Practice Aids.

National Child Welfare Resource Center:  Florida fact sheet provides the following information and links to important documents:

• State Coordinator
• Room and Board
• Working with Tribes
• Chafee Plan

• Medicaid Option
• Children and Family Service Reviews (CFSR)
• Educational Assistance Services for 18-21 year-olds
• Program Improvement Plan (PIP)
• Youth Advisory Boards
• Transitional Living Programs (TLP)

Extended Jurisdiction Brochure, Florida Guardian ad Litem Program

Extended Jurisdiction:  Frequently Asked Questions, Florida Guardian ad Litem Program

Form 8.974. Petition to Extend or Reinstate the Court's Jurisdiction

The Casey Family Programs
Free online assessment tools to measure a youth's life skills such as the Ansell-Casey Life Skills Assessment (ACLSA). The ACLSA is an evaluation of youth independent living skills. Available in Spanish.

Life Skills

• Mapping Your Future - Balancing Checkbook

• American Express
  • Budgeting
  • Using Credit
  • Student Budget Calculator
  • Counting Expenses

• Internal Revenue Service - Understanding Taxes

• Minnesota Careers - Financial Aid & Educational Options

  • Financial Aid
  • Educational Planning
• National Association of Financial Aid Administrators (Scholarship Search)

• The Princeton Review - Interactive Career Quizzes

• Center for Disease Control - Employee Rights

• AmeriCorps

• JobCorps

• Congress - How to Vote and Register

• Consumer Advice on Food Safety, Nutrition, and Cosmetics

• Social Security According to the (IRS), any U.S. citizen (over age 18) who receives income must have an Social Security Number (SSN). Employers are required to use that SSN to report the individual's income to the IRS.

Access Florida - Applications and information regarding public assistance in Florida