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May 20, 2021This May, during National Foster Care Month, please consider providing a loving home for a child who has been separated from his or her parents. Over 20,000 children in Florida have been removed from their parents or guardians; however, only 5,000 families are certified to meet their needs.
Two recent episodes of the FCCB's podcast, Catholics Across the Aisle, focused on the great need for foster parents in Florida. In the first episode, FCCB Executive Director Michael Sheedy, sits down with Shevaun Harris, Secretary of the Florida Department of Children and Families, and Erik Dellenback, Governor's Faith-Based and Community-Based Advisory Council, to talk about how to become a foster parent in Florida and what you can expect when fostering a child. In the second episode, Sheedy speaks with Monica Farias of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami about the Unaccompanied Refugee Minor Program and how to help these children in need. Both episodes are available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Stitcher.
If you are interested in learning more about foster parenting children in Florida who do not have relatives who are able to care for them, please call 1-83-FOSTERFL or visit MyFloridaMyFamily.com.
If you are interested in immigrant and refugee foster care, please reach out to one of the two U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' foster care program partners in Florida:- Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami, Inc.
Contact: urmp@ccadm.org or (305) 883-3383 or amolina@ccadm.org - Bethany Christian Services, Central Florida
Contact: (407) 877-4006
- Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami, Inc.
