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.

Volusia Foster/Adoptive Parent Association

Website: VolusiaFAPA.com VFAPA Officers Jamie Nestrick, President President@VolusiaFAPA.com Tammy Auborn, Vice-President VicePresident@VolusiaFAPA.com Jessica Lewis, Secretary Secretary@VolusiaFAPA.com Alison Coslow, Treasurer Treasurer@VolusiaFAPA.com

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

Guardian Ad Litem – Circuit 7

Shirley Holland, Circuit Director Seventh Judicial Circuit 250 N. Beach Street, Suite 140 Daytona Beach, Florida 32114 Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns, Volusia 386-239-7803 Website: www.GAL7.org  

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