ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA - CIRCUIT - JUVENILE - CINS/FINS

Description:

The Children!€™s Courthouse and Juvenile Justice Center also has jurisdiction over Children in Need of Services and Families in Need of Service cases. This case type is used for families that do not have open delinquency or dependency cases. Caregivers, parents, guardian seek assistance from the court in order to try to find services to help with their families and children.

A Families In Need of Services (FINS) is a family that has a child for whom there is no pending investigation of abuse, neglect, or abandonment, or no court-ordered supervision by the Department of Juvenile Justice or the Department of Children and Families for an adjudication of dependency or delinquency.

General Information

Hours:

8:00am-4:00pm, Mon-Fri

Intake Process:

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Program Fees:

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Languages:

English, Spanish, Creole

Eligibility:

A family that has a child for whom there is no pending investigation of abuse, neglect, or abandonment, or no court-ordered supervision by the Department of Juvenile Justice or the Department of Children and Families for an adjudication of dependency or delinquency. The child must also have been referred to a contracted agency of the Department of Juvenile Justice for:

* Running away or threatening to run away from parents or legal guardian or custodian.
* Disobeying the reasonable and lawful demands of parents or legal guardian or custodian and being beyond their control.
* Truancy from school or other school related problems.
* Lockouts/Homeless youth.

Is Shelter?

No

Miscellaneous

AKA:

Children in Need of Services and Families in Need of Service

Related Resource

Date of Official Change:

June 21, 2023

Legal Status:

Public Service

Year Incorporated:

1999

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