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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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The two high profile death incidents that occurred in recent months has already spurred a number of changes to Florida’s child welfare agency. That was...
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A father accused of throwing his 5-year-old daughter off of a bridge to her death last week was ordered Monday to undergo a mental health evaluation and…
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State child welfare officials are looking into what went wrong in their handling of an investigation of a Florida man who shot himself and his family...
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A Lake County home where a severely disabled teen died after 10 days of fever and illness has been the source of 148 neglect or abuse claims since 2001,…
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The leader of Florida's embattled Department of Children and Families has pledged not only to save children's lives but to "protect the light" in their…
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Investigators say a 3-year-old Central Florida girl suspected of being killed by her mother was determined to be safe six months before her death, the…
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Gov. Rick Scott signed a sweeping bill Monday aimed at overhauling the child-welfare system after hundreds of child abuse-related deaths in the past five…
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Over the next few days, Gov. Rick Scott will examine the state’s $77 billion budget and decide, what if anything to veto. Among the health items in the…