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BFP Board Member Spotlight: Paula Creed-Smith
Brevard Family Partnership board member, Paula Creed-Smith, 28, is a former consumer of the child welfare system. She entered foster care at age 14 and aged-out to the Independent Living program. After...
View ArticleSubstance Abuse Units- A New Approach to Case Management Services
Brevard County has one of the highest rates of parental substance abuse in the State of Florida. In fact, between July 2013- June 2014, more than 5,000 intake reports involving substance abuse...
View ArticleFoster Parent Highlight: Mike and Carolyn Hattaway
Mike and Carolyn Hattaway took their first foster child in February 2003. They decided to become foster parents because they wanted to have a dozen children but stopped at five. “Having a dozen kids...
View ArticleOctober 2014 E-News — Message from the CEO
Dear Friends, Recently, there has been increased publicity surrounding domestic violence awareness both locally with the recent homicide in Palm Bay and nationally following the release of the video of...
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Crosswinds Assist Youth To Reach Their Potential
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Forty years ago, the Space Coast community joined in sorrow over the discovery of several graves of murdered children. The youngsters had all been runaways. All had been...
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News from IMPOWER: November is National Adoption Month!
November is National Adoptions Month! As Brevard Family Partnership’s adoption agency partner, IMPOWER will celebrate by continuing our mission to facilitate adoptions to help kids find their forever...
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Foster and Adoptive Family Highlight: Mark and Damaris Pearah
Doing More to Protect Our Kids Mark and Damaris Pearah Step Up to Help Brevard County’s Children Though they’ve been Devereux foster parents for just a little more than a year, Mark and Damaris Pearah...
View ArticleBurrell named Brevard C.A.R.E.S. executive director
Joins organization during time of rapid growth and service expansion MELBOURNE, FL – October 22, 2014 – Brevard C.A.R.E.S. has named Kimah Burrell as its new executive director, following the promotion...
View ArticleNovember 2014 E-News: Message from the CEO
Dear Friends, Every child has an innate need and desire to be loved, nurtured and protected, and to have that safe place to belong. But some are missing those important elements of childhood,...
View ArticleBFP and CARES Staff Supporting Adoption
Patrice Grier is Brevard Family Partnership’s Staff Attorney. Part of her job is facilitating the legal aspects surrounding the adoption. The process begins once the adoption worker has completed the...
View ArticleFoster children Trick or Treat, too!
Organization seeks gently-used costumes for children in care MELBOURNE, FL – November 3, 2014 – As foster families prepared for activities and festivities surrounding Halloween, many wanted to ensure...
View ArticleA Decade of Difference
A Decade of Difference! As 2014 comes to a close, Brevard Family Partnership board members, staff and volunteers are busy planning for a number of exciting events and activities to celebrate BFPs 10th...
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Foster Parent Highlight: Latoya and Stephen Olagunju
Latoya and Stephen Olagunju have been licensed foster parents for just over 14 months. Latoya became interested in fostering during her work as a dependency care manager as she had front line...
View ArticleBrevard Family Partnership welcomes three new board members
Betting, Howes, Peterson bring unique experiences, passions to organization MELBOURNE, FL – November 20, 2014 – Brevard Family Partnership, Brevard County’s lead agency for child welfare has welcomed...
View ArticleNews from IMPOWER – December 2014
For many children, especially those in the foster care system, the holidays can be difficult. Some are awaiting their forever families while others are still adjusting to being separated from the life...
View ArticleDecember 2014 E-News: Message from the CEO
The holidays are traditionally a time when we gather with our loved ones and friends to share the most important gift in life – love – with those who mean the most to us. However, for many this is a...
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Mom hopes for home for the holidays — and beyond
All Brianna Bruno wants for Christmas is a boring old schedule. The everyday doldrums of getting out of bed, ushering kids to school and reporting to work probably sounds lame to most people. But when...
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Ten Years: Over 10,000 Children Safe
With the help of Brevard Family Partnership and IMPOWER, Cory (second row, center) and his sister Angelina (left) were adopted in 2014 and became part of the Bodenheimer “forever family.” Ten years...
View ArticleJanuary 2015 E-News: Message from the CEO
Dear Friends, Happy New Year! It is hard to believe that 10 years ago this month, as Community Based Care of Brevard, years of hard work, dedication, advocacy, and reform concluded with the unveiling...
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Foster Parent Highlight: Michelle and Annil Gunness
Michelle and Annil Gunness have been foster parents for seven years. Both Michelle and Annil have family members who are foster parents, and it was because of their influence that the Gunness’ decided...
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