Success Stories

Meet Jayden and Brianna

Of the 53,500 children adopted from foster care in 2021, roughly one-third were by relatives.

Jayden and Brianna
Last year, we helped 13,926 individuals, families, and community groups.

Survivors of domestic violence experience an 80% reduction in police-reported physical violence in the 12 months after obtaining a permanent protection order.

People who experienced homelessness as a child are 40% more likely to become homeless as adults.

Last year, the state of Florida ranked in the top 10 for incidents of elder fraud, costing Floridians nearly $300M in losses.

Florida has the third largest population of veterans in the nation.

3 in 4 (74%) low-income households experienced 1+ civil legal problems in the past year.

Roughly 35% of siblings taken into foster care in Florida end up separated.

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