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July 17, 2025
2025 Florida Children & Families Summit
The Department of Children and Families (DCF) is pleased to announce the 2025 Florida Children and Families Summit. Each year, the Summit offers a great opportunity for stakeholders to come together, share best practices, and make key connections to…
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Aug
Circuit 1 Community Alliance
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Mission of the Circuit 1 Community Alliance - it is a forum through which services for children mandated and funded by state and federal government are planned, organized and coordinated. It serves as a conduit for information between and among providers, state agencies, consumers and the general public.
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Aug
Behavioral Health Interagency Collaboration - Central Region
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
The Department of Children and Families, jointly with the Agency for Health Care Administration shall establish Behavioral Health Interagency Collaboratives throughout the state with the goal of improving accessibility, availability, and quality of behavioral health services at a local level in accordance with Chapter 394.90826, F.S.
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Aug
Miami-Dade Refugee Task Force Meeting
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
The purpose of this meeting is to increase awareness of the refugee populations, share best practices, spot trends in refugee populations, build collaborations between agencies, help create good communication among service providers, get informed about upcoming community events, and discuss refugee program service needs and possible solutions to meeting those needs.
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