Florida Department of Children and Families

The state has accepted a second round of federal funding to continue its OUR Florida program, which has already distributed more than $858 million in assistance.

In 2021, there were 98 deaths, up from 69 in 2020. This includes 24 in the greater Tampa Bay region.

Family Support Services of North Florida will fully take over on January 1, 2022.

Housing advocates fear the end of the CDC moratorium could result in hundreds of thousands of Florida renters being evicted in the coming weeks.

The state is quietly closing offices that provide help to people applying for food stamps and Medicaid in several Florida counties.The closures by the…

Florida foster parents and safe-house workers who help victims of human trafficking will be required to get training on how trafficking for forced labor…

It's not even 6 a.m. when Amy and Christie begin a 45 minute drive south. The two friends are headed to a clinic in Hernando County where they’ll get a…

Gov. Rick Scott announced Friday that Florida Department of Children and Families Secretary Mike Carroll is leaving the agency effective Sept. 6.Carroll…

Florida officials' first-come, first-served system for dozens of new methadone-treatment licenses resulted in applicants camping out in tents with...

Florida officials say the number of Cubans registering for government assistance dropped dramatically after a longstanding migration policy ended in…

Attorney General Pam Bondi and the head of Florida’s Juvenile Justice system are just some of the speakers at this year’s annual conference focusing on...

A number of claims bills which found Florida’s child welfare agency at fault are now heading to the House floor. Among them is a high profile bill...