Eckerd Connects Asks Florida DCF To Cover $5.1 Million Operating Deficit For Hillsborough County Foster Care

On February 28, 2018, the Eckerd Connects board members for Hillsborough County, Florida learned that the organization has a $5.1 million operating deficit on its Community-Based Care (CBC) lead agency contract in Hillsborough County. Eckerd believes the cause of the deficit is a 44% increase over the past three years in the number of children in foster care. Eckerd Connects has submitted a request for risk pool funding to the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF).

The state has established risk pool funding to mitigate operational deficits experienced by some community-based care lead agencies statewide. The . . .