FOSCI (Families of Slain Children, Inc.) is a non-profit organization established in 2006 in Jacksonville, Florida to support family members of all ages with psychological/emotional, social, educational and economic interventions following a homicide. Our services focus on helping individuals to achieve "peace of mind" to aid the healing and recovery process after the loss of their loved one.
Families of Slain Children, Inc. (FOSCI) was established in 2006. It is a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization located in Jacksonville, Fl. FOSCI works to support and ensure the emotional and physical well-being of families who have lost a family member due to violence and homicide.
On June 23, 2005, Beverly McClain, FOSCI Founder and CEO, received the news that her son Andre had been slain. This tragic incident led up to McClain's mission to help other parents going through the same pain and to help prevent tragedies like she's experienced from happening again. With little else but her faith, in February 2006, McClain founded Families of Slain Children in Jacksonville, Florida to support, comfort and counsel mothers and families who lost their children to violence.
Today, FOSCI is in a new headquarters, located at 2212 N Myrtle Avenue, Jacksonville, Florida. FOSCI's doors are still open with services stronger than ever thanks to donations from the Michael Ward and Jennifer Glock Foundation, the Community Foundation for Northeastern Florida, and a host of friends, local businesses, churches and FOSCI families. The property is also home to FOSCI's Wall of Compassion, a memorial wall commemorating the names of Jacksonville's slain sons and daughters due to senseless violence.
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