CHS celebrates Founder's Day

Release date: 11/14/2005

South Daytona, Fla., November 14, 2005 -- The Children's Home Society of Florida (CHS), a statewide, private child welfare organization was founded on November 17, 1902. CHS began in Jacksonville, and through the years, expanded to include 14 divisions across the state. In 1964, the North Coastal Division was opened in Daytona Beach to provide more accessible services to "at-risk" children and families in need in Flagler and Volusia Counties.

CHS provides a wide array of multi-faceted children's services, which have changed and expanded through the years to meet the current needs of children. The organization offers adoption, foster care, child abuse and neglect prevention, family and individual counseling, case management, clinical services, supervised visitation, emergency shelter, and residential group homes for children and families in Volusia and Flagler Counties.

Children's Home Society of Florida (CHS) is the oldest statewide voluntary child welfare organization in Florida. It was a charter member of the Child Welfare League of America, and is accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children. The organization has its administrative offices in the Sunshine Park Mall in South Daytona and has Visitation Centers in Daytona Beach and DeLand. It also has three emergency shelters and residential facilities and a satellite office in the DeLand area.

Locally, approximately 100 employees, in addition to 105 foster homes and countless volunteers, contribute to the success of CHS' programs and services. Additional information is available at www.chsfl.org

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No clients shall be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Clients needing accommodations for a disability and/or clients with special communications needs should contact their Children’s Home Society of Florida worker or make their request for accommodation at the time of admission into a Children’s Home Society of Florida program.

CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA, REGISTRATION #CH180, IS REGISTERED WITH THE STATE UNDER THE SOLICITATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS ACT. A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE (800-435-7352) WITHIN THE STATE. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE.