National Youth Advocate Program - Miami

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Foster Care In Miami-Dade County

The National Youth Advocate Program (NYAP) trains, licenses and manages foster parents and homes for youth who involved in the child welfare system. In Miami- Dade County, 1,847 children were removed from their homes as of February 2018. Of those children 703 were between the ages of 10-17. Although there are many wonderful foster parents, there is a tremendous need for more.

In Florida each year, over 9,000 children are placed into foster care because they experience neglect or abuse in their own homes. Their families are in crisis and their parents are unable to provide for their well-being. Foster children have an extraordinary capacity to overcome many challenges, but only if they have the support of a caring adult in their lives. What sets foster parents apart is their amazing ability to love a foster child like one of their own, regardless of whether the child lives with them for a month or for more than a year. Foster parents have the challenging task of providing an atmosphere that helps a child heal and prepare to be reunified, if possible, or on to a new permanent home. Foster parents are a vital resource for these children as they wait in limbo, between a painful past and an uncertain future.