INDIAN RIVER COUNTY – Children’s Home Society of Florida, Treasure Coast Division, recently announced that its Adoption Services program surpassed its goal of 98 finalizations with 138 adoptions finalized in fiscal year 2011. Results included 58 adoptions to forever families in St. Lucie County, 25 in Indian River County, 24 in Martin County and 31 in Okeechobee County. This marks the fourth consecutive year that Adoption Services have exceeded their annual goal.
Recruitment activities include the Heart Gallery of Okeechobee and the Treasure Coast-a traveling photo exhibit of local children waiting to be adopted.
“All of the adoptions finalized this year were for children in foster care, with nearly half of those over the age of four,” explained Jan Swink-Huffert, Executive Director of Children’s Home Society, Treasure Coast Division. “Matching the right child with the right forever family is always a joyous occasion.”
In addition to finding forever families for children through special needs, private newborn and international adoption services, Children’s Home Society also provides post-adoption therapeutic and support services to families.
The Children’s Home Society of Florida is the sixth largest of more than 1,200 private organizations currently accredited and/or in process of accreditation in North America (US and Canada). The Treasure Coast Division, which is one of 15 divisions in Florida, served 11,607 children and their families in fiscal year 2011 (July1, 2010-June 30, 2011) in Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee and St. Lucie counties. CHS programs are developed to break the cycle of child abuse and provide children and young adults with the opportunity to be safe, healthy and prepared for life.
For more information visit chsfl.org or call 772-344-4020.
