Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,863,999

Total expenses

$1,934,886

Contributions and grants received

$1,860,984

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$14

Other revenue

$3,001

Total assets, end of year

$409,454

Total liabilities, end of year

$88,759

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$320,695

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,757,121

Management and general expenses

$102,532

Fundraising expenses

$75,233

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,757,121

Program services were 90.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• FLORIDA FOSTER CARE REVIEW (FFCR) SERVES AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. FFCR HARNESSES THE POWER OF ITS EXTENSIVE VOLUNTEER AND PARTNER NETWORK ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS IMPACTED BY MIAMI'S FOSTER CARE SYSTEM AND THOSE AT RISK OF ENTERING OR RE-ENTERING THE SYSTEM. FFCR'S INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND PROFESSIONAL TEAM OF SUBJECT-MATTER EXPERTS DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT CHILD-CENTERED, INDIVIDUALIZED STRATEGIES THAT ALLOW YOUTH TO HEAL FROM TRAUMA AND GROW UP WITH THE LOVE AND SUPPORT OF STABLE ADULTS AND NURTURING FAMILIES.FFCR'S CITIZEN REVIEW PANEL (CRP) PROGRAM ENGAGES, TRAINS AND SUPPORTS VOLUNTEERS WHO CONDUCT REVIEW HEARINGS FOR "CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O" ABUSED OR NEGLECTED CHILDREN IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY'S FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. WITH GUIDANCE AND SUPERVISION BY FFCR'S STAFF, CRP VOLUNTEERS INTERVIEW THE YOUTH, HIS/HER CASE MANAGER, AND CAREGIVERS; AND SCOUR MEDICAL REPORTS, EDUCATIONAL RECORDS AND THERAPY RECORDS TO IDENTIFY CRITICAL GAPS IN THE CHILD'S CARE. EACH FFCR REVIEW HEARING CULMINATES IN AN INDIVIDUALLY-TAILORED SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS EACH CHILD'S UNMET NEEDS TO ENSURE A SAFE, TIMELY AND PERMANENT EXIT FROM THE SYSTEM. ONCE APPROVED BY THE DEPENDENCY COURT JUDGE, THESE RECOMMENDATIONS BECOME BINDING AND ENFORCEABLE COURT ORDERS. FFCR STAFF ENGAGE IN POST-REVIEW ADVOCACY EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT ALL TIME-SENSITIVE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING NEEDS ARE PROPERLY ADDRESSED.FFCR'S PERMANENCY ROUNDTABLE (PRT) PROGRAM CURATES AND CONVENES AN INDIVIDUALIZED MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM FOR EACH CHILD SERVED AND FACILITATES AN INITIAL PRT SESSION TO DEVELOP A CUSTOMIZED AND STRATEGIC PERMANENCY ACTION PLAN. EVERY PRT TEAM RECONVENES FOR SUBSEQUENT ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS EVERY 30-45 DAYS TO REVIEW PROGRESS TOWARDS THE CHILD'S PERMANENCY GOAL, TO MODIFY THE PLAN AS NEEDED AND TO TACKLE CHALLENGES AND BREAK THROUGH BARRIERS. FFCR'S PROGRAM STAFF COORDINATE THESE FOLLOW-UP ROUNDTABLES UNTIL THE CHILD REACHES PERMANENCY. BETWEEN SESSIONS, FFCR TACKLES TIME-CONSUMING TASKS, INCLUDING FAMILY FINDING, AND EXPLORES WAYS TO SAFELY RE-CONNECT CHILDREN WITH FAMILY. STAFF MINE COURT FILES FOR CRUCIAL INFORMATION AND WORK TO MATCH CHILDREN WITH PROSPECTIVE FAMILIES. THEY ALSO ENGAGE AND SUPPORT PROSPECTIVE ADOPTIVE FAMILIES BY HELPING TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO ADOPTION AND PROVIDE SUPPORT TO YOUTH WHO HAVE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE ADOPTION PROCESS. FFCR'S CONNECT 2 COMMUNITY (C2C) INITIATIVE ENRICHES THE LIVES OF CHILDREN WHO ARE SERVED BY FFCR BY CONNECTING THEM TO NEW EXPERIENCES THAT ARE INDIVIDUALLY TAILORED TO MEET EACH CHILD'S UNIQUE NEEDS, INTERESTS AND/OR GOALS. PROGRAM STAFF LEVERAGE FFCR'S EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, CORPORATIONS AND VOLUNTEERS TO CREATE A VARIETY OF "COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS," SUCH AS ENGAGING IN ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES, EQUINE THERAPY, RESUME WORKSHOPS AND COLLEGE ESSAY GUIDANCE. FOR CHILDREN WAITING TO BE ADOPTED, CONNECTIONS TO COMMUNITY-BASED ACTIVITIES AND RESOURCES CAN ALSO HELP PROMOTE PERMANENCY BY ENHANCING THE CHILD'S SELF-ESTEEM AND SENSE OF SELF-WORTH. TO ENSURE LONG-TERM STABILITY AND PREVENT RE-ENTRY INTO FOSTER CARE FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN ADOPTED, REUNIFIED, PLACED UNDER PERMANENT GUARDIANSHIP OR AGED OUT OF FOSTER CARE, FFCR'S C2C INITIATIVE EXTENDS TO CHILDREN, YOUNG ADULTS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS WHO NO LONGER HAVE AN OPEN FOSTER CARE (DEPENDENCY) CASE. FOR THESE CHILDREN, FFCR TEAM MEMBERS REACH OUT EVERY 60 DAYS OR MORE TO PROVIDE PRACTICAL GUIDANCE, ONGOING EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND LINKAGES TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES.

  Expenses $1,757,121

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

25 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202413329349300406

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