child welfare

Florida has four of the 10 hot car deaths nationwide this year. Experts say while there is science behind why anyone can forget about their child in the backseat, there are simple ways to prevent such a tragedy.

7.6% of children under age 6 in the Sunshine State are uninsured, during years when their bodies are laying down the foundations of good health for the rest of their lives.

Florida’s overall state of child wellbeing did not improve in this year’s Kids Count Data Profile, although some segments including graduation rates\ and teen birth did see gains.

The new measure would recruit case managers, combat child sex trafficking, and create a professional foster care pilot program

Although ranking fifth in education in the country in the 2024 Annie E. Casey Foundation Data Book, Florida ranked 30th in the nation in overall child well-being.

Dr. Howard Pratt, a child and adolescent psychiatrist, worries about all the kids who aren't getting care.

One in five Floridians said they lost income and could have problems paying their rent or mortgage, the report found.

The failure to renew the enhanced Child Tax Credit continues a long tradition in America: Our welfare system has long spent generously on the old, but it has consistently skimped on the young. A new paper investigates why.

An estimated 160 million children were involved in child labor around the world at the beginning of 2020, according to a new report.

A bill that would extend low-cost KidCare health insurance to roughly 25,000 children of legal immigrants has gotten further in the Florida Senate than...

Florida’s new child seat law goes into effect Thursday, Jan. 1.In 2014, the Palm Beach Post called Florida’s old child-seat law “the most lax car seat law…

On the Florida Roundup, Steven Sotloff, from Pinecrest, is the second American journalist murdered by the Islamic State. Florida Senator Bill Nelson wants…