Tag: Department of Children and Families
DCF: Child’s death shows ‘deep-seated’ issues
By MARGIE MENZEL THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA The state’s child-welfare chief said the recent death of a 4-year-old Palatka boy, allegedly strangled by an…
Lawmakers eye major changes in mental health services
By MARGIE MENZEL THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA As Florida lawmakers study the impact of mental illness on the state’s troubled criminal-justice and child-protection systems,…
Judge Goodman tackles truancy
NorthEscambia.com reports that Circuit Judge Ross Goodman has written the Escambia County School Board a letter declaring that the district has a truancy crisis. Judge…
Markes has child custody hearing today
Erin Markes has a child dependency hearing in Milton today. In March, she was jailed for felony child neglect after investigators were called to Sacred…
Radio: DCF safety net
On April 9, I interviewed Janice Thomas, Circuit Administrator for the Department of Children and Families (DCF) about the safety net for single mothers like…
