Transparency (§409.988 Compliance)
Family Support Services of Suncoast is a community-based care lead agency contracted with the Department of Children and Families. We strive for transparency in financial stewardship and our practices that ensure safety, stability and quality of life for children in our care.
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- Average caseload of active case managers within the system of care is 7.98. (Filled Positions)
- Turnover rate for case managers and case managers supervisors for the previous 12 months is 52.8%.
- The total number of case managers who have 25 or more cases on their caseload is 1, which is 0.60% of case managers. (Filled Positions)
- The percentage of required home visits completed for June 2024 was 99.47%.
- Child Welfare public facing dashboards — The Department of Children and Families monitors community-based care lead agencies in the achievement of performance standards for indicators of child safety, permanency, and well-being. The Child Welfare dashboards include a home page that offers child welfare statistics at a glance where users can also mouseover/rollover and find current and historical data relating to child welfare in Florida.
- As of 6/30/24, children were placed in the following placement types:
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- Pre-Adoption – 51
- Correctional Placement – 14
- Foster Home – 799
- Hospitalization – 3
- Non-relative caregiver – 117
- Relative caregiver – 315
- Residential Treatment Center – 11
- Residential Group Home – 222
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- Foster Parent & Group Home Recruitment & Licensure
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- New Homes in June 2024: 25
- Total Licensed Homes Available (as of 6-30-24):
- 430 Licensed FSS homes
- 173 Licensed child placing agency homes
- Lead agencies do not recruit or participate in the licensure of residential child caring agencies.
- The percentage of families being served for the previous month through:
- Family Support Services: 18.15%
- In-Home Services: 18.62%
- Out-of-Home Services: 63.23%
- The percentage of cases that were converted from nonjudicial to judicial for the previous month was 0.57%.
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Americans with Disabilities Act
As a lead community-based care agency for child welfare services, Family Support Services of Suncoast is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the delivery of services to qualified individuals with disabilities including the deaf and hard of hearing. Reasonable accommodations will be provided upon request. Anyone who requires an accommodation or auxiliary aid/service for effective communication should contact us or Florida Relay 1-800-955-8770 (Voice) or 1-800-955-8771 (TTY).