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A man suspected of child neglect was arrested after refusing to take his daughter to the hospital when a dog bit her, according to the Daytona Beach Police Department.

A former Department of Children and Families investigator turned himself in Sunday after being accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a senior victim, according to Flagler County deputies.

A former worker with the Department of Children and Families is now facing charges stemming from the death of a 3-year-old boy in June 2021.

A woman is accused of keeping her 6-year-old son in a filthy hotel room with multiple pets, at least three of which were malnourished and emaciated, according to the Brevard County Sheriff's Office.

Palm Bay Police Chief Nelson Moya held a press conference Thursday to discuss what led to Tuesday’s arrest of a mother over the Nov. 2020 death of her young child, and why it was preventable.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A former case worker says Brevard Family Partnership, their board, DCF and agencies associated with them says they failed a 4-year-old Joy King Castro and the failure led to her death on Aug. 25. Kirsten Larson was with Brevard Cares, an agency associated with Brevard Family Partnership which manages and places children in foster care, and was the case manager for Castro. Titusville police said Castro was badly beaten while in the care of her foster mother, 41-year-old Lakeisha Mitchell. READ: ‘I couldn’t do anything’: Mother of girl who died in Brevard foster care says the system failed herMitchell told Titusville police she found Castro unconscious and her lips were blue and she was slumped over in a bath tub filled with water. Larson, the case worker, doesn’t hold back in the letter when addressing where the problems started.

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“The Department of Juvenile Justice failing to do its job. DCF is failing to do its job, and everybody is pointing the finger at one another,” Sheriff Mike Chitwood told News 6.

Records from the sheriff’s office show the boy was hospitalized under the Baker Act three times in the span of 10 days when he was 7 years old.

An Orlando area family claims the Florida Department of Children and Families broke the law when a child was not placed in their home with his biological brothers.

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – Authorities in Marion County quickly identified a young boy who was found riding his bicycle on the side of Interstate 75. According to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, the boy was along the side of I-75 southbound from Highway 484 when he was found. He told deputies his name is John but was unable to provide any more information about his identity. “Please help us find his family,” the sheriff’s office wrote on Facebook. Less than an hour after the post went up, the sheriff’s office said the boy had been identified.

The Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that they reached a landmark agreement with the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF). This is the first Department of Justice settlement to address disability discrimination by a state child welfare agency. The ADA requires that child welfare agencies provide parents with disabilities an equal opportunity to access and benefit from their services. The Justice Department plays a central role in advancing the nation’s goal of equal opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency for people with disabilities. To read the Department of Justice and HHS’s previously issued technical assistance for child welfare agencies, please click here.

The Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that they reached a landmark agreement with the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF). This is the first Department of Justice settlement to address disability discrimination by a state child welfare agency. The ADA requires that child welfare agencies provide parents with disabilities an equal opportunity to access and benefit from their services. The Justice Department plays a central role in advancing the nation’s goal of equal opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency for people with disabilities. To read the Department of Justice and HHS’s previously issued technical assistance for child welfare agencies, please click here.