The Florida Bar News – Bar Children’s Committee focuses on child trafficking
September 15th – A 16-year-old girl running away from an abusive home met a man at a payphone in Detroit who promised her a better
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.
September 15th – A 16-year-old girl running away from an abusive home met a man at a payphone in Detroit who promised her a better
September 2011 by Gabrielle Davis Former foster youth Ashtavia Maddox gave a powerful charge to 45 children’s legal services attorneys gathered September 15-16 in Orlando.
September 1, 2011 Severely impacted by dire economic times, The Florida Bar Foundation is considering seeking loans to be able to provide stable funding to
August 23, 2011 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — She was a runaway who traveled from Hawaii to work the Super Bowl in Miami. Her job: having
August 22, 2011 MIAMI — Deb and Doug Carlsons’ adopted sons have trashed bedrooms, stolen credit cards and threatened to kill them, one drew a
August 18, 2011 Just six weeks after Florida began drug testing welfare applicants, WFTV uncovered numbers, which show that the program is already costing Central
August 15, 2011 Ft. Lauderdale lawyer’s pro bono effort helps former foster child recover $400k. “They took his money; they put it in CDs, then
School is just around the corner and our learning curve is at an all time high. Florida’s Children First and Florida Youth SHINE have been
July 26, 2011 During the past five years, the state of Florida has reduced by more than a third the number of kids in its
July 26, 2011 When 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson died after a beating at a notorious Florida boot camp for wayward youth, the state’s public records
Manny Oliver, 24, was given a 2004 KIA Spectra Manny Oliver, 24, is all smiles as he looks over is new car Saturday. Oliver… (Mark
July 20, 2011 No need to empanel a grand jury to investigate the last few hours of Eric Perez, who was left to die in