Children's Home Network
Deandra D. is currently the Lead Family Support Coordinator at Children's Home Network, a position held since June 2019, where responsibilities include coordinating team file reviews and providing support to program supervisors. Prior experience includes serving as a Youth Education Advocate Intern at Metropolitan Ministries, where Deandra D. focused on educational support for school-aged children and their parents, and as a Family Service Administrative Assistant at the Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County, managing front desk operations and customer service. Additional roles include Logistics and Sourcing Assistant at the University of South Florida, Teacher Assistant at Primrose Schools, and File Clerk at GFA International, Inc. Deandra D. holds a Bachelor's degree in Health/Health Care Administration/Management from the University of South Florida, completed in 2019, and graduated from Atlantic High School in 2016.
Children's Home Network
Children's Home Network is a child- and family-centered organization that is positioned to care for struggling families and children seeking the comfort of a loving family. Adolescents in Motherhood Maternity Program (AIM): provides services for teen mothers and expecting teens who are in foster care. Kids Village: Our CHN main campus is the site of our residential healing program, Kids Village. Here, children ages 6-17 reside in our care as we provide them with support for healing from abuse and neglect. Supporting & Empowering Educational & Developmental Services (SEEDS): is an intervention program that works collaboratively with schools, family members, and the community to ensure children are ready for Kindergarten, promoted at the end of the school year, and reading on level by third grade in Hillsborough County. Fostering Families: is committed to recruiting, preparing, and supporting foster families and to nurturing children and mentoring families as a whole, striving to keep siblings together, while providing safety and permanency through reunification and family restoration. Kinship: provides support to relative caregivers by helping families connect to necessary services, expanding family support systems, and reducing stress to promote family stability in Broward, Hillsborough, Miami-Dade, Orange, Osceola, Pasco, Pinellas, and Seminole Counties. Pinellas Support Team (PST): is a behavioral health and tutoring program that provides services to families residing in Pinellas County with children in pre-kindergarten through high school, who are experiencing difficulties. Healthy Families Hillsborough: This nationally accredited home visiting program for expectant parents and parents of newborns experiencing stressful life situations improves childhood outcomes and increases family self-sufficiency by empowering parents through education and community support.