foster care

Other states have taken similar action to help those who are transitioning out of state custody during the health crisis.

Here’s a philosophical question: If you order an over-the-top milkshake for a great cause, do the calories count?Not according to Julie Curry.Curry owns…

A series of bills about the foster care system is moving through the Florida Legislature. Rebekka Behr is focused on the Foster Youth Bill of Rights,...

Florida's sheriffs are worried that some vulnerable children are caught in the middle of a struggle between foster care and group homes, which also…

Partners across the state are recognizing May as National Foster Care Month in Florida . The state has about 5,400 licensed foster homes, and there’s a...

An analysis of state child welfare records shows that thousands of foster children in Florida have led transient lives, staying just a few nights in one…

Florida’s foster kid population is growing at an alarming rate. That’s part of what will be discussed during an upcoming webinar.

Thousands of children in foster care may be getting powerful psychiatric drugs prescribed to them without basic safeguards, according to a federal...

Infants do better with their parents, studies find, as long as parents have support to get and stay sober. This program starts during pregnancy, to rally and train a strong family support network.

The opioid epidemic has become so severe it’s considered a national public health emergency, and a recent report suggests it could be linked to a higher…

Florida foster care providers are struggling to keep up with the number of children entering the system as a result of opioid-related deaths.

When lawmakers arrived at the Florida Capitol on Monday, they found thousands of cutouts of brightly-colored children's hands hanging in the rotunda,...