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Siding with a woman whose children were placed in foster care, an appeals court Friday said the Florida Department of Children and Families cannot provide…
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A series of bills about the foster care system is moving through the Florida Legislature. Rebekka Behr is focused on the Foster Youth Bill of Rights,...
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Partners across the state are recognizing May as National Foster Care Month in Florida . The state has about 5,400 licensed foster homes, and there’s a...
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Florida foster care providers are struggling to keep up with the number of children entering the system as a result of opioid-related deaths.
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As the opioid epidemic swells the tide of abused and neglected children coming into the state foster-care system, a Florida judge is trying to find them...
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Changes to Florida’s child-welfare system, sponsored by Rep. Cyndi Stevenson (R-St. Augustine), are finally law after two years of debate in Tallahassee...
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The federal agency has given the Florida Department of Children and Families 90 days to devise a plan to improve care for foster children.The Department…
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A bill aimed at reforming the way Florida foster children are placed in group homes died on the last day of the 2016 legislative session.But the bill's…
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Despite an outcry in 2009 over a 7-year-old's apparent suicide, a draft report from the research arm of Florida's child-protection system shows that…
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The number of Florida children in the state's foster-care system has reached its highest level since 2008 --- driven by both a spike in the number of kids…