MIAMI, FLORIDA— Citrus Family Care Network is proud to announce that it has been selected as the Child Welfare Community Based Care (CBC) Lead Agency for the Southern Region by the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF).
DCF contracts with CBC Lead Agencies across the state to provide child welfare services in their local communities for children who have been abused, neglected and/or abandoned. The Southern Region includes Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties.
Citrus Family Care Network is a division of Citrus Health Network, a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center that has been providing services to the child welfare population for more than 27 years.
Citrus Health Network Early Childhood Development Programs Administrator Jackie Romillo, LCSW, was named Vice President of the Florida Association for Infant Mental Health (FAIMH) Board of Directors.
Citrus Health Network was represented by more than 70 staff members, family members, and friends, at the Miami-Dade County Out of the Darkness Walk to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
The walk was held at Tropical Park on Sunday, October 7, 2018. Citrus served as a Gold Sponsor for the event, and was one of the Top 10 teams in fundraising on the day of the walk.