Florida DCF

"I see there is a brokenness to the system," West Broward County Senator Barbara Sharief told the head of the Florida Department of Children and Families about the state's foster care system. She voted for the DCF head but asked her to commit to making changes at the senate hearing.

The mother of a girl found dead in a freezer was accused of beating her five children for years in a home that at times was filled with rats and roaches...

A panel of Florida lawmakers got an update Tuesday on a report, detailing what led to the tragic death of a little girl last month. In early January,...

As the Florida Legislature returns next week, a bipartisan duo of lawmakers could be looking at making some more changes on top of a new law...

As the Tampa Bay area continues to reel from the death of 5-year-old Phoebe Jonchuck, whose father was charged with dropping her from a bridge last week,…

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...

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...

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...

After an embarrassing article appeared in The Miami Herald in September, a regional supervisor for the Department of Children and Families ordered...