​Congresswoman Wilson's thank you letter.

​Our Kids is proud to announce that our Young Parents Project was awarded a $40,000 grant from the Peacock Foundation.

 The Young Parents Project is a partnership between the FSU Center for Prevention & Early Intervention Policy, The Children’s Trust, Our Kids and Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration. “This partnership has brought together some of the most highly respected and experienced individuals when it comes to troubled youth as well as children and families,” said YPP Program Director, Barbara White. “Together we have given young parents and their babies support and education that is critical to their survival and success in the future.” In just one year, the program has increased the number of teen moms who regained full custody of their infants by more than 50 percent. It has also reduced the number of low birth weight babies, improved health care and developmental screening and most importantly, prevented the subsequent births that are often the hallmark of teen parents.

​ Miami Foundation awards Our Kids a $20,000 grant in support of Emmaus Place.

The Miami Foundation has awarded Our Kids of Miami-Dade Monroe $20,000 in support of Emmaus Place, a transitional housing project for young men aging out of foster care. Emmaus Place is a unique partnership bringing the skills of three agencies together. Our Kids provides funding and the linkage to youth who are potential residents. Casa Valentina brings their expertise in case management for this population. Camillus House, a community leader in housing marginalized populations, provides beautifully furnished apartments at affordable rents.

​ The Ethel and W. George Kennedy Family Foundation award $10,000 grant to Our Kids.

The Ethel & W. George Kennedy Family Foundation has made a $10,000 grant to Our Kids Miami-Dade/ Monroe to support the Young Parents Project serving our teen moms and their children. The focus of the project is to support maternal and child health and safety including child development and positive parenting behaviors, and to enhance mom-baby attachment relationships.

​ Health Foundation of South Florida $65,000 grant will measure Electronic Medical Passport’s .

success and outcomes Dec 19, 2011 Our Kids of Miami-Dade/Monroe Inc. (Our Kids) has developed a new program that revolutionizes access to information about hundreds of children in the child welfare system. The new system will provide immediate access to critical medical, educational and abuse history to a foster child’s caregivers and health care providers. The success of the program will be measured through a $65,000 grant provided by Health Foundation of South Florida to be used to evaluate the program and measure how having an “electronic medical passport” can improve health outcomes. Our Kids has invested over several years in the program including in-kind donations from community partners.

​ Neat Stuff gives school uniforms to hundreds of Miami foster children.

MIAMI— The private agency that cares for Miami's foster children is giving out free uniforms to more than 700 adoptive and foster children. Our Kids of Miami-Dade/Monroe, Inc. is working with Neat Stuff, Inc. to offer $35,000 worth of shirts and pants for children. The partnership will help defray back to school costs for foster parents as children head back on Aug. 22.

​ Our Kids Receives $30,000 Grant From AT&T Foundation.

​Thanks to everyone who supported this year's the 2010 Allure of the Seas event, with special thanks to Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines for helping to create another successful event!

Thousands of children receive toys, games and gifts every year at the annual Our Kids Christmas Toy Drive thanks to tireless support of Bunchy Gertner, Board Member of Voices for Children, who has championed the cause for the past 13 years. In 2011, our community came forward with unprecedented support for the Toy Drive.