Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities Gainesville provides services designed to help preserve and protect the life of the child, provide care for women and their children, and to assist in the building of families through adoption.
For more than 46 years, Catholic Charities Gainesville has served the local communities of Alachua, Bradford, Dixie, Gilchrist, and Levy counties with charitable services. Our fundamental belief is that we have a responsibility to care for those in need by meeting basic human needs, restoring dignity, and assisting toward self-sufficiency.
By providing emergency financial assistance, food assistance, community outreach services, poverty reduction, and housing assistance, we are putting our beliefs into action to transform lives.
Services and information
- Adoption
Requirements to become a foster parent
Many adults are eligible to become foster parents in their state but do not always realize it. Each state in the U.S. has regulations and requirements for licensing foster parents. Florida does not require parents to own a large home or quit their jobs and become stay-at-home parents. Florida foster parents must:
- Be 21 years of age or older
- Prove good health and ability to care for a child
- Maintain a stable income
- Pass a background screening
- Finish 30 hours of foster parent training
- Complete a Home Study
The required training course is free to aspiring foster parents. It helps parents learn how to foster children and become licensed to provide foster care in Florida.
Ratings and Reviews
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Sep 27, 2017
Very sweet personnel and gracious charities!
Sep 07, 2017
My favorite food bank
Aug 19, 2017
Bishop Dixon facilitates a Financial Fitness course and Getting Ahead in a Just Getting By World course that are INVALUABLE! Take it and see for yourself! Both courses are free!
Jul 25, 2017
They explained everything to me that I needed to help me with my bills. Better to go down there than to call them. Great service.
Jul 18, 2017
They do a lot of great things. I'm not catholic and yet I think pretty highly of them and their mission. They help pregnant women quite a bit. Not sure about all the things they do.