The Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD), Department of Children and Families (DCF), Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), Department of Education (DOE), Department of Health (DOH), Guardian ad Litem (GAL) Program, and Florida’s Office of Early Learning (FOEL), enter into this Interagency Agreement to coordinate services and supports for children in Florida, and to collaborate on developing necessary local and statewide resources for children being served by multiple agencies. Such services require the coordinated flow of information across multiple child-serving agencies to ensure that policy, procedure, service delivery and resource development are provided in a manner that maximizes the likelihood of positive outcomes. The parties acknowledge that the safety and well-being of children requires a commitment of the agencies to work cooperatively at the state, regional, and local levels to implement this Agreement.
Every Child Deserves the Highest Quality of Advocacy in Florida’s Dependency Courts – Help make sure that they get it
Florida’s foster children deserve high-quality advocacy in dependency court. This document explains…