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Partner Agencies

Supported

Partner Agencies

Adolph & Rose Levis Jewish Community Center

JAFCO (Jewish Adoption & Family Care Options) was established in 1992 to serve children who have been abused and neglected in South Florida. JAFCO’s message to children is that they are part of a larger family, a community who will care for them even at times when their own family cannot. JAFCO provides shelter, food, clothing, education, medical care and therapy to those children and families who desperately need help. To date, JAFCO has touched the lives of over 20,000 children. Core programs at the JAFCO Children’s Village include foster care and adoption, an emergency shelter and six group homes, family preservation, mentoring and independent living.

JAFCO believes the primary responsibility for the care of abused, neglected, at-risk children and those with developmental disabilities belongs to our own community. As our nation struggles to provide better care and protection for at-risk children and families, the JAFCO model demonstrates that with the support of caring people and foundations like Boca West Children’s Foundation, we can truly change the world.

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American Association of Caregiving Youth

The American Association of Caregiving Youth addresses the issues surrounding the silent, vulnerable and hidden population of children who provide care for family member who is unable to manage life independently. It addresses the needs of these children through education and awareness, research, and direct services.

Best Foot Forward Foundation

Founded in 2010, Best Foot Forward (BFF) is focused on changing lives for children in foster care in Palm Beach County. BFF is 100% dedicated to using academics as the path to a successful future and breaking the cycle of abuse. BFF currently serves hundreds of students from elementary school through college, and provides educational planning, monitoring, and coaching on a one-on-one consistent basis. Its high school program has a 100% graduation rate, compared to a national average of 46% among foster children. Despite a 3% national college graduation rate, Best Foot Forward has celebrated many college graduates to date, with more to come. For more information about Best Foot Forward, visit our website.

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Boca Helping Hands

Boca Helping Hands (BHH) is a community-based nonprofit that provides food, job training, access to healthcare and financial assistance to help individuals and families improve their quality of life and build financial stability. Through its various assistance programs, BHH supports over 35,000 people annually. Charity Navigator named Boca Helping Hands a 4-Star Charity for the 17th consecutive year.

BHH distributes more than 90,000 pantry bags a year at five Palm Beach County locations and serves over 90,000 hot meals annually. The organization expands access to affordable medical, dental, and behavioral care through its partnership with Genesis Community Health (serving clients at clinics in Boca Raton and Boynton Beach) and Florida Atlantic University’s Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing Community Based Clinics (serving clients in West Palm Beach).

In addition, BHH sends weekend meals home with food-insecure elementary school students via the BHH Backpacks Program and serves 13 schools across South Palm Beach County. The BHH Resource Center provides emergency financial assistance to Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Lake Worth, and Boynton Beach residents in crisis to help with rent, overdue utilities, and the rising cost of childcare through the Children’s Assistance Program (CAP).

With an increased focus on quality of life and financial stability, BHH awards scholarships for qualified candidates to attend accredited vocational training classes that prepare them for careers in the healthcare, information technology, and transportation industries. BHH also offers free English as a Second Language (ESOL) classes, courses in nutrition, and other life skills.

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Boca Raton Children’s Museum

Located in the heart of Boca Raton, the Children’s Museum broadens children’s awareness of the world around them and teaches them how to problem solve through creative and scientific exploration.

Boca Raton Museum of Art

Founded by artists in 1950 as the Art Guild of Boca Raton, the Boca Raton Museum of Art has evolved into a vital cultural resource. The Museum’s original building on Palmetto Park Road now serves as the Museum’s Art School, nestled within a 3-acre sculpture park. In 2001, the Museum was provided land in Mizner Park, a mixed-use area in downtown Boca Raton. Designed by Donald Singer, the current Museum facility, with its bold volumes and emblematic design, reflects the spirit of Addison Mizner’s Mediterranean Revival architecture of the 1920s that provided an indelible mark on Boca Raton. Located in Palm Beach County, the Museum attracts visitors from a wide range of regions, with nearly 50% being cultural tourists from drive markets or out-of-state, underscoring the appeal of its reputation, quality of programs, and supporting the Museum’s mission to be a vital cultural resource dedicated to the creative life.

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Bound For College

Mark Sauer, the mission of Bound For College is to provide comprehensive college readiness resources, empowering motivated low-income students toward promising futures. This comprehensive program includes ACT/SAT prep, college tours, college and financial aid application guidance, career exploration and developmental counseling. At Bound For College, young people are encouraged to acquire an education after high-school to obtain a secure career path and remain bound for success.

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Boys and Girls Clubs

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County (BGCPBC) began as one Clubhouse in 1971 and has now grown to 20 sites, becoming the largest, most comprehensive provider of youth services in the County, and the fifth largest Boys & Girls Club out of 5,100 nationwide! Through programming that focuses on Academic Achievement; STEM; Resiliency & Life Skills; the Arts; Sports & Fitness; Career and Workforce Readiness; and Leadership & Service, BGCPBC nurtures generation after generation of children and teens from the most under-resourced communities in our County to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

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The Caridad Center

Caridad Center’s mission and vision is to upgrade the health, education and living standards of uninsured and underserved children and families; and to eliminate the cycle of poverty for the families we serve in Palm Beach County. As the largest free health and charitable clinic in Florida, Caridad Center provides medical, dental, vision, mental health, social services and health education with volunteer physicians and healthcare providers who care for more than 5,400 patients every year, resulting in more than 33,000 patient visits a year. Caridad Center is nationally ranked by Charity Navigator as a Four Star Charity and is a Platinum Transparency Award recipient from Candid for 2023.

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Center for Child Counseling

Center for Child Counseling provides playful, healthful, and hopeful living for children, families, and communities. We envision their health and resilience through ACEs-aware and trauma-informed communities.

Fighting ACEs is Center for Child Counseling’s approach that provides multilayered support for children and families in communities experiencing chronic stress and trauma. The model focuses on building the capacity of caregivers and the community to buffer the effects of toxic stress on children, healing the intergenerational cycles of abuse and trauma, building healthy caregiver-child relationships through trauma-informed prevention and early intervention services and support.

Connections

Founded in 2015, Connections is a nonprofit educational center that delivers top-quality, specialized instruction and therapies for students and adults with autism and related disabilities ages 3 through adulthood. Connections students benefit from functional academics taught with evidence-based strategies designed for children with autism. The curriculum integrates music, art and community-based learning as well as targeted therapies, including speech, occupational and/or behavioral therapy based on individual needs. Connections’ holistic program also includes classes for fitness, nutrition, cooking and independent-living skills to address unique challenges faced by children with autism. Students further benefit from the water safety program designed to reduce the risk of drowning, which is the No. 1 cause of death for children with autism.

Connections is unique among autism education organizations because the student’s whole family is considered, recognizing that home life directly impacts student success. From hosting parent dinners and trainings to offering a weekly food pantry and weekend backpack program, Connections empowers parents to support their children with autism. Some 85 percent of Connections’ students live below the poverty line, 94 percent come from minority families, and almost 50 percent reside in single-parent families or with grandparents.

For adults with autism, Connections offers an Adult Day Training Program with vocational and recreational opportunities, both on-site and within the community, ensuring comprehensive care across the lifespan.

The Diaper Bank – Covering South Florida

Our mission is to give every child the opportunity to shine!

The Diaper Bank, Covering South Florida breaks the cycle of diaper inequality by providing diapers to those who cannot afford them.We collect and purchase diapers via drives, grants and sponsorships that we distribute to partner agencies ensuring they end up in the hands of families who need them the most. A staggering 1 in 2 families struggle with diaper needs. According to the US census, child poverty rates have more than doubled since 2021 from 5.2% to 12.4%, and there are still NO federal or state assistance programs such as WIC or SNAP(food stamps) that can be used to purchase diapers. This is why the need and our mission is so vital!

Eda & Cliff Viner Community Scholars Foundation, Inc.

Since 2015, Eda & Cliff Viner Community Scholars has been providing 4 year Florida Public Universities or Colleges Scholarships to academically talented High School Students in South Palm Beach County who have significant financial needs and are community service driven. In addition to the scholarship, each student receives a trained mentor and a list of available social services to ensure each student is well supported to graduate successfully.   Our mission is for these students to graduate debt free with a 4 year college degree so they can be successful and contribute to their families and community.

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Education Foundation of Palm Beach County

Founded in 1984, the Education Foundation of Palm Beach County is an organization dedicated to advancing excellence in Palm Beach County’s public education by increasing public awareness and inspiring community and business support for programs focused on learning, literacy, and leadership. With the support it receives from contributions and grants, the Education Foundation provides resources for innovative programs to improve academic achievement.

Faulk Center for Counseling

Since 1973, the Faulk Center for Counseling has been providing free and low-cost mental health services to uninsured, at-risk, and underserved individuals in our community. We offer individual, couples and family counseling, counseling groups, support groups, reduced fee psychological testing and educational seminars. No one is ever turned away due to an inability to pay.

Fuller Center

The Fuller Center has been a community cornerstone for over 50 years, providing under-resourced children the same educational opportunities as their more affluent peers. Our goal is to support hardworking families and their children to realize their full potential. We believe all children should have the chance to experience success in school, in work, and in life, regardless of their parents’ income or zip code.

For children 6 weeks to 5 years old, we offer a holistic early education program, setting the foundation for school success and lifelong learning. For school-age youth, we offer after-school, summer camp, and out-of-school programs to develop skills in social interaction, literacy, science, technology, math, and the arts, and providing tutoring, mentoring, and enrichment activities. We have incorporated a teen program providing youth the opportunities to build skills in leadership, communication, project development, and community service.

At the Fuller Center, we believe that educated children and empowered families create a strong, supportive community. The Fuller Center offers a unique, comprehensive system of family support to ensure that parents and caregivers are empowered to provide for their families and make a positive economic impact in our community. We know that when it comes to turning the tide of generational, economic inequity and make a positive impact, tomorrow begins today!

Florida Atlantic University Summer Music Camp

FAU Summer Music camp is for young musicians, writers, dancers, and actors. Students develop and enhance their artistic skills with private lessons, music theory classes, band rehearsals, and music appreciation classes. More than 100 at risk elementary student campers attend annually.

HomeSafe

For 44 years, HomeSafe has protected South Florida’s most vulnerable residents–victims of child abuse and domestic violence. The organization is a leading provider of prevention and intervention services, helping more than 15,000 infants, children, young adults, and families each year. HomeSafe provides comprehensive programs in a continuum of care–visiting hospitals to help mothers and newborns stay on the right track to a healthy future, assessing children with developmental delays and behavior issues, healing families affected by domestic violence, and providing mentorship and support for young adults who have spent their childhood in the foster care system. Children who come to HomeSafe have experienced unimaginable abuse and neglect. HomeSafe is one of just five specialized therapeutic group care agencies in the state of Florida, the only one in Southeast Florida, who is accredited to provide the intensive therapy program these children need to heal from their past and find confidence in their future.

Jewish Adoption & Family Care Options

JAFCO (Jewish Adoption & Family Care Options) was established in 1992 to serve children who have been abused and neglected in South Florida.  JAFCO’s message to children is that they are part of a larger family, a community who will care for them even at times when their own family cannot.  JAFCO provides shelter, food, clothing, education, medical care and therapy to those children and families who desperately need help.  To date, JAFCO has touched the lives of more than 16,000 children.  Core programs at the JAFCO Children’s Village include foster care and adoption, an emergency shelter and six group homes, family preservation, mentoring and independent living.

JAFCO believes the primary responsibility for the care of abused, neglected, at-risk children and those with developmental disabilities belongs to our own community.  As our nation struggles to provide better care and protection for at-risk children and families, the JAFCO model demonstrates that with the support of caring people and foundations like Boca West Children’s Foundation, we can truly change the world.

JAFCO – Children’s Ability Center

The JAFCO Children’s Ability Center provides child enrichment, resources, support and respite services to families raising children with developmental disabilities.  An alarming 1 in 6 children will be diagnosed with autism or other developmental disabilities by the age of 3.

The JAFCO Children’s Ability Center allows families to receive or connect to every possible service they need all in one beautiful location.  The Center was designed with one goal: to offer comprehensive and intensive support not only to children with developmental disabilities, but to the entire family.  The concept of serving the entire family, and not only the child, is the key feature of the Ability Center.  This full array of services is currently not being offered together as a comprehensive package anywhere else in the United States.

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Junior League of Boca Raton

The Junior League of Boca Raton is an organization whose mission is to advance women’s leadership for meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration and training. Improving the lives of children and families in South Palm Beach county for over 50 years.

Kelly / Strul Emerging Scholars Program at Florida Atlantic University

 The Kelly/Strul Emerging Scholars Program at FAU was created by President Emeritus John Kelly and his wife Carolyn Kelly, and Boca Raton philanthropists Aubrey and Sally Strul. The program provides first-generation, low-income students with financial resources and personal support to help them graduate from FAU in four years or less.

Living Hungry

Living Hungry is a charity born of the belief that every human has potential worth nourishing. We are on a mission for the last five years to reach every local student experiencing homelessness in Palm Beach County schools. Living Hungry provides quality nutrition in weekend bags of food and meets the basic needs of hundreds of our most vulnerable children in 22 schools today. Through collaborative partnerships and smart logistical solutions, we change the storyline and help unleash the hidden genius and kindness in the next generation of Americans. In 2022-23 we will be expanding to three Boca Raton high schools graciously funded by the Boca West Children’s Foundation. Together we fuel the brightest futures for our local students enduring homelessness.

Love Serving Autism

In January 2017, Lisa Pugliese-LaCroix, inspired by her passion for speech therapy and tennis, founded Love Serving Autism, a 501(c)(3) organization, at the Palm Beach School for Autism where she was working as a speech therapist. Love Serving Autism partners with schools and facilities to enhance the lives of neurodiverse individuals through racquet sports, promoting physical fitness, social skills, and emotional well-being. By integrating therapeutic techniques into tennis and pickleball instruction, Love Serving Autism seeks to create an inclusive and supportive environment where neurodivergent individuals can thrive both on and off the courts.

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Nat King Cole Generation Hope

The Nat King Cole Generation Hope mission is to provide music education to children with the greatest need and the fewest resources. The vision is that Nat King Cole’s unforgettable legacy will ensure future generations are given the opportunity to learn and experience the joy of music.

Place of Hope – The Leighan and David Rinker Campus

Place of Hope is a faith-based, state-licensed children and families organization, offering housing and support services designed to end the cycles of abuse, neglect, homelessness, poverty, and human trafficking. We are one of the largest, comprehensive, and most diverse children and families organizations in Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast. We strive daily to help our children, youth, and families find true healing and restoration, which leads to healthy, independent, and successful lives.

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PROPEL

PROPEL (People Reaching Out to Provide Education and Leadership) has been partnering with underserved youth since 2003 in Southern Palm Beach County.  We are dedicated to supporting the academic and socio-emotional needs of our students through participative learning, mentorships, nutrition, and apprenticeships.  Through the skills developed in PROPEL the vast majority of our students matriculate towards seeking a higher education, acquiring a skilled trade and/or serving in our fine military. We hope and expect our graduates to serve as mentors to future PROPELIANS.

Roots and Wings

Roots and Wings has two signature programs. Our mission is to support and encourage children’s reading skills and the teachers who inspire learning.

Roots and Wings’ Project UpLift is our free, intensive, small group after school reading tutorial program focused on grades 1t through 3 attending Palm Beach County Title One public elementary schools who are reading one or two grades below grade level. This 2023-24 school year we begin to add additional schools in the northern part of Palm Beach Country that have also reached out to us for help. This fall we will now be in twelve schools in Palm Beach Country, working with over 900  struggling readers. We know that if you can’t read you can’t learn. We want to ensure that our third graders can become proficient in reading and be promoted to fourth grade. As Kofi Annan once said,           “Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.”

Through its Above and Beyond Teacher and Staff Recognition Program, Roots and Wings recognizes outstanding educators and staff for their dedication to ensuring children in our communities are educated and prepared to become good citizens. To date, with the support of local businesses, the program has presented over 1,600 awards to appreciative teachers and administrative staff at Title One elementary schools in our regional community. The winners are all chosen by their peers.

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Rotary Club of Boca Raton

Since 1957 The Rotary Club of Boca Raton has been committed to changing lives and building futures by providing local at risk students  with scholarship assistance, mentoring, internships , job training and job placement opportunities as well as participating in community service projects.

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Rotary Club of Downtown Boca Raton

The Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton is dedicated to impacting the Boca Raton Community through our efforts of “Service Above Self.”
The Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton is focused on keeping our talent on the local level in order to benefit our Community through Health and Wellness, and Community well-being.
We distinguish ourselves through our unique programming, full disclosure, and our governing policy that our organization is run by our Members for the Members and is Fair To All Concerned. Decisions are made in a collaborative effort through input from our Members, as each Member’s opinions and contributions are valued.
The Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton is operated for the sole purpose of making a difference in our community and the lives of many in an environment that embraces integrity, friendship, camaraderie and trust. Our goal is to keep our outstanding Community growing strong.

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SCOPE

Summer Camp Opportunities Promote Education, Inc. (SCOPE), an independent national nonprofit organization, provides children from underserved communities life-changing opportunities through the experience of summer camp, including the Southeast. In each region SCOPE funds camperships to send local children who commit to staying in school to nonprofit, overnight, American Camp Association accredited camps to empower them to develop to their full potential.

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SOS Children’s Village – Florida

SOS Children’s Villages – Florida (SOS) cares for abused, abandoned and severely neglected children who are wards of the State. At SOS, special emphasis is placed on reuniting biological siblings; over 20 sibling groups currently reside in the Village. SOS fills a much-needed niche in our community, in that they provide short-term care for children who have no imminent chance for reunification or adoption. In addition, they are uniquely able to provide long-term care for youth who have no other permanent plan and need a place to call home until they transition out of foster care as adults. Since 1993, they have provided healing, hope and home to more than 400 children.

Located on an eight acre cul-de-sac in a residential neighborhood in Coconut Creek, Florida, the village consists of 12 single family homes for children and three children’s services buildings. In the village, the children can settle into a home and know that a house parent is there to care for them 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In addition to a home, SOS also provides services for children who need help dealing with their emotions, their deficiencies in school, their social skills and behavior, and their independent living preparation.

SOS’ graduation rate is 81% compared to the 50% national graduation rate of foster care youth; 47% of SOS children go on to enroll in college compared with 15% of foster care children nationwide.

Spirit of Giving

The Spirit of Giving is a collaborative, nonprofit organization that serves Palm Beach and Broward County nonprofits. We are a forum where nonprofits and community supporters share information, resources and best practices. Currently, there are more than 100 nonprofit member organizations meeting on a monthly basis. The group’s objective is to streamline the delivery of services to the community by working collaboratively to solve issues and improve operations through internal and external partnerships. Our programs include Back to School PBC!, the Annual Holiday Gift Drive, Official Chairty Partner of the Roofclaim.com Boca Raton Bowl, Community Spirit Race & Nonprofit Training/ Engagement. 

Supplies for Success

Education is the recognized pathway out of poverty. At Supplies for Success, we believe every child deserves a shot at success, so we provide the physical tools needed for at-risk children to succeed in school. We deliver new backpacks filled with school supplies before the first day of school to tens of thousands of kids every year. This year, we donated more than 36,000 backpacks. In addition, we distribute educational arts and crafts activity CareKits™ to younger children throughout the year. We partner with schools, food banks, domestic violence and homeless shelters and other non-profits that serve children. We are Platinum rated by Guidestar.

 

  • Served 300,000+ children since starting with 68 students 23 years ago
  • Retail value of filled backpacks distributed – nearly 20 million dollars
  • Distributed more than 1.5 million pounds of tools for learning
  • Backpacks & supplies are purchased in bulk directly from manufacturers for pennies on the dollar – no middlemen
  • Corporations, non-profits, schools, clubs, etc. sponsor & host packing events
  • year after year
  • Distribution of backpacks through 100+ non-profit community partners
  • Administrative and overhead costs are minimal – less than 3%
  • Engage and empower thousands of volunteers of all ages yearly

Sweet Dream Makers

Sweet Dream Makers is a growing nonprofit organization, founded in 2012 in response to an overwhelming community need to get children into a bed of their own. Sweet Dream Makers delivers new beds, at no cost, to children and families sleeping on the floor, sharing beds, or sleeping in unsafe, unsanitary conditions. With referrals from over 150+ local social service agencies, SDM is equipped to change a child’s life literally overnight to improve sleep quality, behavior, homework habits, grades, and so much more. In addition, the organization also picks up gently used essential furniture and housewares free of charge so that they may be donated to local families in need. 
 
Since 2017, Sweet Dream Makers has provided more than 24,000 new beds to local families in Palm Beach and Broward Counties. The staggering need of over 500 beds per month is being met by the generosity of supporters, foundations and community members who believe that every child deserves a bed of their own. With opportunities to become a Sweet Dream Maker and engage in events, we hope you feel inspired to provide a good night’s sleep for disadvantaged children – to dream of a brighter future.

Take Stock in Children Palm Beach County

The Take Stock in Children program model is recognized as a “flagship mentoring program” by the Florida Legislature for providing an evidence-based approach throughout Florida with no drop-off of services post-high school graduation. For 28 years, we’ve offered underserved youth one-on-one mentoring, college readiness services, full-tuition college scholarships, and post-secondary retention services, while ensuring equity for youth facing systemic barriers.

YMCA of South Palm Beach County

For more than 50 years, the YMCA of South Palm Beach County has served as a leading non-profit committed to strengthening community by inspiring personal development and growth in the areas of YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, HEALTHY LIVING, and SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
We work to understand community challenges and address need through three impact strategies: Drowning Prevention, Community Health, and Education Enrichment; providing programs and resources to empower young people, improve health and well-being, and inspire action.
The Y is inclusive of all ages, genders, races, creeds, national origins, and abilities. Today, we impact over 35,000 people in our community and focus outreach services on low-income, under-served communities.
 

YMCA of the Palm Beaches

The YMCA’s cause is to strengthen the community with a focus on youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. Since 1917, YMCA of the Palm Beaches has served central and northern Palm Beach County, working side-by-side with local families and neighbors to ensure that everyone, regardless of age, income or background has the opportunity to learn, grow and thrive.