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Causes: Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations, Human Services
Mission: Central florida cares health system is a resource center that utilizes state, federal and innovative funding sources, promising practices, and/or pilot programs to support our providers as they address identified behavioral health needs of the community.
Programs: See schedule o. Central florida cares health system, inc. (cfchs) is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization established by a group of community providers for the purpose of providing substance abuse and mental health services to children and adults in florida department of children & families' (dcf) circuits 9 and 18. Cfchs' board of directors is comprised of 25% providers and 75% community members. Cfchs contracted with a network of 22 behavioral health provider agencies to provide an array of substance abuse and mental health services to clients with no insurance or inadequate insurance coverage. Cfchs' providers have a long history of providing substance abuse and mental health services in the communities that cfchs serves. Cfchs contracts with the designated community mental centers for the counties in its coverage area. A significant percent of the clients that cfchs serves are homeless or indigent. During the fiscal year, an unduplicated total of 42,793 individuals were served in both the mental health and substance abuse programs. During the fiscal year, 23,181 adults and 2,327 children and adolescents received mental health services. During said period, 12,310 adults and 4,975 children and adolescents received substance abuse services.