DCF Overhaul

Starting next month, a county in the Florida Panhandle will join six others across the state in taking over the child protective investigative duties of…

Advocates are happy about a new law on the books slated to take effect Saturday to help protect kids within Florida’s child welfare system. “We have a…

A Northwest Florida county may be the first in the Panhandle to take over the child protective investigative services—normally done by the state’s child…

Florida lawmakers want to reform the way the state deals with substance abuse and mental health issues. One legislator hopes her recent appointment to an…

Among the more than 40 bills Governor Rick Scott signed into law Thursday is a measure building on past child welfare reforms.After learning about a spate…

A bill that builds on past reforms to revamp Florida’s troubled child welfare agency is now headed to the Governor.Sen. Eleanor Sobel (D-Hollywood) is the…

A couple of measures aimed at helping Florida’s most vulnerable are now heading to the Senate floor, after passing their last committee Monday. A measure…

Two bills aimed at building on past reforms to revamp Florida’s child welfare system plagued by child abuse deaths are now heading to the House floor,…