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September 20, 2017
According to the most recent data, more than 22,000 children and youth are in foster care in Florida, with nearly 6000 awaiting adoption. Research tells us that LGBTQ youth are overrepresented among these young people in out-of-home care. Thanks to an exciting collaboration with Children’s Home Society of Florida (CHS), HRC’s All Children – All Families(ACAF) project’s impact in the Sunshine […]
Read MoreSeptember 12, 2017
Caution and uncertainty are natural emotions for any new parent. But for some – raising a happy, healthy baby can be overwhelming. September is national Baby Safety Awareness Month, a great opportunity to educate all on how to keep infants safe from harm. On average, babies begin to crawl at 6-10 months and take their […]
Read MoreSeptember 12, 2017
It’s well established that teamwork and collaboration are at the heart of any thriving care team. What is the history and diagnosis, what needs to be done for the patient, what has been done already, what has and hasn’t been successful, and who is responsible for carrying out each task? Quickly accessing this information is […]
Read MoreSeptember 8, 2017
My daughter Kate started kindergarten this year at a public school in Gainesville. Walking her to school each day has been an enlightening experience. It is wonderful to watch children from across the racial, ethnic and socioeconomic spectrum come together to learn. It shows the great promise of public schools in teaching all kinds of […]
Read MoreSeptember 6, 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. – The opioid crisis in the United States has affected millions of parents, and the effects are rippling out to children and relatives. The children of the opioid crisis face problems in school, homelessness and the threat of becoming addicts themselves. The most recent data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services […]
Read MoreSeptember 5, 2017
There are thousands of local students with nowhere stable to call home. They spend their nights sleeping in cars, crashing on friends’ couches or struggling to provide for themselves with minimum wage jobs. “They’re not part of the child welfare system, they’re not part of the juvenile justice system,” said Lindsey Cannon, executive director of Children’s […]
Read MoreSeptember 5, 2017
Evolve or become irrelevant. That is the reality for countless organizations across Northeast Florida, and particularly those in our nonprofit community. But it’s one that the Children’s Home Society of Florida has eagerly embraced. “So much of our work has been crisis-oriented — it has been about restoring (children and families that have been) broken […]
Read MoreSeptember 2, 2017
The Community Partnership School at Howard Bishop Middle aims to help the school’s population so students can learn better. When a student at Howard Bishop Middle School needs food, a change of clothes, an ear to listen to their troubles, they go to the Nest. It’s the name of the Community Partnership School that resides […]
Read MoreAugust 30, 2017
Alexius Ferguson’s official title is community partnership director at The Webster School. He prefers to refer to himself, however, more simply as a “peacemaker.” As part of a new initiative by the Children’s Home Society of Florida, Ferguson, a former St. Augustine High School teacher and coach, has been brought on to help build bridges […]
Read MoreAugust 27, 2017
Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, North America’s largest distributor of wine and spirits, recently donated 3,000 backpacks filled with school supplies to Orlando’s Children’s Home Society of Florida (CHS). With headquarters in Miami and Dallas, Southern Glazer’s runs an in-house volunteer program called VolunCheers, staffed by employees at six company facilities in Miramar, Lakeland, Tampa, […]
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