The first federal survey of both men and women on adoption issues challenges some stereotypes and offers some surprising findings: ...more

August 8, 2008

Department of Children and Families Secretary Bob Butterworth, who announced his resignation last week, will be sorely missed. The straight shooter restored confidence in the much maligned agency. Understanding that when mistakes aren't acknowledged they will be repeated, he encouraged workers to openly admit mistakes, no small task in an agency notoriously adverse to transparency. ...more

August 4, 2008

A Pinellas County teenager is recovering this week from a liver transplant just weeks after another hospital removed him from an organ waiting list, in part because of his status as a foster child. ...more

July 16, 2008

Some King High students may be healthier, and the Earth may be a bit greener thanks to recent King graduate Ethan Sitver. ...more

July 5, 2008

TAMPA - A South Tampa woman didn't seek treatment for her poodle, which had a broken leg, according to a Hillsborough County Animal Services spokeswoman. ...more

June 26, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - Cats and kittens are looking for a home as more and more felines wait for adoption at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Suncoast. The feline shelter at the SPCA Suncoast, called the Kitty Cabana, is full, according to Lia Gallegos, an SPCA spokeswoman. ...more

June 11, 2008

While her friends were out partying and enjoying other perks of college life, 22-year-old Brittney Smith of Tampa took in her 17-year-old brother and 2-year-old nephew to live with her. ...more

May 24, 2008

In the weeks since the authorities raided a fundamentalist polygamy group here in West Texas in an investigation of possible child marriages and abuse, the sect's mothers have drawn the most attention. ...more

May 21, 2008

Some 463 children, from newborns to teens, forced from a polygamist sect's sprawling ranch in a raid six weeks ago and into foster care have been treated as a single group of abused and at-risk children. ...more

May 19, 2008

SEBRING — About 400 children in Highlands County receive protective services from the state or are placed in foster care homes, and more options are needed for placement. A reception Tuesday, May 6 will help community members learn about ways they can help, including adopting a child, opening their home to foster children or being a mentor for a child receiving protective services. ...more

May 3, 2008