Wilton, questioned whether Hamilton is too entrenched in the system to see clearly where DCF needs to improve.

Lawmakers asked interim DCF Commissioner Susan Hamilton about caseworker turnover, children's mental health support, ...

The latest Legislative session is set to come to a close this week, though lawmakers have already filed hundreds of bills for consideration. But of these hundreds of bills, only a portion have ...

The leaders of Florida’s health care and child welfare agencies will stay in their jobs after the Senate voted Tuesday to confirm them.

Connecticut lawmakers are concerned about child abuse. Good, but stripping rights away from all parents is wishful thinking.

House Republicans descended on Trump National Doral this week to sharpen their messaging, strategy and priorities ahead of ...

The HAVEN Act, filed as SB 296 and HB 269, would expand Florida’s Address Confidentiality Program to include victims of ...

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When Susan Griffiths, of Winthrop, signed up to become a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA), she had just sent her youngest child off to college. Six years later, she has spent five of them ...

This week, the Florida Senate gave the green light to bill SB 1758, a proposal driven by Republican lawmakers aiming to implement substantial changes ...

A shortage of child care options has worsened in recent months following the closure of Kidsville, Bright Horizons and one of ...