child welfare

With the 2018 legislative session around the corner, Florida lawmakers as well as child welfare stakeholders are starting to dive into how to address...

Florida’s child welfare officials are doing a review of their system and already looking ahead legislatively on the state and national level on what can...

There's been a spike in the number of kids being removed from their homes in the Tampa Bay Area over the past few years. And foster care agencies are…

There's been a spike in the number of kids being removed from their homes in the Tampa Bay Area over the past few years. And foster care agencies are…

This week on Florida Matters we're talking about the challenges those who work in the foster care system are facing and how it impacts the children they…

This week on Florida Matters we're talking about the challenges those who work in the foster care system are facing and how it impacts the children they…

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...

Advocates are happy about a new law on the books slated to take effect Saturday to help protect kids within Florida’s child welfare system.

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...

The first black President of the United States is a good role model and a good father. That’s according to the head of Florida’s child welfare agency,...

Florida authorities are looking for a child protective investigator they say was dealing heroin and cocaine.

Florida detectives are investigating the death of a toddler who was in foster care and about to be adopted.The Tampa Bay Times reports that 17-month-old…