FL: Housing/Homelessness
Report: Child Care Costs Push FL Parents to Breaking Point
New data ranks Florida 31st in the country for overall child well-being, however, it showed parents are tapped out on child care costs. The Annie E…
Study: Gentrification & Increased Property Values Follow Hurricanes
After a hurricane, according to a new study, wealthier people tend to sweep into impacted communities, purchasing homes even at the increased …
Petition Urges FL Governor to Keep "Vital" Unemployment Benefits
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Laid-off workers are appealing to Gov. Ron DeSantis to reverse plans to terminate a federal pandemic assistance program that …
Florida Sees Growing Need for Foster Families, Training
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- May is National Foster Care Month, and states like Florida are still adjusting to federal changes put in place three years ago…
From FL to Central America, Climate Change Forces Migration
MIAMI -- As Florida faces the consequences of climate change -- from rising sea levels to more frequent and more severe hurricanes -- experts predict …
Help Still Needed in Areas Hit Hardest by Hurricane Michael
PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Today is the deadline for many displaced Panama City residents living in tents behind Forest Park Methodist Church to leave…
Presidential Candidates Silent On Child Poverty
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — At the conventions and on the campaign trail, Floridians are hearing plenty from both presidential candidates, but there's …
Parents In Prison: Children Share The Pain
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida has the third-largest number of children in the nation who have, or have had, a parent in jail or prison, which experts …
Nationwide Immigration Raids Spark Fear, Concern in Florida
HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Lis-Marie (LEES-marie) Alvarado, immigration organizing coordinator, American Friends Service Committee. A series of controversial …
Progress Assessed 10 Years After Hurricane Katrina
AVENTURA, Fl. - Ten years ago this week, Hurricane Katrina killed 14 people in Florida and an additional 1,800 in the other Gulf states. It remains …
Hurricane Season: Insuring Against Worst-Case Scenarios
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - This week marks the beginning of the 2015 hurricane season in the U.S., and with the significant risk of hurricane damage in …
Report: Family Care Raises Success Chances for Children
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - According to a report released Tuesday by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, of the more than 18,000 children in Florida's foster …