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Critical Need for Foster Parents in Citrus County
The Citrus County Chronicle wrote an article about the critical need for foster parents in Citrus County. Read the article on below or here. Bob and Ann are the typical everyday parents. They go to work, take their son to soccer practice after school and then rush home and do it all over again the …
ReadMount Dora Woman gets Satisfaction Helping Young Adults in Extended Foster Care
The Orlando Sentinel featured a story about one of our foster parents that is helping teens who are staying in Extended Foster Care. Click here to read the article. Ethel Badger has 748 kids who call her mom. Although she only has five children, she opened her home and heart to hundreds of others from …
ReadNot SCARY After All
Stubborn, determined, driven, tech savvy, caring, and hurt are some of the qualities of our most misunderstood population who needs help: TEENS. Teenagers get such a bad rap, when in reality they, just like the younger children Kids Central cares for, have been abused, neglected or abandoned. They didn’t ask to be mistreated and most …
ReadLocal Barber Shop Cuts Kids Hair
Even before Yaskira Landestoy began work at Kids Central, in the Independent Living Department, she had a heart for the children we serve. A few days after she was offered her job position at Kids Central she found herself at RBI Barber shop in Marion Oaks getting her sons hair cut. While there, she noticed …
ReadChild Safety Advocates Speak at Golden Triangle Meeting
2014 July 10—Golden Triangle Lake County, FL: After just a week on her new job, Rotarian Emily Lee introduced her colleagues from Kids Central, Inc to the Rotary Club of Lake County Golden Triangle. Lee had invited Debra Wise, Deputy Chief of Programs, and Michelle Mongeluzzo, Director of Prevention Services, of the nonprofit agency charged by …
ReadWorking Together to Prevent Children Drowning
OCALA—Drowning is the No. 1 cause of unintentional injury-related death for children ages 1–4. On average, more than 1,000 children die each year in the U.S. due to unintentional drowning and more than 5,000 are seen in emergency rooms for injuries from near-drowning incidents. In an effort to protect Marion County’s children and reduce the …
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