With one’s 18th birthday comes many “rites of passage.” Legal adulthood. Voting. The ability to strike out on one’s own. For kids in the foster care system, though, it means something entirely different. They are aging out of the system that has cared for them as children. In Broward County, at any given time, there are roughly 600 youth between the ages of 18 and 23 aging out of the system, and many of them have not fully developed the life skills necessary to function successfully in the adult world.
Enter The FLITE Center. Created by the Junior League of Greater Fort Lauderdale, the United Way of Broward County, and Community Foundation of Broward, the Fort Lauderdale Independence Training & Education Center was created as a resource to connect young adults with a full range of assistance to help them transition out of the foster care system and into a life of their own.
Last year, The FLITE Center helped 1,000 teens begin their journey toward adulthood, but there is still more work to be done.
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- Tricia Cepeda, Shanntey Holidsy, Jvanie George, Alana Costa
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- Jonathanan Pollard, Tom Lofredo
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- Jonathanan Pollard, Tom Lofredo
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- Kathleen Cannon
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- Tanya Hall
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- Alyasa Brunken
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- Jasmin Jonas Lucas
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- Jasmin Jonas Lucas
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- Jacqueline Reed
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- Jacqueline Reed
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- Tom Lofredo
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- Edward Cody
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- Patricia Jones & Jasmin Jones Lucas
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- Lauren Jackson, Sandra Harris, Jennifer Kovach,Andrey Ring, Pamela Landi
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- Lauren Jackson, Sandra Harris, Jennifer Kovach,Andrey Ring, Pamela Landi
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- Jennifer Buchanan & Allie Seseno
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- Jennifer Buchanan , Lisa Scott-Founds& Allie Seseno
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- Gale Butler
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- Awards
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- Awards
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- Christine Frederick
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- Christine Frederick
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- Kathleen Cannon, Audrey Ring & Kristen Guerrise
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- Founding Circle Awardees
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- Founding Circle Awardees
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- Founding Circle Awardees
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- Founding Circle Awardees
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- Founding Circle Awardees
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- Tom Leffredo, Dominic Miniaci & Chritine Frederick – Lifetime Hero Award – Awarded to Albert & Beatriz Miniaci
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- Tom Leffredo, Dominic Miniaci & Chritine Frederick – Lifetime Hero Award – Awarded to Albert & Beatriz Miniaci
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- Larry Rein/ChildNet – Collaborator of the Year Award
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- Audrey Ring, Kristen Guerrise and friends
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- Audrey Ring, Kristen Guerrise and friends
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- Cindy Joy Arenberg Seltzer, Kristen Guerrise, Audry Ring
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- Audrey Ring
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- Christine Frederick
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- Christine Frederick, Luis Rosario
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- Cindy Joy Arenberg Seltzer, Chrisiine Frederick – TIL System of Care Hero Award – Children’s Services Council of Broward County
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- Cindy Joy Arenberg Seltzer, Chrisiine Frederick – TIL System of Care Hero Award – Children’s Services Council of Broward County
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- Unsung Heros Awardees – Front Liners from the ntire TIL System of Care
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- Unsung Heros Awardees – Front Liners from the ntire TIL System of Care
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- Unsung Heros Awardees – Front Liners from the ntire TIL System of Care
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- Unsung Heros Awardees – Front Liners from the ntire TIL System of Care
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- Unsung Heros Awardees – Front Liners from the ntire TIL System of Care
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- Unsung Heros Awardees – Front Liners from the ntire TIL System of Care
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- Unsung Heros Awardees – Front Liners from the ntire TIL System of Care
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- TIL Ambassador
