WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Child advocates and agencies focus on the importance of keeping families together and use placing children in foster care only as a last resort. One state service ...

The Heart Gallery of Broward County has been involved in more than 500 successful adoptions since its founding nearly 20 years ago.

A new Florida law that went into effect this month is designed to support teens aging out of the foster care system, but advocates in South Florida say the changes fall short, especially amid an ...

When Caroline Hagan was approved for at-home nursingcare, it was a blessing for her family. The Lithia girl was born with ...

In gruesome foster child killing, young girl's body was found badly beaten. April 21, 2011— -- Florida's top child welfare official, David Wilkins, admitted his department mishandled the foster ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — A new report says only 66 families got their foster license in Orange, Osceola, Brevard, and Seminole counties this year. Foster care advocates want to see that number triple. The ...

Two foster parents and their adult kids are accused of abusing foster and adoptive children living with them in Florida, authorities said. Getty Images/iStock photo A couple in Florida is accused of ...