Gadsden County foster children displaced across Florida due to severe lack of local homes and funding

Gadsden County foster children displaced across Florida due to severe lack of local homes and funding

Children in Gadsden Countys foster care system are being displaced hundreds of miles away due to a severe lack of local foster families and community resources.Currently, there is only one family in Gadsden County accepting foster placements. Because local homes are unavailable, children are frequently sent as far away as Miami, Tampa, and Clearwater, and most do not return to the county.DISC Village, the organization managing cases from the Flo…