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 10
Cookie Mooney, Circuit Director Tenth Judicial Circuit 205 East Main Street Bartow, Florida 33830 Hardee, Highlands, Polk 863-534-4605
Children’s Legal Services – Circuit 10 (DCF)
Mercy Hermida Managing Attorney 1055 US Highway 17 N. Bartow, Fl. 33830 Office: (863) 534-0062 E-mail: Mercy_Hermida@dcf.state.fl.us
Heartland For Children
Community Based Care Lead Agency for Hardee, Highlands and Polk counties. (All of Judicial Circuit 10.) Contact: Teri Saunders, CEO, TSAUNDER@heartlandforchildren.org, 1239 East Main St. Bartow, FL 33831, (863) 519-8900 Ext. 201 http://https://www.heartlandforchildren.org
T.L.C. (Tender Loving Caregivers) Association, Inc.
Cyndy Strickland, President dogwoman@tampabay.rr.com