Brevard C.A.R.E.S. is Brevard Family Partnership’s innovative, voluntary prevention program tailored to protect children, strengthen families and change lives.
Brevard C.A.R.E.S. is a family-centered, strength-based, and community-driven approach to child abuse prevention. Through our unique "Wraparound" and "Family Team Conferencing" approach, we offer a full continuum of care and support services to families experiencing stressors that may lead to neglect, abuse, or abandonment.
The program has had a positive impact on the families and children we serve, helping to prevent situations or events that would result in a child being removed from his or her home. Its success is due to the proactive participation of the families in need who openly engage in the process, building upon the successes and skills within their family unit that will sustain them long-term.
Since inception, Brevard C.A.R.E.S. has provided support to over 8,000 children and more than 2,700 families in Brevard County. Of these families, approximately 20% self-referred, in that they sought assistance prior to a situation becoming a crisis. Less than 10% of families have been referred to our program more than once.
In December 2009, Brevard C.A.R.E.S. became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brevard Family Partnership, with a goal of continuing to reduce the number of children entering the foster care system through abuse prevention. Its offices and Family Resource Center are located at 4085 N. US 1 in Rockledge, FL.
Our Mission
The mission of Brevard C.A.R.E.S., Inc. is to promote growth, self-sufficiency, and sustainability amongst families in Brevard County, by providing a resourceful environment that is highly individualized and family-driven.
Our Vision
Brevard C.A.R.E.S. is an acronym for Collaboration, Advocacy, Resources, Education and Support. This comprehensive and consumer driven program is inclusive of the following practices:
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Facilitation of Family Team Conferences and engagement of families in a mutually respectful manner through the use of skilled facilitators;
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Use of a strength based assessment to continue to build on the family strengths;
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Development of one well coordinated plan that is responsive to the family’s identified needs with shared ownership and responsibility;
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Achievement of the vision that the family has shared of where they want to be;
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Provision of family driven planning, access, voice and ownership;
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Cultivation of a flexible service delivery system that is culturally competent, individualized and customized to the family’s needs;
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A focus on the inclusion of informal supports;
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Celebration of successes and accomplishments;
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Promotion of the social, emotional, physical, moral and cognitive development of each child; and,
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Adherence to the principles of Wraparound.
“Brevard C.A.R.E.S. helped me in so many ways...they helped me with a lot of “little” things, but to me, it wasn’t little. They really care about me and my kids. They helped me feel better about myself.”
-S.J. C.A.R.E.S. Parent
“Brevard C.A.R.E.S. saved my family. My daughter was out of control and I had no idea how to help her or me. But, the C.A.R.E.S. staff helped me and my family. My daughter now gets good grades.”
-Lisa S. C.A.R.E.S. Parent
“Our family is so grateful for the hope, love, and help we have received from Brevard Family Partnership…. Brevard Family Partnership has made a difference in the life of our family.”
-Mr. Martinez C.A.R.E.S. Parent
If you are experiencing a crisis or are in need of assistance, please contact 211 Brevard (211) or 1-888-CARES-09 (1-888-227-3709).
