember 11, 2017
The Palm Beach Post’s Nov. 15 story, “Why Palm Beach County is the ‘epicenter’ of the deadly opioid crisis,” bluntly lays out a significant tragedy occurring right outside our front doors. While the devastating number of deadly overdoses in our county – 571 last year – is certainly a crisis, my mind quickly shifts to […]
Read MoreNovember 14, 2017
A new OCPS school joins other Community Partnership Schools in their mission to not only provide education, but serve entire communities. For the first time in 46 years, Orlando’s Parramore neighborhood has its own school for children in preschool through eighth grade. Since the early 1970s, when court-ordered integration efforts closed the two all-black schools […]
Read MoreOctober 27, 2017
Orlando, Fla. (October 27, 2017) — Andrew Duffell, MBA, President and CEO of Research Park at Florida Atlantic University was elected to Children’s Home Society of Florida’s statewide Board of Directors, effective October 6, 2017. Duffell previously served as a member of the organization’s Palm Beach County board of directors and was recently recognized with […]
Read MoreOctober 20, 2017
Studer Community Institute is halfway through its LENA Start project and we can share some preliminary data about our results. SCI is partnered with the Escambia County Early Learning Coalition to bring LENA Start to Pensacola. In all, 25 families are participating in the program. A LENA Recorder. Credit: LENA Research Foundation. It uses LENA […]
Read MoreSeptember 28, 2017
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – An Ed White High School student and a recent Ed White graduate are among four students statewide this year to be awarded college scholarships through the Children’s Home Society Foundation’s Virginia Morey Rell Memorial Scholarship Fund. Bre’Onna Brewer, a junior at Edward H. White Military Academy of Leadership, a CHS community partnership school, and Cierra Lynn Warren, a […]
Read MoreSeptember 28, 2017
Tech Improves Engagement Foster care represents a critical nationwide system that benefits thousands of children and families every year, but it also presents challenges for children and caseworkers. According to Children’s Home Society of Florida (CHS), turnover in case management directly affects outcomes for children in foster care. Statistics illustrate that every turnover event leads […]
Read MoreSeptember 27, 2017
Tim Only was beaten down by a dangerous, dysfunctional childhood and overcame a suicide attempt to become senior class president and a member of the National Honor Society with dreams of becoming a lawyer. Marklyne Joachim is a first-generation college student with a passion for diversity and multicultural issues. The Children’s Home Society of Florida […]
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