The state Department of Children & Families is tracking parents referred to treatment programs in Palm Beach County to see if their families actually attend. ...more

February 10, 2009

A day after a Port Richey father was charged with murdering his baby, a state review found child welfare authorities failed to protect the little girl. ...more

January 28, 2009

Former Department of Children & Families spokesman Al Zimmerman pleaded guilty this morning to production of child pornography. ...more

January 21, 2009

The growing hardship is reflected in calls to the state food stamp hot line, which numbered three million in December. ...more

January 9, 2009

SEMINOLE - It lingers in the back of their minds while they eat supper together, get ready for school or sing at church. ...more

January 1, 2009

PAST AND PRESENT •In late 2005, the Department of Children & Families stopped Tampa Bay Academy from admitting new patients after finding inadequate staffing, abuse complaints and an alleged sexual assault. DCF renewed the academy's license after subsequent inspections. ...more

December 30, 2008

Three years ago, the Department of Children & Families found many of the same problems at the Tampa Bay Academy that other state regulators found this month: inadequate staffing, abuse complaints and an alleged sexual assault. ...more

December 30, 2008

Carole Crist easily stepped into her public role as Florida's new first lady as she handed out gift-wrapped books to foster children Sunday at the governor's mansion. ...more

December 22, 2008

A Department of Children & Families internal review found some managers at the agency's Tallahassee computer complex used racist slurs, creating a hostile work environment. ...more

December 21, 2008

A 63-year-old man was booked into the Pinellas County Jail this morning, charged with injuring his 8-year-old step-grandson by putting a coat hanger down his throat. ...more

November 20, 2008