Florida Department of Children & Families

The three plaintiffs are asking for an end to the current notification process and for coverage to be reinstated. A DCF spokesperson says CMS approved Florida's "unwinding" plan.

The waivers aim to reduce the risk of eligible families losing Medicaid coverage due to procedural errors.

States were not allowed to kick people off Medicaid during the pandemic even if they no longer qualified. As of April 1, they can. Health policy experts fear some people who remain eligible could still lose coverage during the process.

These steps follow the recent deaths of six people in Gadsden County from fentanyl overdoses. That prompted first lady Casey DeSantis to call for a meeting to work out strategies to warn residents and promote increased awareness.

Pointing to an arbitrary process that “ignores substance in favor of blind luck,” an administrative law judge Thursday rejected a state emergency rule…

Governor Rick Scott says he wants an additional about $23 million to fund Florida’s child welfare agency—under scrutiny recently for its involvement in...

A bill that would provide incentives to state employees who adopt children in Florida's foster-care system continued moving forward Wednesday with several…

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…

State child welfare officials have recruited more than 600 news foster homes. The increase comes after lawmakers passed a measure in 2013 aimed at…

It will be “quite a while” before Floridians know whether Florida's Department of Children and Families is headed in the right direction, editorials in…