According to a television news report, the Florida Department of Children and Families apparently knew about the abuse, neglect and abandonment endured by young Ahziya Osceola, the Hollywood, Florida, boy who was found dead and in garbage bags in March. Florida foster child attorney and child advocate Howard Talenfeld discusses the death... View Article
The Broward County Medical Examiner is examining the body of the 3-year-old boy who was the subject of an intensive manhunt before his body was found in his father’s Hollywood home this week. Once the medical examiner’s office has completed its investigation, Ahizya Osceola will be be buried at the Big Cypress Seminole... View Article
Florida child sexual abuse attorneys and advocates who work to protect victims of abuse know the costs of such harm go far beyond what’s typically reported. Child sexual abuse is a billion-dollar drain on Florida’s economy. It’s cost is immeasurable to the health, welfare and well-being of Florida’s children who... View Article
Among Florida foster child abuse attorneys and child advocates from Miami and Fort Lauderdale to throughout the state, it’s no secret that the Florida Department of Children and Family’s experiment in privatization of child welfare services has been a failure. Hundreds of children, many known to DCF officials to be... View Article