From the agency

The mission of the Department of Children and Families is to work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency. Ch.20.19 F.S.

https://www.myflfamilies.com/about-us/office-secretary/mission-vision-values.shtml

from wiki

The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) is a state agency of Florida. Its headquarters are in Room 202 in Building 1 of the 1317 Winewood Boulevard complex in Tallahassee. The department provides social services to children, adults, refugees, domestic violence victims, human trafficking victims, the homeless community, child care providers, disabled people, elderly.^[1]
The department was created in 1996 when the Florida Legislature split the former Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) into two new departments: DCF and the Florida Department of Health.^[2]
The Department operates the Florida Civil Commitment Center, in Arcadia.

Community-Based Care[edit]

Community-Based Care is an initiative of DCF to improve its Child Welfare and Foster Care Services by contracting with local not-for-profit social services agencies through a competitive procurement process designed to engage community stakeholders. Its goals are to increase accountability, resource development, local community ownership, and system performance. ^[3]

Lead Agencies ^[4][edit]

Region/Circuit	Lead Agency	Website
Northwest
1	Lakeview Center, Families First Network	http://www.familiesfirstnetwork.org/FamiliesFirstNetwork/
2,14	Big Bend Community Based Care, Inc.	http://www.bigbendcbc.org
Northeast
3,8	Partnership for Strong Families	http://www.pfsf.org
4 (Duval, Nassau)	Family Support Services of North Florida, Inc.	http://www.fssjax.org/
4 (Clay)	Kids First of Florida, Inc.	http://www.kidsfirstofflorida.org/
7 (St. Johns)	St Johns County Board of County Commissioners	http://www.co.st-johns.fl.us/fip
7 (Flagler, Volusia, Putnam)	Community Partnership for Children, Inc.	http://www.communitypartnershipforchildren.org
Suncoast
6 (Pasco, Pinellas)	Eckerd Community Alternatives	http://www.eckerd.org/programs-services/system-of-care-management/eckerd-community-alternatives-pasco-pinellas/
12	Sarasota Family YMCA, Inc.	http://www.safechildrencoalition.org/
13 (Hillsborough)	Eckerd Community Alternatives	http://www.eckerd.org/programs-services/system-of-care-management/eckerd-community-alternatives-hillsborough/
20	Children’s Network of SW Florida	http://www.childnetswfl.org/
Central
5	Kids Central, Inc.	http://www.kidscentralinc.org/
9, 18 (Orange, Osceola, Seminole)	Community Based Care of Central Florida	http://www.cbccfl.org/
10	Heartland For Children	http://www.heartlandforchildren.org
18 (Brevard)	Brevard Family Partnership	http://www.brevardfp.org/
Southeast
15, 17 (Palm Beach, Broward)	ChildNet Inc.	http://www.childnet.us/
19	Devereux Community Based Care, Inc.	http://www.devereux.org/site/PageServer?pagename=cbc_home
Southern
11,16 (Dade, Monroe)	Our Kids of Miami-Dade/Monroe, Inc.	http://www.OurKids.us