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The move from keeping troubled families intact to placing the children in foster homes hasn't worked as advocates had hoped.
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Florida’s foster kid population is growing at an alarming rate. That’s part of what will be discussed during an upcoming webinar.
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Thousands of children in foster care may be getting powerful psychiatric drugs prescribed to them without basic safeguards, according to a federal...
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More than 4,000 babies were born addicted to opioids in Florida last year, an increase of over 1,000 percent from a decade ago.
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Governor Rick Scott has signed the “Keys To Independence” Act into law again. Years ago, he signed the measure into law creating the pilot program. Now,...
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Two bills to help the state’s foster kids are now heading to the Governor’s desk.
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The federal agency has given the Florida Department of Children and Families 90 days to devise a plan to improve care for foster children.
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Despite an outcry in 2009 over a 7-year-old's apparent suicide, a draft report from the research arm of Florida's child-protection system shows that...
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The number of Florida children in the state's foster-care system has reached its highest level since 2008 --- driven by both a spike in the number of...