Florida Department of Children and Families

Dozens of government and non-profit agencies involved with child and family well being were represented at the summit.

The Annie E. Casey Foundation released a data brief Monday focusing on older foster youth, especially as they prepare to transition to living on their own.

Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis chose Eglin Air Force Base in the panhandle this week to announce the initiative called Continue the Mission.

The Florida Department of Children and Families is poised to stop taking applications for a federally funded program that provides rental and utility assistance for low-income and unemployed residents.

Even before the event began, cars were lined up for the combined food distribution and service fair

The former head of the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence will pay $2.1 million as part of a settlement of a series of lawsuits centered on the state’s attempt to claw back “exorbitant” compensation.

With several lawsuits on hold amid mediation, a Leon County circuit judge wants an update on the status of negotiations in the state’s attempt to recoup millions of dollars paid to former leaders of the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

An audit of firms contracted with the state has found several executives getting excessive amounts of compensation. Most of those violating are contracted with the Florida Department of Children and Families. Among them: Big Bend Community Based Care.

More than two dozen federally-funded crisis counselors will remain in the Panhandle’s hardest-hit disaster counties for longer than planned with…

As lawmakers looks to craft legislation to curb the recent spate of child deaths within Florida’s child welfare system, they received an update Tuesday…