Department of Children and Families

Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Monday named a new interim secretary who will take over the state's embattled child welfare agency amid intense scrutiny…

The Florida Senate rejected a last-minute amendment supported by Gov. Rick Scott’s administration that would have severely weakened a bill meant to…

Higher speed limits, medical marijuana, and child abuse are among the issues in the news today as the Legislature hits its end-of-session frenzy.Here’s a…

According to newly released video footage of a foster-care hearing in December, the Department of Children and Families urged a judge to reunite a mother…

Nearly 100 Florida children who died from abuse or neglect after the state was warned of danger are missing from official reports over the past six years,…

A Miami Herald investigation that found 477 children died over six years even though their families had been reported for abuse and neglect is beginning…

Florida’s Department of Children and Families knows well that parents aren't the only risk to abused and neglected children.Of 477 children who died…

Part of the plan to reform Florida’s child-welfare system would update the financial and accountability rules for the organizations that provide adoption,…

A Manatee County preschool will no longer be able to provide care to children 12 months and younger, following the recent death of a baby at the center,…

A 3-year-old Florida boy was beaten with a broomstick and burned on his genitals, face and fingers before he died, according to an arrest report charging…