Upcoming Events
- Trenton MAPP
Date:Jul 08, 18:00 pm - Lake City MAPP
Date:Jul 09, 18:00 pm - Gainesville MAPP
Date:Jul 11, 10:00 am - Child Welfare and the Courts: The Relationship between CLS and Case Management
Date:Jul 15, 09:00 am - Child Welfare Certification Training - First Day
Date:Jul 15, 09:00 am
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August 21, 2009
6:00PM - 9:00PM516 NE 2nd AveGainesville |
Visit the new Foster Care Redesign Web Site
Strengthening Families, Changing Lives
On-Call Schedules for Intake & Placement
Our Mission: to enhance the community’s ability to protect and nurture children by building, maintaining and constantly improving a network of family support services.
Our Vision: We will be the leader in community-centered child protection
Our Core Principles of Practice:
- Provide a safe environment for all children
- Make prevention of child abuse and neglect a community priority
- Individualize services to meet the needs of children and families
- Respect the inherent dignity of children and their families
- Make all decisions regarding children and families with permanency in mind
- Recognize that more can be done with communities and families as partners
- Respect the diversity of all children and families in the community
- Commit to accountability using outcomes to measure performance and improve practice
- Safely maintain children in their own homes whenever possible
- Maintain children in the least restrictive appropriate setting possible
PSF's partner agencies include Children's Home Society, Camelot Community Care, Devereux and Family Preservation Services.
As the lead agency for community-based care in Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Madison, Suwannee, Taylor and Union Counties, PSF is charged with management of the organization, enhancement, coordination, and oversight of foster care and related services to ensure the safety, well-being and security of its children and families. These services include prevention services, intake and placement, case management, protective services, kinship care, foster care supervision, out-of-home placement, post-placement supervision, foster home recruitment, licensing, and retention, independent living, adoption, intensive residential treatment, family preservation, and family reunification.
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