In November, the families filed a federal tort claim, which allows individuals to litigate against the government. The filing ...

Making more babies by threat, faux incentives, or even force is not a goal or a solution. And it ignores the desperate, real ...

Erik Dellenback, the former executive director of Hope Florida, speaks during a press conferance on July 29, 2024 in Tampa, ...

St. Petersburg resident Julie Broward said she reached out to Hope Florida after her home was flooded during Hurricane Milton ...

Absent aggressive state oversight, providers largely police themselves. That lack of accountability can have devastating ...

That lawsuit ultimately pointed to a decline in the quality of the foster care system after federal court oversight ended in 2017. Plaintiffs now claim that the absence of supervision has resulted in ...

There’s a certain kind of silence that follows you home from the hospital.

Elizabeth Wiermerslage will serve 90 days in jail after pleading guilty to malicious punishment and assault involving kids at the Blaine daycare where she worked.

Katie Jones was 11 the last time she saw her childhood home, where her father, an alcoholic, stayed between jail stints and ...

SB 538 would allow the state to fulfill its obligation to fund medical and behavioral health care for disabled kids by authorizing payment to their parents for providing that care, writes parent ...

A former house parent at a Scarborough children’s home has had a further 18 months added to his sentence for sexually abusing ...

The Child Care Task Force of Ellis County received results from the online survey at its meeting on Tuesday. The survey was ...