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Inspired by that directive, two private auditors hired by the Florida Department of Children and Families found issues with six of the state’s 17 contracted child welfare groups, including ...
[2] [3] The Child Welfare Information Gateway covers child-welfare topics, including family-centered practice, child abuse and neglect, abuse and neglect prevention, child protection, family preservation and support, foster care, achieving and maintaining permanency, adoption, management of child welfare agencies and related topics such as ...
The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) is a state agency of Florida.Its headquarters are at 2415 North Monroe St., Ste. 400 in Tallahassee, Florida.The department provides social services in Florida to children, adults, refugees, domestic violence victims, human trafficking victims, the homeless community, child care providers, [4] disabled people, and the elderly.
The systemic factors measured by the CFSRs include the effectiveness of the State's systems for child welfare information, case review, and quality assurance; training of child welfare staff, parents, and other stakeholders; the services that support children and families; the agency's responsiveness to the community; and foster and adoptive ...
Jeri B. Cohen, who presided over child welfare and foster care cases for 20 of her 27 years as a Miami-Dade Circuit judge, said she did not once see DCF pursue criminal charges against a parent ...
A challenging case. When the hearing ended after 8 p.m. Wednesday, Miller said the dispute over the boy was among “the most challenging cases” he’s heard while presiding over child welfare ...
The agency, along with the county departments of job and family services, is responsible for regulating approximately 6,600 family child care homes, and for licensing and inspecting nearly 4,300 child care facilities. Every day, an estimated 250,000 children under age 6 are cared for in settings outside the home that are certified or licensed ...
A new year also means new laws in Florida. The Florida Legislature passed the laws earlier this year and they take effect Jan. 1, 2024: SB 784 gives local law enforcement agencies the ability to ...