Florida Awards $207 Million Lead Agency Contract To Heartland For Children

On June 27, 2014, the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) awarded Heartland for Children, Inc. a new five-year $207 million contract, beginning July 1, 2014 and concluding June 30, 2019. As the lead agency for the third time since its 2003 founding, Heartland for Children will continue to manage and ensure the delivery of an integrated system of care for the provision of foster care and related services for approximately 3,100 children with case management services and 1,770 children and families outside of case management in Polk, Highlands, and Hardee counties. The system of care . . .