» A Place for Children
Contact: ctchildren@ocnjcc.org (407) 836-2108 ext. 3
Provides a free, special, childcare service within the Orange County courthouse to guard children from exposure to the harsh realities and adult-focus of court business.
» Behavioral Health Overlay Services
Contact: Joy.Berchen@chsfl.org (407) 895-5818
Provides services and counseling to children at our two emergency shelters, the Crisis Nursery and Lilley House.
» CARES Program
Provides counseling, parenting, budgeting, education, homemaking skills, 24-hour on-call crisis counseling and referrals for families with children at risk of abuse or neglect. (Seminole County Only)
» Children in Need of Services/Families in Need of Services
Contact: Elizabeth.Peterson@chsfl.org (407) 846-5220 ext. 107
Offers counseling for youth ages 10-16 who are at risk of delinquent behaviors. (Osceola County Only)
» Crisis Nursery
Contact: Kevin.Turner@chsfl.org (407) 522-2288
Provides a safe, comfortable, temporary home with 24-hour care for children ages 0-11 who have been removed from their own homes due to abuse or neglect. Children at the Crisis Nursery may be placed there under court order, or they may have been voluntary placed there by a parent.
» Dependency Case Management
Contacts:
(Orange) Christine.Connell@chsfl.org (407) 897-2769
(Osceola) Will.Jones@chsfl.org (407) 943-3003 x 241
(Seminole) Nicola.Bailey@chsfl.org (407) 268-2252
Provides assessment, monitoring and supervision, referrals and tracking, reunification planning, and special needs adoptions for children who have been abused and/or neglected. (Referrals from DCF, CBCs and sheriffs' offices only)
» Family Services Planning Team
Contact: Richard.Folger@chsfl.org (321) 397-3063
Provides mental health services to uninsured and underinsured children with behavioral and emotional problems. The goal is to keep children in their current home.
» Foster Care/ Crisis Home Care
Contact: Annette.Simms@chsfl.org (407) 522-2288
Recruits and trains foster families to provide temporary care for children awaiting reunification with their families or adoptive placement.
» Greenhouse Counseling
Contact: Joy.Berchen@chsfl.org (407) 895-5818
Provides outpatient counseling services to uninsured and indigent families and individuals on a sliding fee scale (down to $0).
» Healthy Families
Contact: Anelle.Ward@chsfl.org (407) 833-7671, ext 2671
Provides intensive home visitation emphasizing parent education and empowerment to families with newborn children to prevent abuse. Participants may be enrolled for up to five years. (Seminole County only)
» Intake and Placement
Contact: Cherlette.Collier@chsfl.org (407) 688-9650
Provides screening, placement and relative caregiver support of dependent children in an appropriate out-of-home care setting. (Referrals from Seminole County Sheriff's Office and CBC Seminole Only)
» M.O.D.E.L. Mentoring Program
Mentors Opening Doors Enriching Lives (MODEL)
Contact: Tisa Zimmerman- (407) 897-1031
Tisa.Zimmerman@chsfl.org, Amanda Choos - (407) 897-1005 Amanda.Choos@chsfl.org or Marisabel DeCasas (407) 897-1027 Marisabel.DeCasas@chsfl.org
Recruits positive role models to serve as mentors with children ages 4-18 who have a parent incarcerated in state or federal prison. This one-on-one, community-based program encourages mentors to guide youth to reach their full potential.
» Osceola Family Visitation Center
Contact: Laura.Rojas@chsfl.org (407) 846-5077
Offers a safe, supportive, supervised place for foster children and their birth parents to visit. Transportation provided. Court-ordered services only. (Osceola County)
» Perinatal
Contact: Jo.Howard@chsfl.org (407) 268-9334
Provides emotional support, parenting education, mentoring and referrals for first-time parents. (Seminole County)
» Special Needs Adoptions
Finds forever families for children permanently removed from their homes due to abuse, neglect and/or abandonment. These children may be older or part of a sibling group.
General Contact: 407-895-5800
For adoptions in Orange County, e-mail CHSAdopt-Orange@chsfl.org
For adoptions in Seminole County, e-mail CHSAdopt-Seminole@chsfl.org
For adoptions in Osceola County, e-mail CHSAdopt-Osceola@chsfl.org
» Targeted Case Management
Contact: Susann.Prochnow@chsfl.org (321) 397-3076. A specialized service for children with severe mental health disorders or at risk of placement in an out-of-home setting. Case managers link families to local resources while monitoring service effectiveness.
