Christine Jordan SextonJanuary 18, 2022
7min0
Florida foster families would get a financial boost under the new Senate proposal.
Tag: foster care system
Christine Jordan SextonJanuary 18, 2022
Jesse SchecknerOctober 8, 2021
17min1296
It’s a major problem, and it’s getting worse.
Renzo DowneyJune 30, 2021
6min5542
The measure was a priority of the Senate President, who was adopted as a child.
Renzo DowneyApril 28, 20216min1708
Improving the child welfare system is a priority of Senate President Wilton Simpson.
Les NeuhausFebruary 16, 2017
5min859
State legislators voted Thursday unanimously in favor of making a three-year pilot project called “Keys to Independence” — begun in 2014 and intended to aid eligible teens in the state foster care system attain driver’s licenses and overcome associated hurdles — permanent, bringing them on par with their peer group. Autonomy is what most teenagers […]