Florida’s top child welfare officials were on the defensive before a House committee on Wednesday as they defended an annual report on child deaths that had been stripped of data and embarrassing details about the state’s role in failing to protect the children whose lives were lost. Secretary of the Department of Health John Armstrong told the […]
New DCF website to open up information on ‘tragedies’ – Miami Herald
DCF says the website will raise public awareness of endangered children, but some critics remain skeptical in light of the department’s history on transparency. Two days after Gov. Rick Scott signed into law a measure that requires greater openness from state child welfare administrators, the Department of Children & Families unveiled a new website designed […]