The FloridaFAPA Resource Guide
FloridaFAPA Resource Guide (Updated March 2020, PDF)
Our Partners
- Florida Department of Children and Families
- Florida Guardian Ad Litem Program
- Florida Coalition for Children
- Families Rising
- National Foster Parent Association
- Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI)
- Florida’s Adoption Reunion Registry 1-800-96-ADOPT
- Florida’s Foster Information Center
- Explore Adoption – www.adoptflorida.org
- Daniel Kids Foster Care, Adoption and Independent Living – www.danielkids.org
- Sunshine Health
- … and all of the community based care agencies serving Florida (see complete CBC listing)
Foster Care
- Guidance on Background Screening Process and New Visitor Definition (10/04/24)
- DCF Memo on Caregiver Notice of Court Hearings (& Info Sheet JPG)
- DCF Memo on Child Restraint Seat Use for Transporting Children
- State Parks Admission & Camping Fees Update
- Five Protective Factors Handout
- Five Protective Factors Resource Guide
- National Foster Parent Association
- Pinwheels for Prevention — Parent Booklet
- Fostering Success
- Florida’s Statutes Chapter 39
- Presentation on Legal Rights of Foster Parents (by Attorney Alan I. Michael)
- Normalcy Resources
- Keys To Independence (Program to assist Foster teens acquire driver licenses)
Adoptive Care
- Selfless Love Foundation
- AdoptUSKids Photolisting
- North American Council on Adoptable Children
- Adoption: A Guide to General Information and Support Another resource page compiled by Goranson Bain Ausley Family Law (Note: Info is NOT Florida specific)
- Post Adoption Survey
Independent Living
- Your Life, Your Voice (Boys Town National Hotline)
Kinship Care
Dealing with Trauma
- Helping Teens with Traumatic Grief (for Caregivers)
- Helping Youth After Community Violence (Tips for Educators) – useful for caregivers, too!
- Helping Children Cope with Death or Tragedy
General Resources
- College scholarships for LGBTQ students
- Polk Sheriff’s Charities Scholarship House – Joanne Thomas at jthomas@youthranches.org or 386-842-5501
- Sleep Guide for Anxiety
- Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches 800-765-3797 www.youthranches.org
- Parent’s Guide: How to talk to your kids about drugs and alcohol
- Youth Shine
- My Life, My Power (Daniel Puder)
- A guide for mothers going back to school
- Step up for Students Scholarship
- AAA Scholarships
- Social Security/SSI FAQs (from Deanna Power, Director of Outreach, Disability Benefits Help)
- Department of Children & Families
- Florida Offender Alert System
- FloridaFAPA Facebook Page
- Human Trafficking National Hotline Number: 888.373.7888
- iFoster
- Local Associations by Circuit
- Urban Surf 4 Kids — Urban Surf 4 Kids is a nonprofit organization focused on providing water-based events for foster and orphan children, while also empowering the youth to support their local community through volunteering for a local charity or cause.
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