Removed From Home — Living in Bureaucracy
BY THE SECOND HALF OF LAST YEAR, CHILDREN IN South Florida were entering the state dependency system by “leaps and bounds,” one official said. Removed from
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Florida’s laws, policies and practices respect, prioritize and protect children and youth impacted by the child welfare, juvenile justice, and disability systems.
BY THE SECOND HALF OF LAST YEAR, CHILDREN IN South Florida were entering the state dependency system by “leaps and bounds,” one official said. Removed from
After a series of highly publicized child deaths last year, the House and Senate are taking different approaches to fixing the state child-welfare system —
BY CAROL MARBIN MILLER AND AUDRA D.S. BURCH MIAMI HERALD The Miami Herald investigates how 477 children died of abuse or neglect after falling through
By Megan E. Davis Associate Editor While a common rite of passage for most 16-year-olds, the opportunity to get a driver’s license remains out of
MIAMI (CBSMiami/NSF) February 18, 2014 9:18 PM A bill that would give teens and young adults in foster care greater access to driver’s licenses unanimously
BY MARGIE MENZEL NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA/TALLAHASSEE The suicide of 7-year-old Gabriel Myers in foster care shocked the child-welfare system in 2009. It led to
Tuition and Fee Exemption for Florida”s Foster Youth. The White Paper looks at an examination of the efficacy of existing efforts, barriers to usage, and
by: Christina Spudeas, Robin Rosenberg, and Andrea Cowart North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) Adoptalk Summer 2013 Edition “We just want to do
BY MARY ELLEN KLAS HERALD/TIMES TALLAHASSEE BUREAU The question before the Senate committee was simple: Why did Florida’s child welfare system fail to protect the
The Department of Children and Families commissioned a report by the respected Casey Family Programs–a national operating foundation based in Seattle, works to provide and improve
BY CAROL MARBIN MILLER CMARBIN@MIAMIHERALD.COM At his grandmother’s Lee County home, life was bleak for Michael McMullen and his three siblings. They slept in an
Lane DeGregory, Times Staff Writer Monday, October 7, 2013 11:56am ST. PETERSBURG — As soon as they pulled into the church lot, Davion changed
By Jan Pudlow Senior Editor The medically fragile infant was housed in a wing of a nursing home designed for geriatric patients in Tampa, and
Published in the Miami Herald, Friday Oct. 4 I congratulate Department of Children & Families Interim Secretary Esther Jacobo for engaging outside experts to review
Published: Wednesday September 25, 2013 The Palm Beach Post TALLAHASSEE — After a wave of child deaths since the end of the spring legislative session, Florida