Articles in Category: 'DCF'

Food-Ban Bills Take a Bite out of Reason

By: Nancy Smith | Posted: February 13, 2012 3:55 AM

Does the Florida Legislature really want to set itself up as the state food police?

Senators Want More Drug Treatment Patients to Pay for Rehab Programs

By: Jim Turner | Posted: October 7, 2011 3:55 AM

TAGS: Criminal & Civil Justice, DCF, Florida Senate, Mike Bennett, News, Ronda Storms, Politics

'Caylee's Law' Could Boost Penalty for Giving Police False Information

By: Jim Turner | Posted: October 4, 2011 3:55 AM

Sen. Negron Talks on Caylee

TAGS: Casey Anthony, Caylee Anthony, Caylee's Law, DCF, Joe Negron, News, Select Committee on Protecting Florida's Children, Politics, Government

In Spate of Conforming Bills, Dozens of Changes to Law

By: Brandon Larrabee News Service of Florida | Posted: May 19, 2011 3:55 AM

TAGS: conforming bills, DCF, Dean Cannon, Dennis Jones, Department of Children and Families, Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Depatment of Education, Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Florida Justice Association, News, PIP, Rick Scott, Sam Miller, Steve Schale, Government

Senators Quibble With Rick Scott on Office Reorganization Issues

By: Michael Peltier News Service of Florida | Posted: April 8, 2011 3:55 AM

TAGS: DCF, Department of Children and Families, Evelyn Lynn, Mike Fasano, News, Office of Adoption and Child Protection, Rick Scott, Ronda Storms, SB 2104, SB 2108, Government

DCF Should Work to Protect Children, Not Its Image

By: Florence Snyder | Posted: March 15, 2011 6:42 AM

TAGS: DCF, Department of Children and Families, First Amendment, foster children, George Sheldon, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Jorge and Carmen Barahona, Maria Sampedro-Iglesia, Miami Herald, News, News Media, Nubia Barahona, Sanford Bohrer, Victor Barahona, Columns