Community Services Department
The Community Services Department (CSD) provides comprehensive social services that address children, family and community needs throughout Miami-Dade County. CSD performs functions and delivers services that address objectives of both the Health and Society and the Public Safety strategic areas. CSD provides a continuum of comprehensive services and programs that support residents of all ages from children to the elderly.
Empowering families, individuals and communities through the provision of comprehensive social services.
Juvenile Services provides a continuum of comprehensive services that focus on protecting, empowering, and building resiliency in children and families.
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Early Head Start / Head Start is free and provides comprehensive child development services to low-income children and families in Miami-Dade County.
The Juvenile Services Data Unit specializes in collecting and analyzing data to identify patterns and trends in real time.
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The Community Services Department’s service delivery model emphasizes a coordinated community response approach involving the active engagement of public and private providers to ensure quality and accessibility of well-integrated services.
The Department has 12 family and community resource centers, one kiosk at the Stephen P. Clark Government Center, and outreach programs to reach under-supported areas in Miami-Dade County.
Comprehensive services include, but are not limited to, Head Start and school readiness, elderly services, veterans’ services, family and child empowerment programs, migrant farmworker programs, domestic violence and violence prevention, emergency food, shelter, utility assistance, home repair and weatherizing, substance abuse rehabilitative services, housing assistance, and neighborhood safety.
The Department also supports the County’s portion of the Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) program, which champions for the rights and interests of children involved in dependency court proceedings.
Community Services
Cathy Burgos
Stephen P. Clark Center
111 NW 1st Street,
Miami, FL 33128
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