Camelot Community Care

Foster Care services: foster Care services are for children and families in cases when a court has found the child to be in need of Care and the parents are not able to meet the safety needs of their child. Most children who require foster Care have been abused or neglected, and they have major developmental, physical and emotional needs that require a variety of services and Care.

Lead agency services: dcf contracts with children's network of southwest Florida (cnsf) and children's network of hillsborough (cnh) to administer the community-based Care program, as lead agencies, for designated counties along Florida's suncoast. Both cnsf and cnh are responsible for abused and neglected children and their families, and work with local Community providers to protect children and preserve families. These goals are accomplished through a system of Care in which both cnsf and cnh administer foster Care services, adoption services, protective services, prevention services, family preservation services, family support services, and independent living services for children and families in their service areas. (continued on schedule o)the children's network of southwest Florida is committed to working with the Community to protect children and preserve families.the children's network of hillsborough is committed to collaborating with the Community to ensure the safety and well-being of children while preserving families. Their ultimate goal is to ensure that every child has the opportunity to thrive in a safe, loving home, with all families having access to the necessary resources and Community support.the organizations are lead agencies that administer the child welfare system in lee, collier, charlotte, hendry, hillsborough and glades counties, are responsible for thousands of abused and neglected children and delivers a comprehensive local system of Care through subcontracts with social service agencies and Community partners. The organizations have worked so that our communities' children are safer, have better access to local resources and are able to have a stable, loving, and secure home environment.

Child welfare case management programs: provide dependency and permanency services to children in state custody both in both out of home Care and relative/non-relative placements. Certified case managers work with children and families to address the reasons for their entering the child welfare system with the goal of reunifying the child with the family. In some cases, the child may not be reunified with the family and in these cases; Camelot works to seek a permanent home for the child through other relatives or adoption. Each day, Camelot serves over 700 children in this program.