Program areas at Hibiscus Children's Center
Residential programs - Hibiscus residential programs provide a safe environment for newborns to 18 year olds with 24-hour awake supervision, medical and dental care, plus psychological counseling through facilities at its jensen beach shelter and vero beach Children's village. At these facilities, children live in a home-like environment where they can more naturally prepare for successful transition into foster or adoptive homes. Hibiscus is the only licensed residential child care shelter on the treasure coast of Florida. The facilities care for children removed from their families by court order. Hibiscus residential programs provided approximately 16,700 nights of safe care.
Support for families in crisis is a nationally recognized abuse prevention program for families who seek help voluntarily. Support includes counseling, housing and mental health services. Approximately 811 families were assisted.
Clinical programs - Hibiscus clinical programs provide a wide range of mental health service to residential and outpatient clients. These services include individual, family and group therapy, psychiatric evaluation, medication management and many more critical services that support children and their families in our community. Over 614 families were provided services during the year.
Safe care program provides home-based prevention services with an individual or family focus that includes assessment, case planning, case management, education, and/or skill buidling that have shown to be effective in preventing child abuse.