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The head of Florida’s child welfare agency as well as some state lawmakers are renewing a push towards mental health and substance abuse reform in...
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The local and statewide panels tasked with reviewing child abuse death cases is holding a summit next month to bring them all together.
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A Jacksonville dentist is being sued after several parents claimed he abused child patients, the Florida Times-Union reports. Four people filed the…
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Children's issues had a rocky legislative session, thanks in part to its abrupt ending.One proposal that would have boosted health and safety standards…
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A couple of measures aimed at helping Florida’s most vulnerable are now heading to the Senate floor, after passing their last committee Monday.
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A baby who was found dead in her car seat in a Florida restaurant parking lot had lost more than one-third of her body weight in the 22 days since she was…
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As lawmakers continue efforts to shore up the front lines of Florida’s child-protection system, they are also eyeing the back end — that is, what happens…
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After John Jonchuck was accused of throwing his 5-year-old daughter Phoebe off a Pinellas County bridge last month, The Florida Department of Children and…
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In less than a week, officials will publish a state report asking whether the tragic death of a little girl last month could have been prevented as...
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A new report from the Florida Institute for Child Welfare --- created last year as part of a wide-ranging reform law --- calls for state leaders to go...