{"id":59,"date":"2021-03-11T17:11:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T22:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fpocf.org\/?page_id=59"},"modified":"2025-04-13T16:23:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T20:23:59","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fpocf.org\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container fusion-parallax-none page-title-banner hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-background-image:url(&quot;https:\/\/fpocf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bfp_internal_banner_about_us.jpg&quot;);--awb-background-size:cover;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"pg-title-wrap\">\n<div class=\"ultra-wide-text-bkg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/white-long.png\" alt=\"text-bkg-box\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"title-bkg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/internal-title-box3.png\" alt=\"text-bkg-box\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container pg-title-words nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-font-size:40px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;\">About Us<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-top:30px;width:66.6666666667%;width:calc(66.6666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.666666666667 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\"><strong>Our Mission<\/strong><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our mission is to protect children, strengthen families and change lives through child abuse prevention and the operation and management of a comprehensive, integrated, community-based system of care for abused, abandoned, and neglected children and their families.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\"><strong>Our Vision<\/strong><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The vision of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Family Partnerships of Central Florida<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and its stakeholders is to manage a child welfare system committed to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Putting the safety of children first at all times.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensuring permanency that resolves a child\u2019s sense of time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Providing customized services that meet the unique needs of each child and family and are provided by a comprehensive, community-based network of providers who are dedicated to delivering a family-centered, need-driven, responsive service delivery system.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Efficiently and effectively managing resources to achieve better outcomes for children, with the ultimate goal of ensuring child safety and permanency within a 12-month timeframe.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensuring financial support will be available from diverse federal, state and local sources and flexibly managed at the local level to meet the needs of children and families in a timely and appropriate manner.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Operating a system that collects and uses data to accurately forecast the services and supports needed, at the level of intensity and duration required, and at the necessary cost to achieve desired outcomes for each child and family.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-4 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\"><b>Our Values <\/b><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our system of care is family-centered, strength-based and community-driven. We believe that all children have the right to grow up safe, healthy and fulfilled in families that love and nurture them.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-5 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\"><b>Our Principles of Practice<\/b><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our 10 Principles of Practice are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Family Voice and Choice<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Team-Based<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Natural Supports<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collaboration<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community-Based<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Culturally Competent<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Individualized<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strengths-Based<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Persistent\/Unconditional<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outcome-Based<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-6 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\"><b>Our History<\/b><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brevard Family Partnership was established in 2003 as a nonprofit organization in response to Florida&#8217;s legislative mandate to privatize foster care and related services (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leg.state.fl.us\/statutes\/index.cfm?mode=View%20Statutes&amp;SubMenu=1&amp;App_mode=Display_Statute&amp;Search_String=409.986&amp;URL=0400-0499\/0409\/Sections\/0409.986.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Section 409.986, Florida Statutes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). The state&#8217;s community-based care philosophy was designed to empower and challenge neighborhoods and local communities to take ownership of meeting the needs of their children and families. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2005, the agency was awarded the contract by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myflfamilies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida Department of Children and Families <\/a>to serve as the community-based care lead agency managing Brevard County\u2019s child welfare system<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Twenty years later, in 2024, the agency expanded its footprint <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and became Family Partnerships of Central Florida, the child welfare lead agency for Brevard, Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Under this mandate, Family Partnerships of Central Florida provides child abuse prevention, foster care, adoption, independent living, and community outreach services to an average of 8,500 Central Florida children and youth each year and more than 2,800 young people on any given day.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout its history, the agency has consistently ranked among the top-performing community-based care agencies in the state regarding visits to children and families, timely reunification, and exceeding federal measures for placement stability.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-last internal-sidebar\" style=\"--awb-bg-color:#04395f;--awb-bg-color-hover:#04395f;--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.3333333333%;width:calc(33.3333333333% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.333333333333 ) );\" id=\"stick\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"43\" height=\"94\" alt=\"Quote mark decoration\" title=\"deco-quote\" src=\"https:\/\/fpocf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/deco-quote.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-54\"\/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6 sidebar-text\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe have been fostering for 13 months. We always ask the children that stay with us what their favorite day was (instead of saying the wonderful places they visited or really fun activities they participated in). It melts our hearts when they tell us that just sitting at the restaurant telling funny stories was their favorite part. The advice that I would give to those interested in becoming foster parents is to give it a chance. You will meet some amazing kiddos!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #95c83e;\"><strong>\u2014 Hill-Brodigan Family<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-margin-bottom:-100px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none img-shadow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"821\" height=\"602\" alt=\"Quote Photo\" title=\"brevard_family_partnership_internal_testimonial_1\" src=\"https:\/\/fpocf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/brevard_family_partnership_internal_testimonial_1.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-19156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fpocf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/brevard_family_partnership_internal_testimonial_1-200x147.png 200w, https:\/\/fpocf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/brevard_family_partnership_internal_testimonial_1-400x293.png 400w, https:\/\/fpocf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/brevard_family_partnership_internal_testimonial_1-600x440.png 600w, https:\/\/fpocf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/brevard_family_partnership_internal_testimonial_1-800x587.png 800w, https:\/\/fpocf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/brevard_family_partnership_internal_testimonial_1.png 821w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-59","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","wpautop"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - 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