Excerpts from the commission's first public hearing: ...more

November 24, 2007

Ed Hardy Sr., a 30-year law enforcement veteran from Broward County, will serve as the Department of Children & Families' first director of criminal justice services. ...more

November 20, 2007

Former Broward County Sheriff Ken Jenne's descent from political power to federal prison is one of those sad tales that happens when people in public office come to believe the rules don't apply to them. ...more

November 17, 2007

The Sarasota Family YMCA will not compete for a $150 million, three-year state contract next summer to run child welfare services in Pinellas and Pasco counties. ...more

November 7, 2007

TAMPA - The Sarasota Family YMCA will voluntarily end its contract next summer to run child welfare services in Pinellas and Pasco counties. In exchange for agreeing to step away from those counties, the YMCA will receive a one-year extension of its contract to provide similar services in DeSoto, Manatee and Sarasota counties. ...more

November 6, 2007

Training law enforcement and child welfare authorities to better work together and changing laws to ensure that reporting missing children is a top priority are among recommendations released Friday by a task force on child protection. ...more

November 3, 2007

TAMPA - Training law enforcement and child welfare authorities to better work together and changing laws to ensure that reporting missing children is a top priority are among recommendations released today by a task force on child protection. ...more

November 2, 2007

The Sarasota Family YMCA likely will have to compete for a multimillion-dollar state contract next year to provide foster care and adoptions in Pinellas and Pasco counties. ...more

November 1, 2007

Department of Children and Families Secretary Bob Butterworth has one of the toughest jobs in state government, but after just 10 months on the job, he's brought refreshing change to an agency that's been short on transparency and long on excuses. ...more

November 1, 2007

Florida's first private agency to take on child welfare duties - the one held up as the state model for privatizing social services - may find itself without a contract next year. ...more

October 30, 2007