February 25, 2017 1:16 pm
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The Florida’s Children First 15th Anniversary Celebration of the Broward Child Advocacy Awards and Reception, held this Thrursday at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts Riverview Ballroom, was a remarkable success in raising awareness and funds in the pursuit of protecting the rights of foster and at-risk children. The event... View Article
February 22, 2017 11:31 am
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How important are foster families to Florida’s kids? Statewide, more than 6,000 children have found homes and adoption through Florida’s foster families. That’s an important figure. But their stories tell a more rich tale. Statewide, foster children, and others face unknown futures and possible harm on the streets or in... View Article
January 31, 2017 12:35 pm
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Florida’s Children First, the state’s premier organization helping protect the rights of foster and at-risk children, will hold its 15th Anniversary Celebration of the Broward Child Advocacy Awards and Reception in February. The event will be held at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts Riverview Ballroom (201 SW 5th... View Article
January 26, 2017 2:31 pm
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Florida child advocates and attorneys who represent children raped and abused in the child welfare system are struggling to comprehend how and why a 14-year-old girl, who reportedly had been sexually abused while in state care, hanged herself while streaming the event on Facebook Live this week. “I have to... View Article
January 20, 2017 7:30 pm
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A study from the Children’s Bureau, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has found that the Florida Department of Children and Families is underperforming related its care of foster children in several critical areas. HHS reviewed 80 such cases and has given the state 90 days to deliver a... View Article
January 8, 2017 2:19 pm
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In what has been called a “heartbreaking” case, a 11-month-old toddler from Boynton Beach near West Palm Beach, Florida, died on Christmas Eve – and days before his first birthday – from what authorities call blunt force trauma. Now the family, the community, the Florida Department of Children and Families,... View Article
December 1, 2016 5:35 pm
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Barri A. Reisch, Esq., has joined Talenfeld Law, the Fort Lauderdale-based law firm that is Florida’s only firm dedicated exclusively to protecting abused, disabled and injured children. Reisch joins the firm as an associate and will focus her practice on foster care and disabled persons damages, civil rights, personal injury,... View Article
November 28, 2016 1:22 pm
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Children’s rights attorney Howard Talenfeld, who exclusively represents children abused, disabled and injured in foster care and other child welfare settings in personal injury and damages cases, recently had a letter published by the Florida Bar. In his letter, Talenfeld, who also is the founder and president of Florida’s Children... View Article
October 14, 2016 11:42 am
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Child advocates and attorneys who fight to protect from abuse teens and youths in the Florida juvenile justice system are watching closely the case of a teen who died at a drug treatment center in Pembroke Pines. The youth’s case also has raised the interest of police and state juvenile... View Article
September 30, 2016 12:04 pm
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A Miami man who suffers from autism was ruled incompetent to stand trial on child pornography charges. It’s a unique case that has drawn the interest of child advocates and attorneys who protect the rights of Florida’s at-risk youth. In the case, Tony Rodriguez, who according to news reports has... View Article