Florida lawmakers approved cutting more than 400 jobs from the Department of Children and Families (DCF), primarily affecting mental health positions, to save millions of dollars.

Florida lawmakers approved cutting more than 400 jobs from the Department of Children and Families (DCF), primarily affecting mental health positions, to save millions of dollars.

Dr. Richard Herstein was chief hospital administrator and chief medical officer for all DCF state hospitals in Florida JACKSONVILLE, Fla.

To this day, she said, neither the Department of Children and Families, which oversees state mental hospitals, nor hospital administrators ever explained to her exactly what happened — or ...

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State lawmakers, particularly Harrell, shouldn't let the agency's deception go unanswered. Last year, she agreed with a request by DCF to allow the agency to voluntarily post the information.

The Florida Department of Children and Families wants to take over all child protection investigations amid surging turnover and vacancy rates.

The Florida Department of Children & Families keeps the predatory Florida Shuffle going and extends our reputation of bad drug treatment operations.

People needing assistance in Spanish from the Florida Department of Children and Families wait on hold for nearly an hour, according to a report from the Hispanic civil rights group UnidosUS.

The federal money aimed to help Floridians pay rent and utility bills during the pandemic, but some checks never made it to the recipients. Now the state wants its new program to distribute the nea… ...

A shelter created to house migrant children in Florida is pushing back against the Governor’s crackdown on illegal immigration after being denied its state renewal license.

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