Child Welfare/Foster Care/Kinship Care Programs

Programs listed under this category provide services to foster children, dependent children, and/or their caregivers.

Child Welfare/Foster Care/Kinship Care Programs

BRIC Parenting Program

BRIC Parenting Program

Program provides parenting education services. Parents complete 20 weekly sessions that are split into two components: in-home individual parenting and group parenting sessions. The Parenting Specialist primarily utilizes the "Nurturing Parent Program" ... read on

Child Welfare System Advocate Program

Child Welfare System Advocate Program

The System Advocate assists the Family Safety Alliance in the oversight of the Community Based Care Provider of child welfare services for Desoto, Manatee, and Sarasota counties. The Advocate receives, evaluates, and attempts to resolve concerns and complaints from ... read on

Citizens Review Program

Citizens Review Program

Program provides citizen review panels made up of four trained community volunteers, which hold semi-formal hearings to review Juvenile Dependency cases of abused, neglected, or abandoned children placed in out of home care under protective supervision. Each panel ... read on

Emergency Foster Care Shelter and Group Homes Programs

Emergency Foster Care Shelter and Group Homes Programs

Program provides an emergency crisis intervention shelter to children who have been removed from their homes due to abuse, abandonment, and/or neglect. Program also provides three group homes: (1) co-ed home, (2) boys only and (3) for girls only. read on

Grandparents as Parents Program

Grandparents as Parents Program

Program provides support groups, Parenting the Second Time Around workshops, and counseling services for grandparents and other relatives who are raising children due to abuse, neglect, or abandonment, or voluntarily placed by the biological parent in the care of a ... read on