Department of Children and Families News

Judge grants hard-luck, Miami mom free pass

By theGrio

3:42 PM on 06/17/2011

MIAMI - A Broward County judge gave a penniless mother a priceless gift this week: freedom...
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Family of mom shot by tot gets custody of boy

By theGrio

10:13 AM on 04/25/2011

MIAMI - The family of a Miramar mother who was shot and killed reportedly by her toddler son were granted custody of the boy Friday morning...
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Miami social worker wants job back after child dies

By theGrio

9:21 AM on 04/08/2011

MIAMI - 10-year-old Nubia Barahona was found dead in the back of her adoptive father's truck. The social worker says she didn't see coming...
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2nd person of interest considered in sibling deaths

By theGrio

9:05 AM on 03/16/2011

MIAMI - The children's bodies were found stuffed into separate pieces of luggage dumped in a Delray Beach canal on March 2...
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5-year-old brings gun to school for show and tell

By theGrio

12:18 PM on 12/17/2010

VIDEO - According to authorities from the Palm Bay Police Department, the boy said he had taken the gun from the rear floorboard of his mother's car...
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Activists allege racism in Connecticut child welfare agency

By theGrio

11:45 AM on 11/09/2009

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Commissioner Susan Hamilton said she is concerned there is "a collective effort to interfere" with some of the child protection functions of [the Department of Children and Families]."
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