The Next Chapter for Children's Home Society of Florida
Recently our partners at the Florida Chamber Foundation released the 2026 State of Childhood Poverty in Florida report. The headline is encouraging—but the reality is clear: more than 700,000 children in Florida are still growing up without consistent access to food, stable housing, and the support they need to succeed. Even more telling, child poverty is concentrated in a small number […]
Together, we brought essential support services right into homes, schools, and neighborhoods where child poverty is highest. Families who had every door closing on them found one that opened. Students who had never seen a counselor, a dentist, or a doctor without missing school received care right on campus. Babies who showed early signs of developmental […]
It takes a village to raise a child, and our village is struggling. Why? Simply put, childhood poverty. The number of children living in poverty in Orange County is staggering, with more than 58,000 children impacted. That number represents a poverty rate of 19%, higher than the overall Florida rate of 18.2%. Growing up in an under-resourced […]
