RESOURCES

If you have concerns about a child’s safety, please call the Florida DCF Abuse Hotline at 1-800-96-ABUSE or use this link. If you suspect or know of a child in immediate danger, call 911.

Below are several resources to help kids, parents and families.  For help with other resources, please call our office at 727-845-8080.

Funding Home Visiting Program

In states and tribal communities across the country, home visitors continue to support families’ basic needs and emotional well-being throughout a period of high stress and economic instability brought on by the pandemic and recession.

Policymakers Must Fund Home Visiting Programs During COVID-19

Dealing with Stress

Pasco Kids First recognizes the increased stress that the recent hurricanes have put on the families in our community. The American Psychological Association recommends several steps to build resiliency and to deal with stressful circumstances http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/road-resilience.aspx

Safe Sleep

Please view this short videos on Safe Sleep. https://youtu.be/_ABRMqFWxcU

 

Useful Links

The following links are additional resources to aid in the fight against child abuse and neglect: