TAMPA - Two former child welfare workers were arrested today on charges they lied in official state records about having face-to-face meetings with children and foster parents, officials said. ...more

May 22, 2008

TAMPA - A child welfare caseworker was arrested this morning and charged with 33 counts of falsifying records, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. ...more

May 22, 2008

SEBRING — Marianne and John Ash have had 43 children call them mom and dad in the past two and a half years. ...more

February 22, 2008

At the tender age of 22, Ashley Rhodes-Courter is living a pretty fantastic life. She's attractive, well-spoken and college-educated, with doting parents and a newly published memoir that's generating national buzz. ...more

February 4, 2008

The head of the state agency that protects children has called the arrest of its spokesman on child pornography charges "a setback" to efforts to repair its troubled image. ...more

February 2, 2008

Trains, which played critical roles in America's move westward, were of special significance to an estimated 200,000 children in 19th century New York City. ...more

January 27, 2008

Given the economic downturn, social service agencies know this spring's legislative session will be painful. Yet legions of nonprofits are lining up with palms outstretched, looking for some sort of Tallahassee Santa Claus. ...more

December 23, 2007

Imagine you are a teenage foster child who has been in the system so long you have little or no memory of your biological parents. ...more

December 4, 2007

Help for relative caregivers, uninsured children and residents who are aged, disabled, homeless or mentally ill topped the list of needs during Hillsborough County's first community legislative summit Thursday. ...more

November 30, 2007

A Cuban farmer would get sole custody of his 5-year-old daughter under a settlement reached Wednesday after a lengthy court battle involving the girl's U.S. foster parents and state officials, according to a person familiar with the deal. ...more

November 29, 2007