Children's Home Network
Tabitha Kent currently serves as a Family Support Coordinator at Children's Home Network since November 2022. Prior experience includes roles as a Special Education Paraprofessional at Hillsborough County Public Schools from March 2022 to November 2022 and from January 2021 to August 2021, as well as a Youth Counselor at A Kid's Place of Tampa Bay, Inc. from March 2019 to January 2021. Tabitha also worked as a Residential Aide at Pinnacle Treatment Centers, Inc. from April 2018 to February 2019, and held a position as a Student Worker at Murray State University from August 2017 to May 2018. In the retail sector, Tabitha had a tenure at Best Buy from September 2006 to March 2016, where various roles included Inventory Specialist, Merchandise Specialist, and Sales Associate. Tabitha earned a Bachelor of Science in Sociology from Murray State University between 2016 and 2018.
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.