adoption

The organization's volunteer leaders say too many kids are aging out of the foster care system with no family to call their own.

When a baby is getting adopted, the state seals their original birth certificate and they’re issued a new one. According to the Bureau of Vital…

More than 400,000 American children are in foster care, and 25,000 of them are in Florida. Their average length of stay is 25.3 months, according to the…

Governor Rick Scott says he wants about $200 million for Florida families who adopt foster kids. According to the Florida Department of Children and…

Over the past 15 years, about 50,000 Florida kids have been adopted so far. But, the head of the state’s child welfare system has mixed feelings on that…

Florida’s Guardian Ad Litem program got a boost in this year’s legislative session. Volunteers are working to raise awareness and support for the…

Governor Rick Scott has signed a number of measures into law, including one aimed at helping address Florida’s backlog of untested rape kits. It’s a major…

Time is running out for Florida Gov. Rick Scott to have his say on a number of bills. If Scott does nothing the legislation becomes law.There are more…

Just days after the full Florida House approved a plan ceremoniously allowing LGBT couples to adopt, a house committee has passed a bill that would let…