Staffing shortages at shelters could hurt at-risk youth
Will there be enough staff to help them? It’s 3 p.m. Friday and you just found out that your daughter skipped school today for the third time this month. On…
Meet Renee E. Layman
With the addition of the SNAP program to the Florida Network membership, we opened our family to new organizations that bring their own expertise to the collective Network capacity. Renée…
45 Years and Counting-
Happy Anniversary Everyone! This thing we do didn’t happen overnight you know. Just like the fingerprint of the Magna Carta will forever be on our Constitution, the 1984 Report from…
SNAP LEAD 2021- A Triumphant Return
With the lighthouse overlooking the inlet, Jupiter Beach was the perfect location to convene the Stop Now and Plan Lead Facilitator training after so many long months without being together…
Meet Linda Sessions- Counselor, Artist, Mother.
Linda Sessions is the Clinical Supervisor at member agency, Hillsborough County Children’s Services, and prior Executive Director of Neighborhood Partner member agency, Tampa Housing Authority. When an astute Networker observed…
THE FN BLOG
Greetings Networkers, Behold a beautiful moment. If you are reading this then you are working towards thousands of joyful outcomes just like this one. Click the pic for video from…
A Storm is Coming
Hurricane season begins Monday, June 1, and continues through Thanksgiving weekend. We know from experience (so much experience!) that it is not if, but when, the next hurricane will threaten…
The FN Blog
Redemption Starts Here! Let’s make this right and put it behind us. No hard feelings. All we want is 75 more responses to our Spring Virtual QIC event. If you…
When Can We See the Dog?
Estimated reading time- 1’33” Happy Friday Networkers, and welcome to the FN Blog, the new permanent home to content you would otherwise read in a random email series known as…
Shelter Manager Quarantines with COVID-Positive Youth
Despite the risks and grave threat of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Florida Network’s youth shelters and programs remain open as an option for kids who have nowhere else to go.…