More than 16,000 calls to the state’s abuse hotline were abandoned in April, according to data tracked by Florida’s Department of Children and Families. DCF’s hotline, which takes reports of ...

Child and adult abuse should be reported to the Florida Department of Children and Families through the statewide hotline at 1-800-96-ABUSE or 1-800-962-2873. Reports can also be made through the ...

WPTV has obtained new information about what is in the training that Palm Beach County school employees are required to take for identifying and reporting ... Florida Department of Children and ...

The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) also investigated ... the same month the complaint came in through a child abuse hotline, according to confidential court filings obtained ...

The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF ... reported by officers that Melissa’s stepfather was reporting that the abuse that Melissa suffered was because of the mother and not ...

DCF received a report through the abuse hotline In May 2017 about concern ... Attorneys: One of largest verdicts in Florida Attorneys for the girl said it was one of the largest verdicts in ...

The right question is, why would anyone back a law that will effectively keep people from reporting suspected child abuse? SB 60 requires DCF staffers screening tips to the Florida Abuse Hotline ...

Every state has mandatory reporting laws that require certain professionals like doctors or teachers to report child abuse and neglect. But in Florida, every adult is a mandated reporter.