Florida officials announced Tuesday that the state is seeing some of its lowest numbers in years regarding children entering ...

People needing assistance in Spanish from the Florida Department of Children and Families wait on hold for nearly an hour, according to a report from the Hispanic civil rights group UnidosUS. The wait ...

The Temporary Cash Assistance (TCA) program offers monthly assistance to households with children, with the goal of providing ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida's child welfare agency sent a letter to a Florida newspaper telling it to “cease and desist” its reporting on foster families for a story about a nonprofit associated with Gov.

The vast majority of Hope Florida references have disappeared from a Medicaid managed care contract, the Orlando Sentinel is ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) - Moving is stressful enough, but for foster families in Florida, it’s often meant starting from scratch. A new state law aims to change that by ...

Florida House Democrats in Tallahassee are demanding answers from the state Department of Children and Families over its role in handing over a foster child from Honduras to U.S. Immigration and ...

THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. NEW DETAILS TONIGHT IN THE INVESTIGATION INVOLVING AN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY BABYSITTER ACCUSED OF POISONING AN 11 MONTH OLD INFANT WITH ANTIFREEZE. WE’RE NOW LEARNING ANNA ADAMO ...

A federal government shutdown could delay November SNAP benefits for nearly 3 million Floridians. The U.S. Department of Agriculture will not send funds for November benefits if the shutdown continues ...

Records from the Department of Children and Families suggest an Okeechobee babysitter accused of poisoning an infant wasn't a licensed caregiver. According to court records, 59-year-old Anna M. Adamo ...