The Howard Phillips Center for Children & Families
The Howard Phillips Center for Children & Families
Specialties
We provide free services to at-risk children and families in the tri-county area of Orange, Osceola and Seminole every year.
Every child is different. But one thing they all have in common is the need for support as they grow. This is especially true of kids at risk for developmental delays and disabilities. That is why the Central Florida Early Steps model exists as an early intervention program that provides specialized services for children up to the age of three who have developmental delays or special needs in Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties.
Services include service coordination, clinic evaluations and early intervention services provided in the “natural environment” of the family’s home, aimed to help manage physical, emotional, intellectual, social and sensory challenges.
Visiting Central Florida Early Steps allows families to access an array of special needs experts who have positively impacted families in our community.
For more information, please contact:
Jessica Dunn, EdD, BCBA-D
Director
Central Florida Early Steps
The Howard Phillips Center for Children & Families
601 W. Michigan Street, Orlando, FL 32805
Referral & Information line:
(321) 842-3294
Fax:
(407) 648-4150
Thanks to support from community partners and individual donors, the program is able to:
Support over 4,500 children each year!
Provide over 323,900 hours of therapy (e.g., physical, occupations, speech, early intervention)!
Dedicate over 6,700 hours of case management services to help parents to navigate their child's support plan!
Host 56 family trainings a year!
Donate to Central Florida Early Steps
$100,000 can provide 2,400 therapies for babies with developmental delays or conditions like autism and Down syndrome.
The Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) is the name for the group of programs, including Child Protection Team, Child Advocates and The Healing Tree that provide a compassionate and coordinated community response to abused children in Central Florida to reduce trauma and help them heal.
The CAC is a child-friendly facility where professionals such as doctors, nurses, forensic interviewers, detectives, child advocates, therapists and child abuse investigators assemble to make joint decisions regarding the assessment, advocacy and treatment of child abuse cases. Child advocates also bridge the gap between assessment and treatment by providing support, advocacy and referrals.
For more information, please call (407) 317-7430
Our Impact
Each year our program supports more than 2,100 children and caregivers!
Child Advocates provide over 5,200 hours of crisis intervention and referral services annually!
Our Staff provides nearly 175 hours of training to the community each year!
When Abuse Occurs
To report suspected child abuse, call (800) 96-ABUSE or your local law enforcement agency.
Donate to the Children's Advocacy Center
$25,000 can provide 250 abused children with advocacy services that empower them to heal and rebuild their lives.
Teen Xpress is a unique school-based mobile healthcare unit that provides complete medical and mental health care services to underserved, uninsured and at-risk students of several low-income middle and high schools in Orange County. By providing these services for free, Teen Xpress has been supporting the well-being of teens in Orange County, including providing over 750 teens a safe place to receive medical care. Moving between select schools in Central Florida, this mobile health unit provides a variety of services, including:
- Physical exams (such as annual check-ups)
- Immunizations
- Vision screenings
- Help finding dental care
- Mental health counseling (for depression, stress and more)
- Nutrition counseling
- Treatment for common illnesses (colds, sore throats, asthma, etc.)
- In-Depth Diagnoses
To schedule your appointment please call: (321) 842-1767
For more information, please contact:
Rita Vento, Ph.D.
Director
Teen Xpress
The Howard Phillips Center for Children & Families
4401 S. Orange Ave, Suite 117 | MP 47 | Orlando, FL 32806
Tel: (321) 842-1763
Fax: (321) 841-8128
Donate to Teen Xpress
$1,000 can provide an uninsured teen with a year’s worth of mobile healthcare services.
Housed in the Children’s Advocacy Center, the Child Protection Team is a multidisciplinary team of professionals in Orange and Osceola Counties who provide expert assessments of child abuse and neglect cases to assist the Department of Children & Families (DCF) and law enforcement and help protect our community’s most vulnerable children. Following assessment, the team provides recommendations on intervention in order to preserve the health and well-being of a child and ensure each child is in a safe environment. Services include medical examinations and consultations, forensic interviews, psychological evaluations and more.
For more information, please call (407) 317-7430
The Child Protection Team annually supports the well-being of children in our community by:
Helping more than 2,700 children!
Reviewing over 21,700 abuse hotline reports!
Providing over 1,200 medical exams and consultations!
When Abuse Occurs
To report suspected child abuse, call (800) 96-ABUSE or your local law enforcement agency. You can also access support from:
Florida Department of Children and Families
Orange County Sheriff's Office
Osceola County Sheriff's Office
Donate to The Howard Phillips Center
$5,000 can provide 250 abused children with life-saving medical examinations
Healthy Families is a home-visitation program offered in Orange and Osceola counties, based on the national Healthy Families America model that prevents child maltreatment and builds healthy, positive parenting skills for new mothers and fathers through educations, referrals and resources.
Healthy Families staff members work with parents from pregnancy until the child is five years old, facilitating parent-infant bonding, positive parent-child interaction, child health and development. Each participating family is paired with a professionally trained family support worker. Home visits focus on building trust with parents, supporting parents emotionally, reducing familial risk factors, improving communication skills and teaching skills for coping with stress.
For more information, please contact:
Anna Wilson
Director
Healthy Families Orange and Osceola
The Howard Phillips Center for Children & Families
4401 S. Orange Ave.; Suite 113 | MP 47 | Orlando, FL 32806
Tel: (321) 841-2950
Fax: (321) 843-3706
Healthy Families Orange/Osceola have together supported:
Families our program serves over 2,000 family members each year.
Assessments our program provides over 1,000 assessments to local families each year, helping to connect them to critical resources.
Home Visits we provide over 12,000 home visits each year, meeting with families where they are in the community.
Donate to The Howard Phillips Center
$50,000 can provide nearly 400 home visits to families working to break the cycle of abuse
The Healing Tree provides assistance for any child who has experienced abuse, from ages 3-18. As the leading mental health treatment program for victims of child abuse in Central Florida, The Healing Tree provides evidence-based assessments, along with individual, group and family therapy sessions for children and their caregivers. This leading treatment facility helps strengthen the family unit and supports long-term recovery through:
- Confidential crisis counseling
- Individual, group and family therapy sessions for children and caregivers
- Referral services
For over 40 years, families have come to The Healing Tree for its leading treatment of children who have been victims of abuse.
For more information, please contact (407) 317-7430 and ask for the Intake Coordinator.
Our Impact Every Year
We Support over 600 children and caregivers!
Provide over 7,000 therapy sessions!
Therapists are trained in evidence-based treatment models found most effective in treating trauma associated with abuse such as TF-CBT, EMDR, AF-CBT and PSB-CBT.
When Abuse Occurs Call
(800) 96-ABUSE or law enforcement to report suspected abuse, and then call The Healing Tree to begin the healing process.
Donate to The Howard Phillips Center
$10,000 can provide 100 group counseling sessions for abused children
Meet Our Mission
Learn more about our mission through inspirational stories of hope, healing and compassion as shared by grateful families, frontline caregivers and organizational leaders. This 45-minute virtual experience is packed with emotion and provides a unique opportunity to engage from the comfort of your own home.
The Howard Phillips Center for Children & Families
Address:
601 W. Michigan St.
Orlando, FL 32805
Call:
(407) 317-7430