Success Stories

Meet Jayden and Brianna

Of the 53,500 children adopted from foster care in 2021, roughly one-third were by relatives.

Custody & Paternity
Jayden and Brianna
Last year, we helped 13,926 individuals, families, and community groups.
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Gale Bennett

Last year, the state of Florida ranked in the top 10 for incidents of elder fraud, costing Floridians nearly $300M in losses.

Gale Bennett

Robert Martuszewski

Florida has the third largest population of veterans in the nation.

Veterans
Robert Martuszewski

William Bryant

3 in 4 (74%) low-income households experienced 1+ civil legal problems in the past year.

Custody & Paternity
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The Johnsons: Party of 8

Roughly 35% of siblings taken into foster care in Florida end up separated.

Children in Foster Care
Johnson Family

Katty Salazar

Low-Income Taxpayer Clinics secured over $6.7 million in refunds for low-income taxpayers nationwide in 2022.

Debt & Taxes
Katty and her children

Joanne Lawson

Military Sexual Trauma (MST) has affected an estimated 1 in 3 women and 1 in 100 men within the VA healthcare system.

Veterans
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