Florida post-adoption support

Below are post-adoption support services available to families who live in Florida. Services may not be available in all areas and/or may be dependent upon the circumstances of the placement. Please check with your post-adoption services provider about the availability of specific post-adoption or guardianship support services for your family. You can also visit Child Welfare Information Gateway for information on Adoption and Guardianship Assistance, as well as additional information on post-adoption support.

Post-adoption/guardianship support services

In Florida, adoptive families have access to the following services through a post-adoption support program:

Information (websites, fact sheets, articles, etc.)
Referral to services
Training/other development: Statewide training is provided to adoptive parents from leading adoption experts
Birth family mediation: Florida Adoption Reunion Registry provides support in connecting adoptees with birth relatives.
Peer support for parents
Peer support for children/teens
Mentoring for parents: Experienced adoptive parents are matched with newer adoptive parents or those who are in the process of adopting to provide support.
Case management: Post-adoption counselors provide service coordination.
Educational support
Respite care: Respite may be available based on the assessment of the post-adoption counselor.
Camps, retreats, or other events
Financial/material support
Community-based therapeutic services
In-home therapeutic services
Crisis intervention
Residential therapeutic services: Residential services may be available based on the assessment of the child’s post-adoption services team when other therapeutic services have not been successful.

Who is eligible for these services?

Families who have adopted from the state’s foster care system
Families who have guardianship of a child from the state’s foster care system who are receiving a guardianship subsidy

Who provides these services?

Post-permanency services in Florida are provided directly by post-adoption service counselors in each county. The services available may vary by county. For more information about the support available to families, to find a local support group, or to contact your county’s post-adoption counselor, visit the Florida Department of Children and Families’ Post-Adoption Support website.

Parent support groups

Below are support groups for adoptive, kinship, and foster families. Support groups may be offered as part of a state’s post-adoption/guardianship support program, through a statewide or regional foster or adoptive parent association, through specific agencies, or may be run independently. If we have additional information about the group’s purpose or the community served, it’s provided under the group’s contact information.

To add a group or make a suggestion, email the AdoptUSKids family support team.

Statewide association

Florida Foster and Adoptive Parent Association
info@floridafapa.org
866-913-0977

Parent groups

A Bond of Love Adoption Agency, Inc.
abladopt@aol.com
Location: Sarasota

Adoption Affiliates of South Florida
Location: Miami

Adoption by Shepherd Care
Location: Hollywood

Adoption STAR, Inc.
info@adoptionstar.com
Location: Fort Lauderdale

Adoption Support Services of Florida, Inc.
lori@adoptionsupportservices.com
Location: Oviedo

Alachua County Foster Adoptive Parent Association
faulrebekkah@gmail.com

Broward Foster & Adoptive Parent Association
info@browardfapa.org
Location: Sunrise

Children's Home Society of Florida
Location: Tallahassee

Children's Network of Southwest Florida
Location: Fort Myers

Chinese Children Adoption International (CCAI)
Location: Land O Lakes

Christian Parenting Alliance - Hernando County
sunshinestateglo@aol.com

Citrus County Foster Parent Association

Clay County Foster & Adoptive Parent Association
watfordtracy@yahoo.com

Columbia County FAPA
popebeva@aol.com

DeSoto County Foster and Adoptive Parent Association
asissy5291120@embarqmail.com

Emerald Coast Foster/Adoptive Parent Association (Escambia County)
ajsecchiari@aol.com

Families on the Move
birdlady13@hotmail.com
Location: Apollo Beach
Region served: Tampa

Family Creations Adoptions
familycreationsadoption@msn.com
Location: Bradenton

First Coast Foster & Adoptive Parent Association

Florida Adoption Information Center
adoptflorida@danielkids.org
Location: Jacksonville

Florida Keys Foster & Adoptive Parent Association
Richard@owentrepanier.com

Florida State Foster/Adoptive Parent Association
petkovij@me.com
Location: Cutler Bay
Region served: Miami-West Palm Beach

Friends of Foster Children
Location: West Palm Beach

Gift of Life Adoptions, Inc.
Location: Pinellas Park

Greater Jacksonville Foster & Adoptive Parent Association - Duvall County
angelac3@ymail.com

Greater St. Johns County Foster/Adoptive Parents Association

Heart Attach Parent Group
tggreat@aol.com
407-260-0031
Location: Altamonte Springs
Region served: Orlando

Heart of Adoptions, Inc.
info@heartofadoptions.com
Location: Tampa

Heart to Heart Adoption Service, Inc.
Location: Orlando

Hernando County Foster Parent Association
dunahoins@aol.com

Hope for Families
info@hopeforfamilies.org
Location: Fort Pierce

Indian River County Foster Parent Association
markmrmrs@bellsouth.net

Jewish Adoption and Family Care Options
Location: Sunrise

Jewish Family and Community Services
Location: Jacksonville

Kids Central, Inc.
info@kidscentralinc.org
Location: Wildwood

Kids First of Levy County FAPA
jeb1943@aol.com

KIDS Inc of Lake Co Foster/Adoptive Parent Association
StevensNA@aol.com
352-702-7873
Location: Leesburg
Region served: Orlando

Lake Sumter Families
soundhispraise@yahoo.com

Lifetime Adoption
Location: New Port Richey

Loving God's Children
gsloan@lovinggodschildren.org
Location: Brandon
Region served: Tampa

Manatee County Foster and Adoptive Parent Association
manateecountyfapa@yahoo.com

Marion County Foster Parent Association

Martin County Foster/Adoptive Parent Association
ericahbrinson@gmail.com

Miami Dade County FAPA
shabenj@aol.com

Miami Dade/Monroe Kinship Parent Association
jedia59@gmail.com

L.Howard@mdmckpa.org
786-306-7877 or 786-273-0290
Location: Miami

Nassau County Foster & Adoptive Parent Association
mary.haight@gmail.com

North Okaloosa-Walton County Foster & Adoptive Parent Association

Northeast Florida Foster & Adoptive Parent Association - Duvall County
blackshearqueenb@aol.com

Okeechobee County Foster & Adoptive Parent Association
772-249-3188
Location: Port St Lucie

Orange/Seminole/Osceola Foster Children Association
Jerryfpl@aol.com

Orlando Adoption Network
jackie@orlandoadoptionnetwork.com
Location: Orlando

Parent Network for the Post-Institutionalized Child
thais1@earthlink.net
Location: Chokoloskee

Parenting Matters, Chosen Families
talford@parentingmattersfl.org
Location: Manatee County

Pasco County Foster Adoptive Parent Association
Facebook group
becharmed2@gmail.com

Pinnellas County Foster & Adoptive Parent Association
president@pcfapa.org

Providing Resources to Independent Single Mothers (PRISM)
marylizroberts@aol.com
Location: Sarasota
Region served: Tampa

Safe Children Coalition
srqymca@gmail.com
Location: Bradenton

Santa Rose County Kinship Care Foster Adoptive Parent Association Support Group (KC-FAPA)
gerald.waters@mchsi.com
Location: Navarre

South Florida Foster & Adoptive Parent Association
Facebook group
info@sffapa.org

South Okaloosa/Walton Foster & Adoptive Parent Association
SOWFAPA@gmail.com

Sylvia Thomas Center for Adoptive & Foster Families
info@sylviathomascenter.org
813-651-3150
Location: Brandon
Region served: Tampa

T.L.C. (Tender Loving Caregivers) Association, Inc.
dogwoman@tampabay.rr.com

Volusia, Flagler, Putnam Post Adoption Support Group
amanda.daversa@cbcvf.org
Location: Daytona Beach