Children’s Harbor Residential Foster Home Programs are licensed to provide care for 31 children who have been removed from their biological parents due to confirmed allegations of abuse, neglect, or abandonment. The Residential Sibling Program allows 24 brothers and sisters to live together in 4 family-style homes while in State custody, significantly reducing their feelings of loss and separation. The Maternity Residential Program houses 7 pregnant and parenting foster teens and their babies.
Each child that enters Children’s Harbor receives a thorough assessment and a comprehensive treatment plan tailored to his or her physical, emotional, behavioral, educational and social needs. An array of services targeted to address these individual needs is provided during their stay. From trauma-focused individual and group therapy to help children cope with the abuse and neglect they have endured; to behavioral modification and academic programs; to parenting and life-skills classes- all service activities are designed to increase the health and functioning levels of children and youth, and make a substantive difference in their lives.

Children's Harbor Family Strengthening Program keeps at-risk families intact and children safely at home, diverted out of the child welfare system. Weekly in-home counseling services and parenting skills training are provided utilizing an evidence-based model called Nurturing Positive Parenting. These activities are designed to break the intergenerational cycle of abuse, and reduce the recidivism rate of families receiving social services.

Children’s Harbor Academic & Life Skills Program guides children on a structured path toward academic success and self-sufficiency. A Life Coach assesses each child’s academic and life skill levels, and develops educational plans and interventions designed to improve school performance and facilitate self-sufficiency and job readiness. The Life Coach monitors children’s grades, ensures they do their homework, arrange educational outings and conduct group sessions to teach youth a variety of life skills needed to be self-sustainable, ranging from communication and problem solving to managing a household to finding and keeping a job .

Children’s Harbor was awarded a 5-year grant from the Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Families Health Marriage and Relationship Education Grants. The grant, entitled True North, helps 200 young adults, age 18 to 23, who been involved in the foster care system forge pathways to healthy relationship and economic stability.

True North is comprised of the following key components: healthy relationship sessions, strengths based case management and motivational interviewing, financial literacy sessions, job readiness, employment opportunities and permanent connections. At completion of True North, program participants will show improved adult and child well-being, improved family functioning, improved financial and economic stability, reduced poverty, and successful transition to adulthood.

Grounded for Life is a collaborative effort between ChildNet, the lead child welfare agency in Broward County, Broward County Public Schools, and Children’s Harbor. The Grounded for Life program is an intensive educational mentoring program designed to ensure that youth involved in the foster care system graduate high school. Educational Mentors, called Graduation Coaches, utilize Check & Connect, an evidence-based academic mentoring intervention model.

Brown's Harbor is a supportive housing project designed to assist 30 former foster youth, ages 18-23 who are transitioning out of the foster care system. The program is designed to assist youth with developing skills and resources to promote independence. The program is focused on helping youth achieve proficiency in five key areas: financial, personal, community, education/vocation, and medical. It is expected that youth will graduate from the program within 18 to 24 months.