Our Children Inc is Changing the Face of Foster Care



Nancy Avalone, founder of Our Children, Inc. and foster parent herself, has embarked on a national public awareness campaign for change. The public service announcements and paid television advertising has begun to air in Florida over the last sever months. Our Children's mission is to change the face of foster care through community awareness.

There are over a half million children in foster care in the United States. Many of them have been lingering in care for years. This is not acceptable and Our Children, Inc. is educating communities to these issues and the turmoil that children face on a daily basis. Through this public awareness campaign a new Pilot Initiative has spawned.

This initiative was presented to local Directors of lead agencies and DCF in Pinellas County, Florida this month. This Pilot Initiative will ensure that all tasks and details that often become lost in the abyss of deepening paperwork will now be tracked and executed in a timely manner. This will ultimately translate to timely permanency for foster children, without increasing payroll. The increase will be in case manager retention and productivity. This Initiative can be adopted by any foster care agency in any State. Our Children Inc. will be looking for an Agency to adopt this initiative and/or a legislator that is interested in ending the painfully long wait children experience to find their "forever home."

For More Information:
Contact Nancy Avalone; Program Director
Our Children, Inc.
(727)480-7504
(Pilot is available on PowerPoint)





Our Children Inc is Changing the Face of Foster Care