Brevard County Foster and Adoptive Parent Association
Brevard County FAPA Officers Lindsay Ataman, President Mary Grace West, Secretary Valeria Goodman, Treasurer
Foster Florida
fosterflorida@gmail.com https://fosterflorida.org/ Foster Florida began in November of 2015 on Orphan Sunday fueled by a passion to bring awareness to our community about the need for strong families to step into foster care, and the need for them to be supported. We held our first official meeting on December 6, 2015 at the Family Church in Gainesville. Over fifty people showed up expressing a desire to step into foster care or a desire to support foster families. We realized people wanted to help but didn’t know how to take the next steps to saying yes. From here, Foster Florida was born. Click here to see if there is a Foster Florida chapter in your area.
Guardian Ad Litem – Circuit 18 Seminole County
Sharon Graham, Circuit Director Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Juvenile Justice Center 190 N Bush Boulevard Sanford, Florida 32773 Seminole (Brevard County served out of a different Circuit 18 office) 407-665-5370
Guardian Ad Litem – Circuit 18 Brevard County
Sharon Graham, Circuit Director Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Moore Justice Center 2825 Judge Fran Jamieson Way Viera, Florida 32940 Brevard (Seminole County served by another Circuit 18 office) 321-690-6823
Children’s Legal Services – Circuit 18 (DCF)
Barbara Dirienzo Managing Attorney 2921 South Orlando Dr., Suite 150 Sanford, FL 32773 Office: (407) 328-5656 E-mail: Barbara_Dirienzo@dcf.state.fl.us
Community Based Care of Brevard Inc./Brevard Family Partnership
Community Based Care Lead Agency for Brevard County. (One of two counties in Judicial Circuit 18.) Contact: Phil Scarpelli, CEO, Phil.Scarpelli@brevardfp.org, 2301 Eau Gallie Parkway, Suite 4, Melbourne, FL 32935, (321) 752-4650 http://www.brevardfp.org
Embrace Families (C18)
Community Based Care Lead Agency for Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties. (All of Judicial Circuit 9 and Seminole County in Circuit 18) Contact: Glen Casel ED., CEO/President, glen.casel@embracefamilies.org 4001 Pelee St., Orlando, FL 32825, https://embracefamilies.org