The state officially stopped Tampa Bay Academy on Friday from providing long-term mental health care to the most troubled children, but the academy's problems aren't unique to its corporate parent in Texas. ...more

January 10, 2009

The official rebuke to the troubled Tampa Bay Academy comes at 5 p.m. today – the time when state regulators said they will suspend the academy's license for what they called "gross mismanagement" of mental health care. Barring a last-minute decision – the academy's executives have appealed to regulators with an improvement plan – the for-profit mental health center in Riverview will no longer be able to provide long-term residential care to children and teenagers who suffer from severe mental illness. ...more

January 9, 2009

The Children's Services Foundation is primed to recognize seven finalists from among 25 nominations, and choose a single winner of the 2008 Champion for Children's Award at its annual gala. ...more

August 1, 2008

It took courage for Pinellas School Board member Nancy Bostock to go public with the heartbreak faced by adoptive families who struggle to raise children damaged by abuse or neglect. ...more

October 26, 2007

The Traverse program, co-founded by social worker Joseph Callan and horse stable owner Glenda Henderson, helps get emotionally troubled children back in the saddle. ...more

October 3, 2007