child deaths

Two bills proposed by local state lawmakers would block public access to autopsies of children under the age of 18 killed in domestic violence cases.

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...

It would be illegal to leave children age 6 or younger unattended in cars for any length of time, under a measure filed Thursday by state Rep. Emily...

Unsafe sleep is the number one cause of child deaths in Florida. That’s prompted an ongoing state campaign to prevent such deaths. And, one...

Florida Department of Children and Families Secretary Mike Carroll told a Senate panel late last week that the state's child-protection system appears...

The chief of the Florida Department of Children and Families told lawmakers Thursday his agency is making progress at carrying out reforms but still has...

Child welfare officials have previously investigated a man who killed his mother and 9-year-old niece. A SWAT team took 23-year-old Jason Rios into...

The Senate sponsor of Florida's sweeping new child-welfare law says she'll be back next year with a bill to expand its reporting requirements.Sen. Eleanor…

Despite a new law revamping Florida’s child welfare system, the state still has far to go to stop child deaths from abuse and neglect, a federal panel…

As the Florida Department of Children and Families rolls out a new website to publicly track child deaths, the sponsor of a new law aimed at reducing…

After an embarrassing article appeared in The Miami Herald in September, a regional supervisor for the Department of Children and Families ordered...