The Brevard Interfaith Coalition is a partnership of more than 253 active faith communities launched by Brevard Family Partnership and Catholic Charities of Central Florida’s Southern Regional Office. Brevard Family Partnership is a nonprofit agency that works with the Florida Department of Children and Families to oversee children’s protective services, child abuse prevention, foster care, adoption and efforts to help young adults leave foster care and live independently. The need is great. As of October 2008, 848 children (infant – 17 years old) were living in foster care, 196 families (492 children) were in a prevention program and 84 in the young adult program (ages 18-25 years old).