BROWARD COUNTY ADOPTION & FOSTER CARE AGENCIES

PRIVATE  ADOPTION  AGENCIES

ADOPTION BY SHEPHERD CARE
5935 Taft Street
Hollywood, FL 33021
Contact Person: Joseph Sica (954) 981-2060

At the heart of Adoption by Shepherd Care beats a message of commitment: a commitment to express God's love by providing superior service that protect and enhance the lives of children, young people, and families. They serve the needs of each member of the adoption triad: the child, the birth parents, and the adoptive parents. Adoption by Shepherd Care focuses on newborns and young children.

FOSTER CARE & ADOPTION AGENCIES


CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY
401 N.E. 4^th Street
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
Contact Person: Antoinette Rodgers (954) 453-6437

Children's Home Society is the oldest agency providing adoption and foster care services statewide, to newborns through age 18. It is our goal to place every child in a safe, loving home. We provide in home clinical support services to our foster homes, as well as 24/7 on-call, continued education and other recreational activities.



JEWISH ADOPTION & FOSTER CARE OPTIONS (JAFCO)
10001 W. Oakland Park Boulevard, #200
Sunrise, FL 33351
Contact Person: Rebecca Salus (954) 749-7230

JAFCO provides foster care, adoption, family preservation and mentoring services. JAFCO Children's Village is located on University Boulevard in Sunrise.



KIDS IN DISTRESS
819 NE 26^TH Street
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33305
Contact Person: Tiffany Floyd (954) 390-7654

Kids In Distress (KIDS) offers the most comprehensive services to families in the child welfare system. Dedicated to permanency for children, foster care services include training and licensing of foster families, 24 hour support, on-going training, and adoption support services for, children birth to 18 years old.

FOSTER CARE


Camelot Community Care, Inc.
1925 S. Perimeter Road, # 120
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309
Contact Person: Tashima Heath (954) 958-0988

Camelot, a national non-profit agency, has been serving children and families for over 30 years. Our foster care programs, Traditional, Supported, Enhanced and Therapeutic, have been providing nurturing and supportive environments which includes support services, counseling, 24 hour on-call, MAPP classes and clinical training serving children 0 -18 years old.


FLORIDA BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOMES
20 N.W. 46th Avenue
Plantation, FL 33317
Contact Person: Pam Gorman (954) 797-1223

We are faith-based, non-profit organizations that have been caring for needy boys and girls since 1904. We believe that Jesus is Lord, and we recruit like-minded foster families to demonstrate a Christian lifestyle to our foster children


4KIDS OF SOUTH FLORIDA, INC.
827 S. State Road 7, Suite B
North Lauderdale, FL 33068
Contact Person: Tom Lukasik (954) 979-7911 

4Kids is a faith-based foster care agency linking with local churches to provide support to foster parents, adoptive parents and children. Our services include recruiting, training and licensing of foster homes. In addition, we support those homes with respite care, mentoring, continuing education classes and other services as needed. 



C.H.O.I.C.E.S.
Community Helpers Organized in Churches Empowering Society
1711 Martin Luther King Blvd.
Pompano Beach FL 33060
Contact Person: Ruth Dorce (954) 968-6777 

CHOICES is a licensed child placement agency. Its foster care services include training, mentoring and family support. Foster parents belong to a support group (sponsored by CHOICES) that allows their voices to be heard. The Foster Parent Support group allows CHOICES to keep abreast of and provide services that benefit the children in its care.

THERAPEUTIC & ENHANCED FOSTER CARE

ENHANCED FOSTER CARE

TROY Foundation, Inc.
2300 W. Sample Road, # 313
Pompano Beach, FL 33073
Contact: (954) 917-2599

The TROY Foundation, Inc. Enhanced foster care program provides a supportive, nurturing, and structured home environment for children, ages 12-17, while implementing behavior management interventions and counseling to improve the child's anger management, problem solving, and social skills.



The Twelve, Inc.
1881 N.E. 26th Street, # 240
Wilton Manors, FL 33305
Contact: David Isaacs (954) 667-0960

The Twelve for Children and Families of Florida Enhanced Foster Care Program is a community residential treatment program, which is clinically effective, and utilizes a non-institutional approach that addresses the needs of male sexual offenders, between the ages of 12-17.

ALTERNATE FAMILY CARE / CENTER FOR INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS
1001 W. Oakland Park Boulevard, # 304
Sunrise, FL 33351
Contact Person: Yamir Lamboy (954) 572-2600

Licensed foster families provide short-term, goal orientated, specialized therapeutic foster care for SED children. Requires compliance with ChildNet and DCF licensing standards, AFC personnel standards, 30 hour MAPP class, 30 hour Pre-service Training and active participation on child's treatment team.