Florida Department of Children and Families

A federal judge will hear arguments in Jacksonville on a request for a preliminary injunction that would require Medicaid officials to reinstate coverage to people dropped during the "unwinding."

Attorneys for beneficiaries are asking for a preliminary injunction that would require reinstating coverage to people recently dropped from Medicaid and ending terminations until adequate information is provided.

As the state defends its process, the executive director of the Center for Children and Families, says in an interview, "We know children are losing Medicaid," but "where are they going?"

The plaintiffs are seeking an injunction that would require reinstating coverage to people and ending additional terminations until adequate information is provided.

A federal audit found lax oversight and multiple cases of child welfare workers failing to follow state regulations on psychotropic or opioid medication.

Families with ASD children need to pay close attention near water. Drowning is the No. 1 cause of death for autistic kids due to a behavior known as "elopement," according to the National Library of Medicine.

States were not allowed to kick people off Medicaid during the pandemic even if they no longer qualified. As of April 1, they can. Health policy experts fear some people who remain eligible could still lose coverage during the process.

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.

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…