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thumb The Florida Network of Youth and Family Services is a non-profit statewide association and contract management entity, of 31 agencies dealing with runaway, truant, ungovernable and other troubled youth and their families. == History == The Florida Network of Youth and Family Services ("The Florida Network") was founded in 1976. It has a special statutory designation to provide its youth crisis centers services specifically as a "Children/Families In Need of Services" (CINS/FINS) organization. Originally, there were seventeen Florida Network crisis shelters providing services in specialized client intake, crisis stabilization, residential and non-residential counseling, and case management. Eventually, the Florida Network of Youth and Family Services would expand to 31 crisis agencies and community-based organizations, while adding onto its plate contract monitoring (in 2001, the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice would give it exclusive contract management responsibility for CINS/FINS), data collection, quality improvement, staff training, communications and fundraising. Moreover, it would receive recognition from the American Bar Association and the Vera Institute of Justice for its path-breaking program model, while also being profiled by '' The New York Times '' for its early efforts to help at-risk teenagers. Today, the Florida Network of Youth and Family Services is a model Florida Department of Juvenile Justice service provider, carefully managing a $31 million contract, and running a full-scale membership portfolio that includes a refined quality improvement process, legislative advocacy, comprehensive best practices training in prevention, and non-profit financial management expertise, making it one of the most effective organizations for prevention advocacy within the United States. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Florida Network of Youth and Family Services」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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