Hundreds of local children experiencing foster care are ready to start the new school year thanks to the generosity of their Central Florida neighbors who donated to Embrace Families’ back-to-school drive.
In July, Embrace Families, the lead nonprofit agency overseeing child welfare in Central Florida, asked the community to help provide backpacks, water bottles, and lunchboxes to support foster and family caregivers as they prepare the children in their homes to return to the classroom. Thousands of items were collected, and during the week of July 24, families were invited to one of four distribution events to select what they needed. Bikes, school supplies, and an assortment of personal care items were also available.
In total, 500 children served by Embrace Families now have the essential tools needed to start the new school year confidently.
To learn more about Embrace Families and the different ways to support youth in foster care, visit www.EmbraceFamilies.org.
At Embrace Families, we believe all kids deserve to grow up in safe, stable, and loving homes. That’s why we work to find solutions that put the child’s well-being first.
As a recognized national leader in child welfare services, we begin by helping Central Florida families overcome the root causes of abuse and neglect through programs that offer case management and other prevention services. When a child can’t remain safely in their home, we support them through foster care, adoption, mentoring, and beyond to ensure that children in bad situations move toward brighter futures.
About Embrace Families
Our commitment to keeping struggling families intact and improving outcomes for children, teens, and young adults extends beyond the scope of traditional child welfare services, and our innovative organizational structure is designed to support this expanded scope.
Guided by a single vision, Embrace Families operates a centralized network of individual companies, each serving a distinct role.
