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.
On this page:
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
[email protected]
866-913-0977
Parent groups
A Bond of Love Adoption Agency, Inc.
[email protected]
Location: Sarasota
Adoption Affiliates of South Florida
Location: Miami
Adoption by Shepherd Care
Location: Hollywood
Adoption STAR, Inc.
[email protected]
Location: Fort Lauderdale
Adoption Support Services of Florida, Inc.
[email protected]
Location: Oviedo
Alachua County Foster Adoptive Parent Association
[email protected]
Broward Foster & Adoptive Parent Association
[email protected]
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
[email protected]
Citrus County Foster Parent Association
Clay County Foster & Adoptive Parent Association
[email protected]
Columbia County FAPA
[email protected]
DeSoto County Foster and Adoptive Parent Association
[email protected]
Emerald Coast Foster/Adoptive Parent Association (Escambia County)
[email protected]
Families on the Move
[email protected]
Location: Apollo Beach
Region served: Tampa
Family Creations Adoptions
[email protected]
Location: Bradenton
First Coast Foster & Adoptive Parent Association
Florida Adoption Information Center
[email protected]
Location: Jacksonville
Florida Keys Foster & Adoptive Parent Association
[email protected]
Florida State Foster/Adoptive Parent Association
[email protected]
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
[email protected]
Greater St. Johns County Foster/Adoptive Parents Association
Heart Attach Parent Group
[email protected]
407-260-0031
Location: Altamonte Springs
Region served: Orlando
Heart of Adoptions, Inc.
[email protected]
Location: Tampa
Heart to Heart Adoption Service, Inc.
Location: Orlando
Hernando County Foster Parent Association
[email protected]
Hope for Families
[email protected]
Location: Fort Pierce
Indian River County Foster Parent Association
[email protected]
Jewish Adoption and Family Care Options
Location: Sunrise
Jewish Family and Community Services
Location: Jacksonville
Kids Central, Inc.
[email protected]
Location: Wildwood
Kids First of Levy County FAPA
[email protected]
KIDS Inc of Lake Co Foster/Adoptive Parent Association
[email protected]
352-702-7873
Location: Leesburg
Region served: Orlando
Lake Sumter Families
[email protected]
Lifetime Adoption
Location: New Port Richey
Loving God's Children
[email protected]
Location: Brandon
Region served: Tampa
Manatee County Foster and Adoptive Parent Association
[email protected]
Martin County Foster/Adoptive Parent Association
[email protected]
Miami Dade County FAPA
[email protected]
Miami Dade/Monroe Kinship Parent Association
[email protected]
[email protected]
786-306-7877 or 786-273-0290
Location: Miami
Nassau County Foster & Adoptive Parent Association
[email protected]
Northeast Florida Foster & Adoptive Parent Association - Duvall County
[email protected]
Okeechobee County Foster & Adoptive Parent Association
772-249-3188
Location: Port St Lucie
Orange/Seminole/Osceola Foster Children Association
[email protected]
Parent Network for the Post-Institutionalized Child
[email protected]
Location: Chokoloskee
Parenting Matters, Chosen Families
[email protected]
Location: Manatee County
Pasco County Foster Adoptive Parent Association
Facebook group
[email protected]
Pinnellas County Foster & Adoptive Parent Association
[email protected]
Providing Resources to Independent Single Mothers (PRISM)
[email protected]
Location: Sarasota
Region served: Tampa
Safe Children Coalition
Location: Bradenton
Santa Rose County Kinship Care Foster Adoptive Parent Association Support Group (KC-FAPA)
[email protected]
Location: Navarre
South Florida Foster & Adoptive Parent Association
Facebook group
[email protected]
South Okaloosa/Walton Foster & Adoptive Parent Association
[email protected]
Sylvia Thomas Center for Adoptive & Foster Families
[email protected]
813-651-3150
Location: Brandon
Region served: Tampa
T.L.C. (Tender Loving Caregivers) Association, Inc.
[email protected]
Volusia, Flagler, Putnam Post Adoption Support Group
[email protected]
Location: Daytona Beach