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The Florida Senate is working on bills that would increase the amount of federal Medicaid money used to fund mental health and substance abuse problems,…
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A bill that would make clear national groups like the Boys and Girls Clubs are exempt from Florida licensing requirements is stalled in a legislative…
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Florida lawmakers are looking into reforms related to mental health and substance abuse issues and how it relates to the state’s child welfare system.
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A bill that would provide incentives to state employees who adopt children in Florida's foster-care system continued moving forward Wednesday with several…
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A Florida House panel Tuesday heard details of a report on the death of 5-year-old Phoebe Jonchuck, whose father is accused of dropping her off a bridge…
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Senate President Andy Gardiner wants the state to focus more on mental-health issues after the child-welfare system was stunned by the death of a…
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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...
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Florida child welfare officials say calls reporting suspected human trafficking in Florida have doubled since 2010.The hotline received nearly 1,000 calls…
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The Florida Department of Children and Families is challenging a nearly two-year-old agreement to pay $5 million for the brutal death of a 10-year-old…