In The Spotlight

Map the Meal Gap

Feeding America first published the Map the Meal Gap project in early 2011, with the generous support of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation and The Nielsen Company, to learn more about the face of hunger at the local level. In August, 2011, with the support of the ConAgra Foods Foundation, child food insecurity data was [...]

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FL passed up $200M for uninsured kids

By Carol Gentry 05/04/12 © Health News Florida Over the past two years, Florida did such a good job of enrolling uninsured children in KidCare that the state could have qualified for as much as $200 million in federal bonuses – money that could have helped get more children into care. But the state did [...]

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Daycares hire Bogdanoff to run trade organization

State Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff has a new job title today: the de facto executive director of the statewide organization representing child care and early learning facilities. Bogdanoff said the ink has barely dried on her contract with the Florida Association for Child Care Management. The organization hired her consulting company, Enterprising Business Strategies, to help [...]

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Transfers to adult court don’t explain drop in youth crime

By Jeffrey Butts | Guest columnistApril 20, 2012 The state of Florida transfers far more juvenile offenders to the criminal (adult) court system than any other state in the nation. In this sense at least, Florida can rightly claim to be No. 1. Florida’spopulation is roughly half that of California’s, but it transfers youths to [...]

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Scott counts on rulemaking to fix early learning programs

Early learning, an area in which Florida was considered a trailblazer, is now at a crossroads, with a national study finding its value limited and Gov. Rick Scott rejecting a revamp bill that roiled the legislative session, opting instead for an administrative fix. The legislation (HB 5103), which Scott vetoed on Friday, was a compromise [...]

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Poor Kids v. Medicaid now up to judge

A judge said he will rule by August on whether Florida’s insurance program for the needy violates law by making kids wait to see a doctor. By Carol Marbin Miller Florida’s insurance program for needy children is so poorly run and underfunded that youngsters from impoverished families often must do without necessary medical and dental [...]

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Children Fare Well in Final Budget

Advocates for children and youth services were upbeat Tuesday as Gov. Rick Scott signed the budget for the state fiscal year beginning July 1. The spending plan includes more money for child abuse prevention and maternal health as well as additional money for systemic improvements to the state’s early learning and child welfare systems. The [...]

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