Pasco Kids First Blog
Paint the Night Blue
Paint the Night Blue, a Pasco Kids First Inaugural Black Tie Event. On Friday, November 18th at 6 p.m., come for a night of dinner, music, and a robust silent auction to support the free programs that keep kids safe and strengthen families in our community. Pasco Kids...
June Program Spotlight – Father Engagement
June's #PKFMissionMonday program spotlight is focused on father engagement in honor of all of the daddies this Father's Day month. Fatherhood can be a scary and overwhelming time. Pasco Kids First's Healthy Families Pasco-Hernando program strongly believes in...
Oral Health Raffle Winners
Congratulations to our quarterly Oral Health Navigation Program Raffle winners - Laurie H. and Healthy Families Hernando Resource Mom & Team Leader Gina Sachs. — with Becky Bennett and Wanda Rosado Delarosa.
#PKFMISSIONMONDAY – What is Child Trauma?
“Child trauma” refers to a scary, dangerous, violent, or life threatening event that happens to a child (0-18 years of age). This type of event may happen directly to a child or the child may be impacted as a result of seeing or hearing about another person being hurt...
Importance of Safe Sleep Education
Pasco Kids First's February Featured Spotlight for #PKFMissionMonday is focused on safe sleep which is taught by our Healthy Families Pasco-Hernando Program. In 2019, infant sleep related deaths were the leading cause of preventable child deaths in Florida. Often, we...
PKF Named 2020 Non Profit of the Year by GAL
The Guardian ad Litem Program, Sixth Judicial Circuit named Pasco Kids First, as the 2020 Statewide Non Profit of the Year. Every day organizations and people in the community do amazing and inspiring work for Florida’s abused, abandoned and neglected children. Each...
Pasco Kids First’s SAVE Program
January’s featured #PKFMISSIONMONDAY Program is Pasco Kids First’s Sexual Assault Victim Examination (SAVE) Program. The SAVE Program is vital to law enforcement for the collection of forensic evidence involving alleged sexual assault of adults. Examinations...
December Program Spotlight – Trauma Treatment Program
December’s featured #PKFMISSIONMONDAY program is the Trauma Treatment Program of Pasco Kids First Children’s Advocacy Center which is dedicated to providing children who have experienced sexual abuse, physical abuse, witnessed domestic or community violence with...
Healthy Families Nurse Intervention Program
November’s Featured #PKFMISSIONMONDAY Program is Pasco Kid’s First’s newest program – The Healthy Families Nurse Intervention Program. Last year, there were 1,638 verified counts of "Substance Exposed Newborn" from investigations statewide. The epidemic of substance...
Pasco Kids First: 30 Years of Keeping Kids Safe & Strengthening Families
Pasco Kids First has been serving victims of child abuse and neglect and families since 1990. Thank you to the following Pasco Kids First 30th Anniversary Sponsors! Champion Sponsor Child Advocate Sponsor Partner Sponsors Morton Plant North Bay...
Oral Health Navigation Program – October Featured Program
Pasco Kids First's October featured #PKFMISSIONMOMENT Program is the Oral Health Navigation program. Smile for life! Can be as easy as 1, 2 & 3. Floss 1 time a day. Brush 2 times a day to prevent cavities. Visit your dentist to prevent these 3 diseases;...
Pasco Kids First Welcomes New Board Members
After becoming empty nesters Stephanie Howard and her husband, Clayton decided to leave Austin, Texas and relocated to Tampa Bay. Stephanie is an experienced and reliable and committed Realtor ®. Stephanie is passionate about giving back to her community. She spent...
Pasco Kids First Donors Make Back-to-School Easier
Pasco Kids First serves more than 1,600 children each year through prevention, assessment and treatment services addressing child abuse and neglect. Most of these children are school age and many do not have the resources to purchase the needed school supplies and...
Child Protection Team Medical Exams – September Program Spotlight
The medical examination of children for suspected abuse and neglect is a key component of a Children’s Advocacy Center. This includes obtaining a medical history and conducting a physical examination to assess allegations of abuse or neglect. Photo documentation also...
Healthy Families One-Step Eligibility Process
Healthy Families Florida (HFF) moved to a “one-step” eligibility process for engaging and enrolling families in HFF services. What does “one-step” eligibility mean? Beginning on July 1st, families referred to HFF by the following sources are eligible for services:...
Giving Assistance
Like Us On Facebook
Gold Seal of Transparency on GuideStar
Subscribe to Blog via Email
Get notifications when new posts are published from this website.
Recent Comments