Florida Department of Children and Families

Governor Rick Scott has officially named a new leader of Florida’s child welfare agency. It’s the third DCF chief Scott has appointed since taking…

An effort is underway to highlight foster kids available for adoption in certain north Florida Starbucks coffee shops. This local partnership with…

November is National Adoption Month, and as part of the month, the Florida Department of Children and Families is highlighting a service it offers to help…

Florida’s child welfare system just received a $200,000 grant to help strengthen its child abuse prevention efforts. But, some question whether that’s…

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 in…

Florida State University has picked St. Augustine Republican Senator John Thrasher as its next president. His selection follows months of discord as some…

Florida Department of Children and Families Interim head Mike Carroll says it’s now time to move the agency forward and embrace what he calls the “intense…

The committee tasked with taking a broader approach to reduce preventable child abuse-related deaths is set to have its first face-to-face meeting at the…

There are more than 800 foster kids in Florida who have a disability, and Florida Department of Children and Families officials are hoping to help find…

This year has been fatal for several children left unattended in cars in Florida. The state Department of Children and Families, or DCF, is trying to…