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foster care facilities, foster care neighborhood, children in crisis inc, fort walton beach, florida, okaloosa county, escambia county, santa rosa county, bay county, northwest florida, st simons on the sound episcopal church, shalimar united methodist church, department of children and family services, dcf, childrens neighborhood, safe housing shelter, emergency childrens shelter, house parents, foster children, foster homes, children group homes, recreation center, abused children, neglected children, child, kids, abused and neglected children, placement for children, special needs of children, home options, long term care, care, support, nurturing, non-profit, 501c3, charity, giving, providing homes for children, establishing hope for children, guardian ad litem, volunteers
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Description |
In 2002, a group of Northwest Florida community leaders identified a critical need for additional foster care facilities for abused and neglected children in the four-county area (Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and Walton Counties). Children in Crisis, Inc., a non-profit 501 (c)(3) charity, was established to raise and manage the funds to build, staff, and operate The Children\'s Neighborhood, a residential style foster care neighborhood. From a small grass-roots group of individuals the organization has grown to over 100 members in 2006, including CPAs, architects, attorneys, educators, builders, employees of DCF, and volunteers from the Guardian Ad Litem program.
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