From 2014-2015, over 2,000 children were victims of child abuse, neglect, and abandonment in Circuit 5 – Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Marion and Sumter Counties. As of December 31, 2015, Circuit 5 had a total of 1,660 children in the formal child welfare system with 1,214 in out of home care and 738 placed in relative or non-relative homes.
"It must not for a moment be forgotten that the core of any social plan must be the child.”
-Franklin Roosevelt, 1935
Guardian ad Litem Program 5th Judicial Circuit
Criminal Justice Support /Advocacy
Hours of service Mon-Fri 8:00a.m. - 5:00p.m.
Hernando County
Doug Feldkamp, Senior Child Advocate Manager
352-754-4226
20 N Main Street
Brooksville, FL 34601
Citrus County
Susan Landry, Senior Child Advocate Manager
352-344-1147
110 N apopka Ave.
Inverness, FL 34450
Lake County
Connie McMaster, Senior Child Advocate Manager
352-343-2736
418 West Alfred Street
Tavares, FL 32778
Sumter County
Amy Robertson, Program Director
352-569-6980
115 N Florida St.
Bushnell, FL 33513
Marion County
Amy Robertson, Program Director
352-671-5757
110 Magnolia Ave.
Ocala, FL 34475
Children’s Advocacy Center Hernando
352-754-8809
880 Kennedy Blvd Brooksville, FL 34601
Devereux Florida
407-362-9210
800-338-3738
5850 T.G. Lee Blvd, Suite 400, Orlando, FL 32822
Mid Florida Community Services, Inc.
386-736-1325
803 S Woodland Blvd, DeLand, FL 32720
Lake Sumter Children’s Advocacy Center
352-323-8303
300 S Canal Street Leesburg, FL 34748
Jessie’s Place Citrus County Child Advocacy Center
352-270-8814
1410 S Lecanto Hwy Lecanto, FL
Rape Crisis/Spouse Abuse Center
352-622-8495
P.O. Box 2193 Ocala, FL 32678
There were 11,399 investigated reports of child abuse in Circuit 5 from 2014-2015.
822 children endured abuse due to substance misuse.
725 children experienced abuse due to family violence.
215 children experienced physical injury.
141 children suffered sexual abuse.
935 children suffered neglect.
4 children were verified as human trafficking victims.
Providing support to our children for more than 30 years, Voices For Children is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) whose mission is to help provide for the unmet needs of abused, neglected, abandoned, vulnerable or otherwise disadvantaged children in Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Marion and Sumter Counties.
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