A 1-year-old almost drowned, according to police, and now, for the second time in just the last few months, a mother is back in jail.

A Missing Child Alert has been issued for a newborn girl last seen in Altamonte Springs who may be in the company of a 28-year-old woman and 41-year-old man, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

Just in the last month, three children with autism drowned in Central Florida after eloping or wandering from their families.

Residents of Volusia and Flagler counties who were impacted by hurricanes Helene and Milton can get help applying for Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) benefits in Daytona Beach.

Police in Tavares announced on Monday afternoon they are looking for a missing mother and her three children.

A former DCF employee who was one of four people at a daycare charged with failing to report the abuse of a 3-year-old who was beaten to death days later will be on probation for the next year.

One million Florida residents face the possibility of being dropped from Medicaid coverage after a COVID-era federal policy expired at the end of last month.

More than 10 days after a pregnant teen was found dead in front of an Orange County home, investigators are not releasing any new details.

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.

“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.