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In Texas, the foster care system is failing the vulnerable children it’s meant to protect, leaving many without a safe place to live. Foster children…
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A preliminary hearing was held Thursday in the case of Naika Venant, the 14-year-old girl who broadcast her suicide on Facebook Live from her Miami...
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November is National Adoption Month, and this week the Children's Network of Southwest Florida is finishing its fourth and final mass-adoption event to…
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Despite an outcry in 2009 over a 7-year-old's apparent suicide, a draft report from the research arm of Florida's child-protection system shows that...
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Lawmakers aren't happy about media reports of poor supervision at group homes for foster kids in South Florida.
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The Department of Children and Families licensed nearly 1,400 new foster care homes last year. There are now more than 4,800 providers statewide, caring...
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The number of Florida children in the state's foster-care system has reached its highest level since 2008, driven by both a spike in the number of kids...
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More bills are now awaiting Governor Rick Scott’s approval. It includes a measure aimed at helping kids aging out of foster care with developmental...
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A new study shows that 13 percent of Florida's 18,000 foster youth are living in group homes instead of with a family. A national report by the Annie E....
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A bill that would give teens in foster care better access to a driver's license passed its first Senate panel on Tuesday. It's the latest measure by state…