Child Abuse

The bill says cameras would have to be capable of recording audio and video of all areas of a classroom.

Statistics show child abuse reports dropped 18% nationwide during the COVID-19 pandemic, with an even steeper fall-off in Florida. But experts say this doesn’t mean there has been a decline in cases.

Child abuse increases the day after school report cards are released — but only when kids get their grades on a Friday, a study led by a University of...

Florida's child welfare department says a previous investigation of a mother charged with drowning her 4-year-old autistic daughter in a river was handled…

Authorities say a 2-year-old Florida boy was hospitalized with marijuana and cocaine in his system.

Jacksonville City Councilman Garrett Dennis said he wants to discourage violence on city properties by declaring them “Hit-Free zones.”

Authorities say a Florida man shot a young boy with an airsoft gun as punishment.News outlets report that 36-year-old Mark Cox was arrested Sunday and…

In response to a spate of child abuse deaths in Florida, state lawmakers in 2014 created teams to investigate the root causes of these deaths and report...

Changes to Florida’s child-welfare system, sponsored by Rep. Cyndi Stevenson (R-St. Augustine), are finally law after two years of debate in Tallahassee...

The family of a Florida State University football player who died during a 2001 training session will receive the remainder of a legal settlement after...

Saying the Florida Department of Children and Families didn't do its job, state lawmakers last month approved paying $3.75 million in a 2011 child-abuse...

The case of a surviving abuse victim that led to the overhaul of Florida’s child welfare system may be close to reaching a resolution. While the claims...