Child Abuse

State lawmakers in Tallahassee are considering sweeping changes to how law enforcement and child welfare agencies rescue and treat child victims of sex…

As the 2014 legislative session begins, advocates are hoping it will bring both policy and funding gains for children's services. High-profile issues…

Florida lawmakers want to toughen the state’s sexual predator laws and they’ve said the reforms will be the centerpiece of this year’s legislative…

Florida has the third-highest rate in the nation for human trafficking. And as state officials have slowly come to understand the crime, they're learning…

Work by University of South Florida researchers on a graveyard at the former Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Florida, is starting to pay dividends,…

Responding to political critics and child care advocates all over the state, Governor Rick Scott on Tuesday proposed significant new funding for child…

The leader of Florida's troubled child welfare system is asking state leaders for the funding to slash caseloads for front-line staff and other proposals…

State House Democratic Leader Perry Thurston stood in front of a decorated Christmas tree on Fort Lauderdale's Sistrunk Boulevard yesterday, and talked…

Florida Senate President Don Gaetz says the Department of Children and Families faces a groundbreaking legislative session after a series of child deaths…

A Florida Senate committee has approved a bill cracking down on parents who illegally put their adopted children up for adoption again. The practice often…