Guest AuthorJune 27, 2019
5min861
The law is designed to reduce the amount of time abused and neglected children spend in foster care.
Tag: Department of Children and Families
Guest AuthorJune 27, 2019
Ryan NicolMay 21, 2019
6min644
That event is now listed as "cancelled" on Farm Share's website.
Drew WilsonApril 24, 2019
2min315
A Senate special master will hear arguments May 28
Ana CeballosMarch 20, 2019
8min159
The state did not provide details of the investigations.
Ryan NicolFebruary 4, 2019
3min477
But trafficking victims won't be allowed to sue hotels where they were trafficked.
Jacob OglesJanuary 29, 2019
4min532
He wants a 12-month limit before kids removed from families return to permanent home.
Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 16, 2019
8min464
Investigators found disturbing negligence by agencies overseeing the child-welfare case.
Jim RosicaJanuary 3, 2019
4min982
Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis on Thursday announced that Chad Poppell, formerly Secretary of the Department of Management Services (DMS) under outgoing Gov. Rick Scott, will be the state’s next children’s welfare chief. Poppell, who has no previous experience in child protection, will take over as Secretary of the Department of Children and Families, replacing interim director […]
Danny McAuliffeJanuary 2, 2019
9min515
Some of Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis‘ transition advisers are suggesting changes to the way the state administers behavioral health care. A DeSantis brain trust of health care professionals and policy experts spent a great deal of time Wednesday discussing the behavioral-health spectrum, with mental health and substance abuse at the top of their list. These issues fill the backdrop […]
A.G. GancarskiDecember 5, 2018
4min357
Is it the state’s business if parents don’t ensure their kids buckle up? If newly filed legislation passes, it will be if those kids are injured in car wrecks. A new bill from Sen. Aaron Bean seeks to expand the Department of Children and Families’ ability to investigate to two new areas. The measure (SB 128) would allow […]