While we await Governor Crist's choices to head the Regional Counsel offices, there is other news.
Democratic leaders in the Florida Legislature asked top lawmakers Thursday to convene a series of oversight hearings into recent scandals at the state's long-troubled child welfare agency, including the recent rape of a Miami foster girl.
Florida Department of Children and Families Secretary Bob Butterworth has agreed to participate in a child protection roundtable today in Fort Myers....The roundtable was inspired by the recent murder of 3-year-old Zahid Jones Jr. His mother’s boyfriend is accused of the murder.
DAYTONA BEACH -- Problems with a new computer system that tracks children in foster care have local officials scrambling to make sure children are being checked on properly.
Local officials and caseworkers say they are being forced to double check and re-enter information into the $26 million Florida Safe Families Network because state reports are "inaccurate" and have contradictory and duplicate information.
[ed: How much did HomeSafeNet cost again?]
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