{"id":1633,"date":"2008-04-30T13:43:11","date_gmt":"2008-04-30T13:43:11","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-04-04T10:42:26","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T14:42:26","slug":"florida-foster-care-falls-victim-to-state-budget-dramatic-cuts-will-affect-thousands-of-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2008\/04\/florida-foster-care-falls-victim-to-state-budget-dramatic-cuts-will-affect-thousands-of-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida foster gets funding cuts &#038; affects thousands of kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Southwest Florida&#8217;s <cite>WINK News<\/cite> reports on the current financial struggle of the state&#8217;s foster care system. According to the news source, &#8220;deep cuts in the state budget&#8221; could damage the lives of thousands of children in Florida&#8217;s foster network.<\/p>\n<p>According to Tampa&#8217;s <cite>WMNF 88.5<\/cite>: &#8220;the state Legislature will cut services to children by $18.9-million below last year&#8217;s levels, and will slash $30.3-million more that&#8217;s needed to pay for a growing number of adoptions and youths too old to stay in foster care.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <cite>WFTV Orlando<\/cite> reports that state budget cuts are so devastating that the leader of Community Based Care of Seminole County said the agency doesn&#8217;t have enough money for even one adoption. Money would also be cut from adoption subsidies.<\/p>\n<p><cite>CBS4.com<\/cite> announced that legislators plan to slice $50 million away from the foster care system.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.childnetswfl.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Children&#8217;s Network of Southwest Florida<\/a> says it helps nearly 1,900 children a month &#8211; many of them abused or neglected. The service which reaches 5 counties may lose a million dollars in funding.<\/p>\n<p>There are approximately 11,000 children in Florida who need a home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southwest Florida&#8217;s WINK News reports on the current financial struggle of the state&#8217;s foster care system. 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