Foster Care

Siding with a woman whose children were placed in foster care, an appeals court Friday said the Florida Department of Children and Families cannot...

We're getting an update on the state of the foster care system in southwest Florida with Nadereh Salim, she's the chief executive officer of the…

There’s a restaurant along U.S. 41 in South Fort Myers that’s hard to miss. It’s painted bright green and called FK Your Diet. The "FK" stands for "foster…

Should the identities of foster parents be kept secret? The Florida Coalition for Children is exploring the issue following a case in Miami where a...

The number of kids in Florida who need foster families is growing at an alarming rate, with a nearly 40% increase in the number of children who have been…

Florida’s foster kid population is growing at an alarming rate. That’s part of what will be discussed during an upcoming webinar.

Florida foster care providers are struggling to keep up with the number of children entering the system as a result of opioid-related deaths.

Manatee and Sarasota Counties have seen overdose deaths from drugs like heroin, fentanyl and carfentanil spike in the past few years. At the same time,...

The opioid crisis has claimed victims—and lives—across Florida, from Miami to Manatee County. But reporter Stephanie Colombini with WUSF in Tampa tracked…

As Health News Florida reported last week , the opioid crisis in Manatee and Sarasota Counties is putting a strain on their foster care system. But the...