MIAMI (CBS Miami/AP) -- The Department of Children and Families will train more than 5,000 employees to use a new and improved approach to investigations. This new training follows the agency coming ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Officials with the Florida Department of Children and Families say they are working to reinstate a federally funded program that, up until 2015, helped train the state's child welfare ...

A total of 20 new Department of Children and Families workers who will investigate claims of abuse have received advanced training. On Monday, Denise Hannah-Godfrey was on stage leading her graduating ...

Read full article: Protecting your donations from scammers on Giving Tuesday A sign for the Sulzbacher Center in downtown Jacksonville is pictured. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Lawmakers are questioning ...

A Miami-Dade County grand jury is urging that the Department of Children and Families adopt better training and investigative skills for employees in the aftermath of the horrific killing of a 10-year ...

The Department for Children and Families needs eight more staff immediately and stronger coordination of the services it provides Vermonters, according to a report released Wednesday. The ...

Is “Sara Gordon” fit to be a parent? The Department of Children and Families doesn’t think so. The state took custody of the unidentified, developmentally disabled woman’s daughter shortly after her ...

As described in “Child services fires 10 who failed to obtain social work licenses” (Metro, Dec. 17), state law enacted last year requires all Department of Children and Families workers to pass a ...