foster children

The move from keeping troubled families intact to placing the children in foster homes hasn't worked as advocates had hoped.

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

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...

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.

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,...

Two bills to help the state’s foster kids are now heading to the Governor’s desk.

The federal agency has given the Florida Department of Children and Families 90 days to devise a plan to improve care for foster children.

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...

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...