Six years ago, my wife and I became foster parents. We took in a 7-year-old African-American girl — one of eight children who were born to one woman and fathered by seven men. The girl arrived at our ...

Ever since information about the disappearance of Jeremiah Oliver has come to light, a lot has been written about the effectiveness of the Department of Children and Families (DCF) in protecting ...

TOPEKA, Kan. – The Kansas Department for Children and Families will begin accepting applications from low-income Kansans for funds to help pay their winter energy bills. DCF said in a news release the ...

TOPEKA, Kan. – The Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) has released the case summary of slain five-year-old Zoey Felix. Felix died Oct. 2 after Topeka police said she was raped. Mickel ...

There is nothing like watching a child open up a new toy on Christmas morning, and a special pop-up shop equips parents to put smiles on their kids’ faces. It is run by The Department of Children and ...

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) - The Florida Department of Children and Families has appointed its first statewide fatality-prevention specialist, a position created by the department's new interim ...

The latest reports from staff at the Department of Families and Children document the ongoing appalling and disgraceful failure on the part of our state to provide sufficient resources to protect ...

TALLAHASSE, Fla. – The Department of Children and Families (DCF) launched on Monday a new and improved website to help potential families interested in adoption. The new Adopt Florida website, will ...

Florida's embattled ban on adoption by gay people suffered another setback Tuesday, when state child welfare administrators agreed to provide health insurance, college tuition and other benefits to ...