About Us
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Our Mission
Our mission is to enhance the quality of life for families in Miami-Dade County by delivering essential resources and compassionate care to underserved communities.
2009
Our Founding
In 2009 Christ Fellowship Church, under the leadership of the late Dr. Rick Blackwood, established Caring For Miami to connect resources and volunteers to the hurting and under-resourced of Miami Dade County.
2010
Addressing Homelessness and the Need for Access to Care
Caring For Miami operated the Family Life Center in Downtown and Homestead to provide essential services, like literacy programs, prenatal care, counseling and hunger relief for families in need. Meanwhile, the Mobile Dental Clinic traveled throughout Miami, offering emergency dental care to underserved communities with limited access to health.
2012
Providing Mental Health Care
Caring For Miami merged with Christ Fellowship Counseling Center to further expand the ability to provide holistic, compassionate services.
2013
Expanding Access to Dental Care
As the needs of the community evolved, Caring For Miami narrowed its focus on its strongest and most impactful programs, seeing mobile units as the best way to reach communities in need. Caring For Miami, through the generous support of Christ Fellowship Church and the Batchelor Foundation, launches a brand new 3-chair Mobile Dental Clinic, replacing the previous unit. This upgrade allowed the team to offer more complex dental procedures, such as extractions and fillings. The Mobile Unit would operate twice a month on Saturdays through volunteer-led outreaches.
2014
Project Smile Program Launches
Caring For Miami’s Mobile Dental Clinic together with Baptist Health South Florida and local community partners, launches Project Smile Program. The Project Smile Program increased the ability to provide access to dental care for patients of the Miami Cancer Institute and other community agencies in Homestead and Florida City.
2016
The Backpack Program
Caring For Miami introduces The Backpack Program to their service matrix providing essential nutritional resources to children facing food insecurity.
2018
Breaking Down Barriers
Through the generosity of John T. MacDonald Foundation and the Ocean Reef Community Foundation Project Smile expands its reach, extending care into West Kendall, South Miami, and Monroe County.
2020
Resilient Care: CFM’s COVID-19
Response and Community Focus
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Caring For Miami (CFM) remained resilient, offering essential dental care as an Emergency Department Diversion. CFM leveraged its mobility to continue serving the community in Health and Hunger, adapting to meet critical needs during the crisis.
2022
CFM Announces Fleet Expansion to
Include Mobile Food Market
CFM announced plans to expand its fleet with initiatives for both a Mobile Food Market and a new Mobile Dental Clinic. In support of these efforts, Christ Fellowship raised $300,000 to initiate this movement.
Additionally, Miami-Dade County Transit donated a decommissioned metro unit to Caring For Miami, which was repurposed as a Mobile Food Market to help address food insecurity in the community with the help from Miami Dade County Department of Health.
2024
CFM Launches The Mobile Food Market
Caring For Miami launches Mobile Food Market to serve communities facing food insecurity in Miami Dade County. Through the ongoing generosity of Christ Fellowship Church, Mac Edwards Produce, JC Tropicals, Crystal Nuts and others, the Market provides a unique shopping experience for families in need, the first of its kind in the community.
