News Report | January 20, 2022
Family Support Services Of Suncoast Takes Over Lead Agency Contract From Eckerd Connects For Pasco & Pinellas Counties
On January 1, 2022, Family Support Services of Suncoast (FSS) replaced Eckerd Connects as the lead community-based care (CBC) agency for child welfare services in Pasco and Pinellas Counties on Florida's Gulf coast. The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) contracts with FSS' parent organization, Family Support Services of North Florida (FSSNF) to be the CBC lead agency for Nassau and Duval Counties, and in late November 2021 selected FSS after Eckerd Connects announced plans to exit its CBC contracts, one of which ended on December 31, 2021. DCF has not provided details about its selection process . . .