The Florida Senate

39.457  Leon County pilot program; additional benefits to children in foster care.--The Department of Children and Family Services shall establish a pilot program in Leon County, in cooperation with various private corporations, in order to provide additional benefits to children in foster care in the county. The intent of this pilot project is to normalize the foster care experience for these children. The department shall also encourage the establishment, where practicable, of corporations which meet the requirements of s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, to which for-profit corporations may make donations for the enhancement of foster care programs.

History.--s. 9, ch. 96-402; s. 171, ch. 97-101.