Children's Home Society of Florida
Protecting Kids: Dependency Case Management
Children unable to live safely at home find security, guidance, and opportunity with CHS. Our priority is always their safety and well-being, and our case managers are passionate about building bridges to success for children in foster care.
We also empower kids to realize their full potential by providing opportunities for counseling, tutoring, other educational activities, recreational activities, mentoring, and more.
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Early Childhood Court
Our Early Childhood Court program is committed to helping families succeed. Our dedicated team of advocates, therapists, child welfare professionals, and service providers work alongside the family’s case manager to help them achieve well-being and success. Keeping the child’s best interests at hand, the young child will either return home to their parents or begin their new journey to a forever family through adoption on an expedited timeline.
Protecting Kids: Foster Homes
We recruit, license, and support loving foster families that provide stability and safety to children amid uncertainty.
Services and information
- Traditional Foster Care
- Specialized / Therapeutic Care
- Emergency Foster Care
- Respite Foster Care
- 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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Jun 28, 2023
Rude service. Black man with glasses and musty beard named Jayden was very rude giving me backhand comments for no reason. dirty place looks like a homeless center and he thinks he’s all that
Aug 05, 2022
The manager at rhe west palm beach location was unprofessional and rude. Also, my niece went in healthy and was discharged with covid a week later. If you want a safe place for children, CHS is not the right place.
Nov 13, 2021
This place is sad ,as sad as it can get! Its desperate!!! They need staff asap!!! Like yesterday!!
Apr 23, 2021
CHS Heroes 5k packet pick up.
Empower a teenager.
Build a bridge to success.
Become a mentor.
Feb 03, 2021
Very nice place n staff.