Pregnancy & Foster Care

The Catholic Church has been active in the delivery of social services to children in Florida for many years dating back to the opening of St. Mary’s Home in Jacksonville in 1886. As licensed child-placing agencies, Catholic Charities in Florida has been a leader in the field since the first Florida office opened in Jacksonville in 1943.

Catholic Charities has a rich heritage of sensitive professional counseling and casework. Thousands of clients of all races and religions have been served well with care and love. This rich heritage of skilled delivery of services to those in an unplanned pregnancy continues in the Diocese of Orlando area at the offices of Catholic Charities.

Any unplanned pregnancy is a crisis. Our hope is to turn that crisis into a positive experience through private, confidential counseling. The counseling is directed not only to the pregnant mother but also includes the father of the child as available. The counselors are all trained professionals experienced with helping those facing a crisis pregnancy. We provide a caring judgment-free atmosphere that is totally confidential at no fee to the birth parents. The birth parents are provided help to explore the options of single parenting, marriage, and adoption. The focal point is to facilitate an informed decision that is right for the birth parents and the child. If a decision is made to place the child for adoption, Catholic Charities provides adoption services as a licensed child placing agency.

The foster care program provides an interim care home for those infants awaiting adoption placement. Care is provided in homes licensed by the State of Florida and under the supervision of Catholic Charities.

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