About Us
Mission Statement
Heartland for Children's mission is to develop and manage a comprehensive, community based, coordinated system of care for abused, neglected, and abandoned children and their families and for children and families who are at risk of maltreatment and/or placement in the foster care system.This mission is driven by our core values, one of which is the belief that all children have the inalienable right to grow up safe, healthy and fulfilled in families that love and nurture them.
About Heartland for Children
Heartland for Children, Inc. (HFC) is charged with taking over the duties and responsibilities of the Department of Children and Families (DCF) Family Safety office in Circuit 10. Circuit 10 encompasses Hardee, Highlands and Polk Counties. HFC is the lead agency in Circuit 10 for Community Based Care (CBC).In this role, Heartland for Children is the system administrator for foster care and related services including, intake and placement, temporary shelter, case management, in-home protective services, kinship care, out-of-home placement, foster care supervision, post placement supervision, foster home recruitment/licensing/retention, independent living, adoption, intensive residential treatment, family preservation, family reunification, family prevention and intervention services. HFC contracts with local agencies the provision of services to the children and families within the system, as well as work with the community as a whole to support the residents of this tri-county area.