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Family Support Services says staff shortages have posed challenges during the transition, but the agency is optimistic about improving child welfare in the community.
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Sen. Lauren Book's measure would create an Office of Child Representation to provide lawyers who will represent children in certain situations.
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Health care-related measures in the proposal are targeted to combat the opioid epidemic, boost mental health programs and assist the elderly, veterans and people with disabilities.
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It's still unclear who will replace Eckerd to provide child welfare services in the region and whether that company will offer jobs to affected employees.
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In Florida’s education policy world, state Rep. Chris Latvala has sway.Latvala is the House’s chief education budget writer as chairman of the PreK-12…
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Florida's sheriffs are worried that some vulnerable children are caught in the middle of a struggle between foster care and group homes, which also…
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Jordan Belliveau would have celebrated his third birthday on Monday.Instead, the toddler died in September. He was just two when police say his mother,…
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Florida foster care providers are struggling to keep up with the number of children entering the system as a result of opioid-related deaths.
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A number of child welfare bills are continuing to move in the Florida Legislature.
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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...
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Governor Rick Scott says he wants about $200 million for Florida families who adopt foster kids.
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With the 2018 legislative session around the corner, Florida lawmakers as well as child welfare stakeholders are starting to dive into how to address...