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A number of child welfare bills are continuing to move in the Florida Legislature.
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October is the Domestic Violence Awareness Month. This month, the Florida Department of Children and Families also received a grant to help support...
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A preliminary hearing was held Thursday in the case of Naika Venant, the 14-year-old girl who broadcast her suicide on Facebook Live from her Miami...
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After years of tepid action, Florida officials are moving to intensify monitoring and remove residents from a sprawling complex for the disabled that has…
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After a court fight that lasted more than a decade, the state and groups representing pediatricians and dentists have settled a class-action lawsuit about…
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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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A Senate committee signed off Tuesday on the confirmation of seven agency heads, including leaders of some of the state's highest-profile departments.The…
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The mother of a girl found dead in a freezer was accused of beating her five children for years in a home that at times was filled with rats and roaches,…
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The body of an 11-year-old girl who had apparently been missing for more than a year — though authorities say no one reported her disappearance or…
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Florida Legal Services and Disability Rights Florida want the state to clarify how it handles social service applications from people who are disabled....