VOLUNTEER
Why Volunteer for Better Together?
Become a Church Partner
Churches are critical to our cause, enabling us to reach potential volunteers to serve as Host Families, Family Advocates, Job Coaches and Resource & Respite Volunteers. Better Together makes it easy to implement the Better Families program in your church. Simply share this mission with your congregation, and we’ll do the rest. We train volunteers and support them every step of the way, based on a model that has proven both successful and fulfilling.
ABOUT OUR FAMILIES
Be assured, we carefully screen parents, accepting only those who are willing to wholeheartedly receive the help you give. They promise to do their part to reach their goals.
Many of them are experiencing difficulties through no fault of their own, or simply because they are following negative patterns learned in childhood. We can help them break that cycle, impacting generations to come.
- Illness requiring frequent treatment
- Hospitalization due to medical emergency
- Loss of their husband or wife
- Single parenthood and lack of family support
- Job loss that leads to food and housing insecurity
We receive referrals from numerous community partners, but 60% of our referrals come from the Florida Department of Children and Families because they too see the value of preventing abuse and neglect before it starts.
Volunteer Testimonials
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Join hundreds of volunteers from Jacksonville to Naples. While we are currently serving families in 16 Florida counties, we are poised to expand statewide in the next three years. Be part of bringing Better Families to your community!
Click through each volunteer opportunity to learn more!
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Faith-based
Coordinators
What it Takes
- Background check
- Training
- References
- Home safety check
What it Takes
- 1-2 hours each week
- Background check, training and references
What it Takes
- 1-2 hours each week
- Background check
- Training
- References
Faith-based coordinators provide important wrap-around services to Host Families. The coordinate support from congregations, providing meals, child care and other services.
What it Takes
- 2-3 hours each week
- Background check, training and references
- Host Family
- Job Coach
- Family Advocate
- Faith-based Coordinators
What it Takes
- Background check
- Training
- References
- Home safety check
What it Takes
- 1-2 hours each week
- Background check, training and references
What it Takes
- 1-2 hours each week
- Background check
- Training
- References
Faith-based coordinators provide important wrap-around services to Host Families. The coordinate support from congregations, providing meals, child care and other services.
What it Takes
- 2-3 hours each week
- Background check, training and references
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Host
Family -
Job
Coach -
Family
Advocate -
Faith-based
Coordinators
What it Takes
- Background check
- Training
- References
- Home safety check
What it Takes
- 1-2 hours each week
- Background check, training and references
What it Takes
- 1-2 hours each week
- Background check
- Training
- References
Faith-based coordinators provide important wrap-around services to Host Families. The coordinate support from congregations, providing meals, child care and other services.
What it Takes
- 2-3 hours each week
- Background check, training and references
- Host Family
- Job Coach
- Family Advocate
- Faith-based Coordinators
What it Takes
- Background check
- Training
- References
- Home safety check
What it Takes
- 1-2 hours each week
- Background check, training and references
What it Takes
- 1-2 hours each week
- Background check
- Training
- References
Faith-based coordinators provide important wrap-around services to Host Families. The coordinate support from congregations, providing meals, child care and other services.
What it Takes
- 2-3 hours each week
- Background check, training and references
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Host
Family -
Job
Coach -
Family
Advocate -
Faith-based
Coordinators
What it Takes
- Background check
- Training
- References
- Home safety check
What it Takes
- 1-2 hours each week
- Background check, training and references
What it Takes
- 1-2 hours each week
- Background check
- Training
- References
Faith-based coordinators provide important wrap-around services to Host Families. The coordinate support from congregations, providing meals, child care and other services.
What it Takes
- 2-3 hours each week
- Background check, training and references
- Host Family
- Job Coach
- Family Advocate
- Faith-based Coordinators
What it Takes
- Background check
- Training
- References
- Home safety check
What it Takes
- 1-2 hours each week
- Background check, training and references
What it Takes
- 1-2 hours each week
- Background check
- Training
- References
Faith-based coordinators provide important wrap-around services to Host Families. The coordinate support from congregations, providing meals, child care and other services.
What it Takes
- 2-3 hours each week
- Background check, training and references
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Host
Family -
Job
Coach -
Family
Advocate -
Faith-based
Coordinators
What it Takes
- Background check
- Training
- References
- Home safety check
What it Takes
- 1-2 hours each week
- Background check, training and references
What it Takes
- 1-2 hours each week
- Background check
- Training
- References
Faith-based coordinators provide important wrap-around services to Host Families. The coordinate support from congregations, providing meals, child care and other services.
What it Takes
- 2-3 hours each week
- Background check, training and references
- Host Family
- Job Coach
- Family Advocate
- Faith-based Coordinators
What it Takes
- Background check
- Training
- References
- Home safety check
What it Takes
- 1-2 hours each week
- Background check, training and references
What it Takes
- 1-2 hours each week
- Background check
- Training
- References
Faith-based coordinators provide important wrap-around services to Host Families. The coordinate support from congregations, providing meals, child care and other services.
What it Takes
- 2-3 hours each week
- Background check, training and references
Host Families: All We Ask is a Short Commitment
Reunification has a goal date of 90 days, but on average children are reunited with their parents after just 45 days! Our volunteers find 45-90 days is never enough, though, and continue to serve. They clearly get hooked on this amazing experience. In fact, many of them have been with us from our inception in 2015.