Win for at-risk kids (Letter to the Editor)
Win for at-risk kids Sometimes, doing the right thing at the right time requires unwavering commitment and unsung leadership. In what can be called
We believe that all children have the right to food, clothing, housing, education, medical care, property and personal privacy.
Florida’s laws, policies and practices respect, prioritize and protect children and youth impacted by the child welfare, juvenile justice, and disability systems.
Win for at-risk kids Sometimes, doing the right thing at the right time requires unwavering commitment and unsung leadership. In what can be called
The Guardian ad Litem (GAL) program is currently seeking volunteer advocates to be a voice for abused, neglected or abandoned children whose cases are in
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – On his first day as interim secretary of the Florida Department of Children and Families, Mike Carroll directed his deputies to create
Bryan Osceola was one of the 477 children whose stories were told in the Miami Herald’s Innocents Lost series. The 11-month-old died after he was left
Just days after the Miami Herald reported that the Department of Children and Families had shut down the the flow of information about a string
Florida legislators approved a major overhaul of the state’s child protection laws Friday and sent the governor a bill that requires the troubled Department of
Florida’s child welfare agency is reneging on its pledge to be more open about child death records. In the wake of one of the deadliest
Florida legislators on Friday approved a major overhaul of the state’s child protection laws and sent to the governor a measure that requires the troubled
The Legislature passed a sweeping bill aimed at overhauling the child-welfare system Friday and is planning to devote tens of millions of dollars to hiring
Given the agency’s track record, the obstructionist behavior of the Florida Department of Children & Families is outrageous. Faced with the undeniable results of a
Codi Crowley, a 17-year-old in foster care, may soon be able to drive herself to high school medical courses at Traviss Career Center in Lakeland.
In the wake of one of the deadliest eras in the history of Florida child welfare, administrators pledged to be more open, even suggesting the
In the time it takes you to pour your morning coffee, another child will be brutalized by abuse or neglect. Most likely, from the hands
The last thing Florida’s troubled Department of Children and Families needed was its third change in leadership in less than a year. That said, Gov.
For many years, while my parents were drinking and using and dealing drugs, I was all my three siblings had. Due to overuse of methamphetamines,