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- Category: Abuse of Developmentally Disabled Adults
- Category: Child Abuse
- A Dog Crate Is Not a Childhood: We Must Protect Against Child Abuse and Neglect
- Another Child Lost: The Tragic Death of Mackenzi Felmlee Exposes Critical Failures in Illinois Foster Care System
- KTLA: New details released in High Desert torture case involving 6 foster children
- New York Students Claim Involving Allegedly Abused High School Lacrosse Players
- Broken Promises: How DCFS Negligence Devastates Children in Residential Care
- ProPublica: We Found Widespread Abuse of Disabled Patients at an Illinois Facility. The DOJ Is Investigating.
- Illinois DCFS Child Sex Trafficking Case Reveals Systemic Failures
- Palm Beach County Health Officials Issue Emergency Order Against Treatment Center for Kids After a Child’s Death for Negligence and Failure to Follow Critical Mental Health Procedures
- Recognizing Signs of Child Abuse and Neglect: A Legal Perspective
- ABC News: Foster parents of several Turpin siblings sentenced on child abuse charges
- Mother of Young Boy Suffocated in Bed in 2013 Accused of Murder
- WPEC: No prison time for mother who imprisoned adoptive son in 8×8 box
- Navigating A Path Forward: Steps to Take in Suspected Child Abuse Cases
- April: A Month of Awareness and Action for Children’s Rights
- Faith’s Law, a Law Aimed at Eradicating Sexual Misconduct at Illinois’ Schools
- DCF Must Pay $15 Million to a Child for Failing to Protect her From Horrific Abuse, a Jury Decided
- Sun-Sentinel: Four relatives face charges in Margate teen’s decade of alleged abuse. Police expect more arrests.
- WPLG: Relative who worked at child abuse nonprofit is latest arrest in Margate teen torture case
- WFTS: Citrus County taking over investigation of foster care abuse allegations
- Orlando Sentinel: Jury orders Florida to pay $15 million to Volusia girl tortured by parents
- Miami Herald: Teen was tortured in Broward home for a decade, police say. A sex offender lived there, too.
- WPLG: Teacher accused of abusing special needs 4-year-old boy at Broward school
- Trial of Former Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Employees Charged in Connection to Child’s Death will Continue Mid-October
- Sun-Sentinel: A baby girl who was the subject of an abuse investigation was killed. Now, a trial begins that accuses child-welfare officials of negligence.
- Recent Updates to the Roles and Duties of Guardian ad Litems in Illinois
- Judge Strikes Qualified Immunity for Illinois Child Abuse Offenders and DCFS
- Liberty One: Florida Couple Kept 5-Year-Old In Dog Cage, Forced Another Child To Drink Boiling Water
- BND: Foster parents want justice for child who died after IL DCFS removed him from their care
- In lawsuits, Turpin siblings say foster parents beat them, forced them to eat vomit
- What ‘Safety First’ for Children Should Mean
- Devereux Employee Guilty of Assaulting 14-Year-Old Resident
- WPLG: DCF records show boy reunited with parents suffered before death
- DCF Removes Four Children from Palm Beach County Couple After An Investigation Reveals They Physically Abused a 13-Year-old Adopted son.
- Florida Today: Police investigation: DCF alerted at least 6 times before mother charged with manslaughter of infant son
- Disturbing Video of Violent Child Abuse Leads to the Arrest of Two Daycare Employees
- WESH 2: Foster dad accused of abusing 4 children ordered back to jail
- Northern Illinois Academy to Shutdown Permanently Following an Investigation Over Allegations of Child-on-child Sexual Abuse, Treatment & Safety Concerns
- In Memory of a Foster Child that Died a Year Ago After a Chokehold, Michigan is to Ban the Use of Restraints on Children Living in Group Homes
- Foster children are being sent to out-of-state mental health facilities where they are abandoned, abused, and sexually assaulted.
- Father Known to DCF Who Abused, Neglected and Starved Toddler to Death Takes Plea, Gets 20-year Sentence
- Foster Kids Starved, Beaten and Sexually Abused, Reports Show Few Caregivers are Punished
- After years of ignoring red flags, DCF secretary finally recognizes department’s failures in stopping child sexual abuse
- NBC News: A profitable ‘death trap’
- CBS 12: Caregivers charged with child abuse of mute, blind quadriplegic girl
- Netflix Expose’ on Son’s Torture, Death Nothing New to Florida Families
- News Break: 2 employees at behavioral facility accused in Brevard County child abuse case
- Miami Herald: Miami mother pleads guilty to torture-murder of adopted daughter Nubia Barahona
- News Press: Meet Anber, a teen who struggles with mental health. Did the system fail her?
- Local 10: Police say Miami foster mother abused children, causing one girl to die
- Deadline: ‘Foster Boy,’ Legal Thriller About Foster Child, Has Surprising Real-Life Turn Of Events
- AP: Claims of abuse in foster homes mount for migrant kids separated at border
- Gainesville Sun: Children flee adoptive parents, describe home of horrors
- Local 10: Girl, 8, abused by adoptive family over several years, police say
- WPLG: 3 arrested after foster child beaten for not finishing homework, police say
- Educators Face Charges of Physical Abuse of Autistic Children, Failure to Report Sex Abuse
- Horrible Abuse of Orange Park Teen by His Own Mother and Grandmother
- Orlando Sentinel: ‘Baby steps’ made to protect kids 20 years after Kayla McKean, 6, was murdered by father
- Governor Scott Signs $5 Million Claims Bill for Child Sexually Abused by Foster Boy Living in the Home
- Foster Child Deaths Again Highlight Failed Privatized Welfare System
- Attorney: Human Trafficking Affects Kids Across South Florida, the World
- Attorney: Girl Who Streamed Suicide on Facebook Live Was Failed by System
- Child Abuse Attorney: Girl’s Suicide an Example of Failed Child Welfare Privatization
- Letter to Florida Bar Applauds Children’s Services Council
- Child Tells of Abuse, Rats in Home of Mother Whose Child Vanished
- 3 Accused of Beating Mentally Impaired Man at State Hospital in Pembroke Pines
- South Florida Children’s Rights Attorney Named to List of Best Lawyers in America
- Child Sexual Abuse Lawyer: Arrest Shows Parents Must Watch ‘Trusted’ Adults
- Florida Child Abuse Attorney: Journal Reveals Allegations of Child Sex Abuse
- Court to DCF: ‘Astounding’ that Agency Didn’t Follow Case of At-Risk Child Whose Mother Now Says is Dead
- Before Mother Reportedly Smothers Two Children in Broward, Warning Signs Were There
- Florida Foster Child Lawyer: Neighbor’s Tip Again Leads to Arrest in Child Abuse Cases
- Florida Couple Arrested for Child Abuse Highlights Need to Report Harm
- Foster Care Documentary Shows the Need for Reform of Florida’s Privatized Child Welfare System
- Video: Fort Lauderdale Foster Child Abuse Attorney Wins UM Award
- News Reports: Agency in ‘House of Horrors’ Foster Care Case Cited For Sending Kids to Alleged Sex Abuser
- Fort Lauderdale Foster Child Abuse Attorney to be Honored for Career Protecting Kids
- Florida’s Foster Children and Advocates to be Celebrated at Fort Lauderdale Event
- Florida Claims Bills Seek to Help Abused Children Who Wait Years for Damage Awards
- Florida’s Children First to Honor ‘Youth Advocate of the Year’ on Feb. 26 in Fort Lauderdale
- Florida Supreme Court Rules for Lawyers for Foster Children
- Judge Blasts Agency for Miami Foster Kids Forced into ‘Cockfights’
- One Year Later, Phoebe’s Abuse, Death Still Haunt Child Advocates
- Kan. Lawmaker Explores Ending State’s Private Child Welfare Program
- Florida DCF Reviewing Child’s ‘Suspicious’ Death of ‘Consistent with Child Abuse’
- Bill Would Limit Bad Group Homes, Improve Placement Options
- Florida Foster Child Abuse Attorney: Bill Would Limit Bad Group Homes, Improve Placement Options
- Child Abuse Attorney: Will DCF Chief’s Admitting Failure in 2 Cases Lead to Improved Care?
- Florida’s Children First to Host Palm Beach Fundraiser, Awards For Foster Kids, Child Abuse Advocates
- Florida Child Abuse Attorney: Body Found Could Be Girl, 11
- Pope Francis: Child Sexual Abuse Victims Will Be Heard
- Child Abuse Attorney: Medicating Foster Kids Without Consent is Wrong
- Florida’s Children First Honors Child Abuse Advocates, Media & Survivor
- South Florida Child Abuse Attorney Recognized for Commitment to Caring
- Child Abuse Attorney: Death of Teen in Miami-Dade Juvenile Detention Raises Concerns
- Advocates Decry Forgotten ‘Red Flags’ in Child Abuse, Neglect Cases
- The Children’s Rights Firm with a Heart – and a Dog: Talenfeld Law
- Claims of Child Prostitution, Drug Use Leave Foster Child Abuse Attorneys Concerned
- 3 Tips for Parents, Guardians to Check Coaches, Others Trusted to Care for Kids
- Child Abuse Attorney: Florida’s Children First Receives 2015 Paul Doyle Children’s Advocacy Award for Work Toward Providing Representation for Dependent Children with Special Needs
- Advocates Ask: Sarasota Girl Stabbed after DCF Knew of Family Risks?
- Girl a Victim Twice When Social Service Worker, 25, Accused of Rape
- Child Abuse Attorney: Children Found Amid ‘Horrid’ Conditions in Central Florida
- Child Sex Abuse Attorney: Protect Your Kids from Child Abuse Predators
- WFOR-TV News: ‘Broward County Florida Foster Child is Suing the Agency That Was Supposed to Protect Him’
- Florida Child Sues Kids In Distress, ChildNet, Foster Parent for Sexual Assault
- Florida Child Abuse Attorney: Red Flags Missed in Ahziya Osceola Death
- South Florida Child Abuse Lawyer: Society Must Do Better Than Letting Children Suffer in Closet
- Video: Child Welfare Attorney On How Florida DCF Knew About Ahziya Osceola’s Troubled Life
- Child Abuse Attorney: Questions Remain After Seminole Boy Found Dead in Hollywood Home
- Report: Child Sexual Abuse Costs Victims, Floridians Billions
- Child Abuse Attorney: News Stories Reveal Foster Care Privatization Experiment Failing Nationwide
- Child Welfare Fixes Big in 2015 Florida Legislative Session
- Florida Legislature to Review Lessons of Phoebe Jonchuck Death
- Domestic Violence Should Join Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse as Red Flags in DCF Cases
- Department of Children Rapid Response Team Report Cites Faults in Jonchuck Case
- Videotaping Child Sexual Abuse Investigation Interviews
- Florida Department of Children and Families Chief: 2 Jonchuck Hotline Calls Ignored
- Jorge, Carmen Barahona in Court on Charges of Horrific Child Abuse, Murder
- The Legacy of Phoebe Jonchuck: More Reforms Needed to Improve Child Protections
- DCF Revises Policies, Man Appointed Lawyer in Case of Girl Tossed Off Bridge
- Death of Child After Warning to Abuse Hotline Spurs Changes to State Response
- Child Advocate Attorney: ‘Landmark’ Medicaid Ruling to Help Kids Get Healthcare
- Foster Child Abuse Attorney Named Most Effective Lawyer Finalist for $27 Million Case
- Category: Child Advocacy
- Illinois Foster Children Who Were Abused and Neglected by Their Parents Deserve Better: The Fight for Dignity Through Proper Luggage
- Justice for Kids Leader Justin Grosz Reaches New Heights for Kids
- Leading Children’s Rights Attorney Howard Talenfeld Receives AFP Broward Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser Award
- Compensation for Child Victims: Illinois Crime Victims Compensation Program
- Illinois Expands ‘Family’ Definition in Foster Care: Relative Placements Rise, Support Challenges Emerge
- Howard Talenfeld profiled in AAJ Trial Magazine
- Leading Children’s Rights Attorney Howard Talenfeld Rejoins Youth Law Center Board
- Florida’s Children First to Honor Broward’s Top Advocates for Children on March 7
- Justin Grosz Appointed to Florida’s Children First Board of Directors
- 3rd Annual Youth Anti-Human Trafficking Summit in Broward County on Jan 8
- HANDY & Justice For Kids® are Partnering to Present “Finding Family & Friends As An Out Of Home Placement” Virtual Webinar On Wednesday, November 17
- Florida’s Children First Hosts CHILL For the Kids Virtual Wine Tasting and Celebrity Chef Demo in Jacksonville to Benefit Foster Kids
- Local 10: Mother fights to pass ‘Greyson’s Law’ after son killed by father in murder-suicide
- Florida Bar President Dori Foster-Morales Appoints Children’s Rights Lawyer Howard Talenfeld Chair of Legal Needs of Children Committee
- Florida Bar Foundation Revamps Proposed Grants to Build COVID-19 Reserve
- More permanent placements needed for Florida’s foster youth
- Children’s Rights Attorney Howard Talenfeld Receives 2018 Medal of Honor Award from The Florida Bar Foundation
- Talenfeld Law Founder Howard Talenfeld to Receive 2018 Medal of Honor Award
- Talenfeld Law Receives Law Firm of the Year Award from Legal Aid
- Florida Foster Families Receive Free Entry to State Parks
- Talenfeld Law Named Legal Aid Service of Broward County and Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida 2017 Law Firm of the Year
- Fort Lauderdale Foster Child Lawyer: Broward Legal Aid ‘Bridge to Justice’ Breakfast Raises $54,000
- Florida’s Children First to Host Miami-Dade Advocacy Awards Fundraiser
- Florida Bill Helps Foster Kids Find Driver’s Freedom
- Three Foster Child Suicides, One Message: Child Welfare Privatization is a Failure
- Lawyer: After Two Suicides In 60 Days, Florida’s Privatization Of Foster Care Is A Failure
- Broward Foster Child Advocacy Event Raises Thousands to Protect At-Risk Kids
- Florida’s Children First to Host Broward Child Advocacy Awards Feb. 23 in Fort Lauderdale
- US: Florida Department of Children & Families Needs Foster Kids Plan
- Children’s Rights Attorney Barri A. Reisch Joins Fort Lauderdale-based Talenfeld Law
- Young Man Dies at Broward Youth Treatment Center
- Autistic Man Not Competent to Stand Trial on Child Porn Charges
- Florida Child Advocacy Law Firm Talenfeld Law a $10,000 Sponsor of Public Good Benefitting Legal Aid Programs in Broward County
- Hearing Officer Chides Agency for Persons with Disabilities for Declining Child’s Care
- Florida DCF Investigating Death of Infant Taken From Family
- Tampa Community to Celebrate Foster Child Advocates on June 7
- Florida’s Children First Honors Miami-Dade State Attorney, Senator and Public Defender’s Office at its Miami Awards Reception
- Talenfeld Law Expands to Central Florida; Attorney Lisa M. Elliott to Head Children’s Rights Office in Daytona Beach
- Attorneys’ Work Pays Off As State Settles Child Medicaid Class-Action Suit
- Florida Advocates’ Successful Push for Florida Foster Kids Gets Tuition Exemptions for College, Graduate Education
- Florida Foster Child Abuse Lawyer Howard Talenfeld Receives UM Law Alumni Achievement Award
- University of Miami Law School Alumni to Honor Children’s Rights Lawyer Howard Talenfeld
- Success Stories of Florida Youth Shine’s Former Foster Children
- Florida Youth Shine Reaches 10 Year Milestone
- Children’s Rights Attorneys, Advocates to Gather for Broward Fundraiser
- Advocates to Honor Those Who Aid Florida Abused, Neglected Kids
- Talenfeld Law Staff Play Santa With Holiday Gifts For Adopted Family
- Florida Foster Child Abuse Lawyer: YLC Continues Efforts to Limit Group Care
- Florida Child Advocate Attorney: Adopted at 26, Foster Child Finally Finds his Forever Family
- Florida’s Children First to Host Jacksonville Advocacy Awards & Reception on Nov. 12
- Leading Fort Lauderdale Child Sex Abuse Attorney Discusses Improving System
- Five Under Children’s Home Society Care Walk Out of Miami Foster Home
- Foster Child Abuse Advocacy Group Wins State Bar Award
- Premier Child Abuse Attorney Howard Talenfeld Named to 2015 Civil Rights Super Lawyers List
- Child Advocate Lawyer Stacie Schmerling Named ‘Rising Star’
- Like the Broward Bar Young Lawyers, Raise Money to Help Florida’s At-Risk Foster Kids
- Florida’s Children First Receives 2015 Advocacy Award for Helping Special Needs Kids
- Former Foster Kids Highlighted in NBC6 Forever Family Profile
- Florida’s Child Advocates See End to Needless Foster Child Deaths
- Florida Child Advocate Howard Talenfeld Selected as a “Leaders in Law” Finalist by South Florida Business & Wealth
- Florida Foster Child Abuse Lawyer Earns Top Rating from Peers for 29th Straight Year
- Child Advocacy Group Florida’s Children First to Host Broward Fundraiser, Advocate Awards
- Death of Florida Youth in Juvenile Detention Raises Questions
- Broward Schools Heel Over Boy’s Service Dog
- Join Florida’s Children First as Broward Awards Honors Advocates for At-Risk, Foster Kids
- Child Abuse Attorney, Foster Child Lawyer Howard Talenfeld Named ‘Champion for Children’
- Again, Court Calls on DCF to Explain Care for At-Risk Kids
- Florida Child Advocates Laud Judge’s Ruling on Medical Costs for Needy Kids
- Keep Florida’s Children First in Mind When Planning Your 2015 Giving
- Talenfeld Law Open House Showcases Firm Focused on Abused, Disabled, Injured Kids
- Category: Child Neglect
- Category: Child Sex Abuse
- Sun-Sentinel: Could a Florida death penalty case reshape how U.S. handles child sex abuse?
- Delayed Disclosure Isn’t Unusual—So Why Is the Law Still Built Around Immediate Memory?
- Florida Teen Accused of Lying About Sexual Abuse Shares Her Story
- WUFT: Sex crimes against children on the rise in Florida
- WGN-TV: Former Illini football player charged with sex crimes against children in DCFS program
- Exposing the Hidden Nightmares: Former Inmates Break Silence on Sexual Abuse in Illinois Youth Centers
- One of America’s Most Prolific Pedophiles Sexually Abused Hundreds of Children in the South Suburbs of Chicago
- Bill Reforming Sentencing for Victims of Child Sex Trafficking by Considering Child’s Involvement in Welfare System
- Investigative Report Reveals Chicago Public School Employees Sexually Groomed and Sexually Assaulted Students and Failed to Properly Report Sexual Contact with Students
- Justin Grosz interviewed by Sun-Sentinel for series on human trafficking issues in Florida
- Throughout the Covid-19 Pandemic, Over 2,700 Abused and Neglectd Children Came into the Custody of Illinois’ Already Struggling Child Welfare System
- Florida Law Enforcement Acts Swiftly to Apprehend a Therapist for Sexually Abusing a Child
- Inspiring Story Told by Former Foster Care Child Who Was Abused and Neglected
- Father Christopher Ciomek of St. Peter Damian Parish in Bartlett, Illinois, has been removed from the ministry as a result of allegations of child sex abuse
- 10-Year-Old Child Sexually Assaulted Multiple Times
- As a result of the pandemic, internet child abuse and sexual exploitation is on the rise, and law enforcement is finding it difficult to keep up with the overwhelming caseload.
- Miami Herald: Sex abuse claims revealed at Homestead shelter, where staff was not vetted for child abuse
- NBC New York: Online Sex Predators Are Targeting Kids During Online Learning, FBI Warns
- The Center Square: Super Bowl first test of Florida’s new defense against human trafficking
- Marietta Daily Journal: Cobb woman awarded $50 million in lawsuit against nonprofit
- Daily Business Review: Web Outreach on Sex Trafficking Connects Accusers to Attorneys, But Raises Questions
- WFLA: Florida child therapist charged with 50 counts of possession of child pornography
- Florida Legislature Approves Claims Bill for Child Sexually Abused by Foster Boy Living in the Home
- Anti-Human Trafficking Bills Deserve to be Heard
- Lead Agencies Must Acquire Appropriate Insurance Coverage
- Category: Class Action
- Category: Commentary
- Category: Court Cases
- Justice for Kids Achieves Three Top 50 Florida Verdicts
- Sun-Sentinel: Lawsuit claims Florida hotels didn’t stop sex trafficking
- DBR: Legal Aid Groups Bring Class Action Against Florida Agencies Over Medicaid Terminations
- Miami Herald: BSO could have intervened to protect this abused baby. It didn’t. She died violently.
- Judge Warns Florida DCF Lawyer in Case of Girl’s Facebook Live Suicide
- Category: Day Care Negligence
- Category: Developmentally Disabled
- Category: Firm News
- Stacie Schmerling Selected to 2025 Florida Trend NOTABLE Women Leaders in Law
- Children Civil Rights Lawyer Howard Talenfeld Named to 2025 Florida Super Lawyers List
- Justice for Kids Partner Stacie J. Schmerling Recognized in Florida Trend’s Women Leaders in Law
- Justice for Kids Welcomes Attorney Jacob R. Wander
- Preeminent Children’s Rights Attorney Howard Talenfeld Receives National Recognition with 2024 Trial Lawyers Care Award
- Justice for Kids Leader Howard Talenfeld Honored at Keiser University Choice Awards
- Prominent Children’s Rights Attorney Howard Talenfeld Named to Florida Trend 500 Legends List
- A baby died in foster care in Marion. Now two social service agencies face negligence case.
- Kelley Kronenberg Attorney Julianna Walo Selected for Inclusion as Rising Star in 2022 Illinois Super Lawyers Magazine
- Howard Talenfeld Selected as an Honoree in South Florida Business & Wealth’s Legal Awards
- Children’s Rights Lawyer Howard Talenfeld to Chair Florida Bar Legal Needs of Children Committee for a Third Term
- Stacie Schmerling Interviewed by Orlando News 6
- Kelley Kronenberg Attorney Julianna B. Walo Appointed to Illinois State Bar Association Delivery of Legal Services Committee
- Kelley Kronenberg Adds Attorney Julianna B. Walo in Chicago
- Kaitlin Coyle Joins Justice for Kids®
- Child Injury Attorney Howard Talenfeld Marks 40 Years of Practicing Law
- Justice for Kids Business Unit Leader Howard Talenfeld Recognized by Best Lawyers®
- DBR: This Broward Woman’s Case Could Change the Way Hospitals, DCF Evaluate Disabled Parents
- Talenfeld Law and The JG Firm Join Forces with Kelley Kronenberg to Create Leading Practice Representing Children
- Talenfeld Law Listed in 2020 “Best Law Firms”
- Howard Talenfeld Named in Florida Trend 500
- Talenfeld Law’s Howard Talenfeld Selected for Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2019
- Talenfeld Law Partner Stacie J. Schmerling Selected to 2018 Florida Rising Stars List
- Category: Florida Department of Children and Families
- Claims Bill Filed to Help Permanently Injured Child
- Lawsuit: DCF accused of keeping kids from relatives, adopting them to system-connected strangers
- Stacie Schmerling featured on WESH 2 in Orlando
- WTSP: Pinellas sheriff will announce criminal investigation of lead child welfare agency
- Tampa Bay Times: Eckerd Connects loses child welfare contract in Pinellas, Pasco
- Florida DCF confirmed flaws with the handling of child abuse complaints concerning foster parents following USA Today story
- Another Death of a Child Known to DCF
- Current Florida policy leaves hundreds of foster children without Medicaid coverage
- DCF Florida’s Chief Inspector General defends investigation into nonprofit executive pay
- Tampa Bay Times: A fresh start for Florida to protect abused children
- Howard Talenfeld Quoted in Miami Herald Article on Florida’s Child Protection System
- Florida Girl Who Died in Facebook Live Hanging Prescribed Powerful Psych Drug
- Child Injury Attorney Report: Investigation Launched Into Young Boy’s Christmas Eve Death
- Category: Florida Department of Juvenile Justice
- Category: Florida Youth Shine
- Category: Florida's Children First
- Young Adult Housing Support Bill: A Legislative Victory for Florida’s Vulnerable Foster Youth Facing Housing Instability
- Florida’s Children First Celebrates 20th Anniversary
- Florida’s Premiere Youth Advocacy Organization Brings Celebrity Chef Experience To Its Supporters For An Evening To Benefit Kids In And Aging Out Of Foster Care
- Florida’s Children First Launches “CHILL” Virtual Fundraiser to Support Critical Work with Foster Youth
- Tampa Bay Times: Plan to use secure facility for Hillsborough’s problem foster teens is ‘ludicrous,’ sheriff says
- Florida’s Preeminent Child Advocacy Group Florida’s Children First Hosts Annual Broward County Fundraiser Event February 21st
- Category: Foster Children
- Oregon’s Foster Youth Rights Bill: Why Legal Representation and Dignity Matter
- Sealed Records, Silenced Survivors: What the C.G. versus City of New York Case Tells Us About Systemic Failure
- Illinois Foster Agencies Falsely Claim There is a True Insurance Crisis
- Gov. DeSantis Signs Bill to Close Support Gap for Foster Youth in Transition to Adulthood
- Holly Hill man accused of repeatedly abusing foster children to remain in jail, judge rules
- Tallahassee Democrat: Frustrated foster parents support attorneys for children
- Tampa Bay Times: Pinellas sheriff blasted foster agency, but his investigators removed children at a higher rate than any other county
- Nearly 1,000 foster care kids missing in Missouri according to report
- The State of Illinois has Been Collecting Foster Children’s Benefits to Reimburse Itself; New Legislation Aims to Move the Money to the Children
- DCFS Criticized for Not Protecting LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care in Recent Report from Auditor General
- NBC News – Foster care crisis: More kids are entering, but fewer families are willing to take them in
- Miami Herald: 18 test positive for COVID-19 at His House, Florida’s largest foster group home
- Newly-released Report Shows How Florida Compares to Other States in Outcomes of Youth Transitioning from Foster Care
- Howard Talenfeld published in South Florida Legal Guide
- Opinion Piece: In Florida and Nationally, Privatized Foster Care is a Failed Experiment
- Category: human trafficking
- Category: Illinois Child Welfare
- Category: Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
- Broken Trust: How Overburdened Caseworkers Are Failing Illinois’ Most Vulnerable Children
- Illinois Child Welfare Crisis: 36 Years of Failed Reform at DCFS
- Navigating the Complexities of Child Welfare: A Critical Look at Illinois DCFS
- State Senator’s Legislation Reinforcing DCFS’ Permanency Goals to Protect Child Welfare Passes the Senate
- The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) placed a child sexual assault victim into the care of a pimp with a lengthy criminal history
- Federal class action lawsuit alleging that the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) continually lacks placements for and has willfully and wrongly incarcerated hundreds of children in its care
- Illinois’ Department of Children and Family Services Director Marc Smith Held in Contempt of Court Yet Again for Lack of Placements for Foster Children After a Youth Spent More than Half a Year in a Psychiatric Hospital Beyond Medical Necessity
- Civil Rights of Children Violated — Only 37 Emergency Shelter Beds are Available for Youth Across Illinois while Specialized Foster Home Beds Have Not Been Created
- Civil Rights Violations of Hundreds of Children are Left in Psych Wards and Emergency Shelters after DCFS Eliminated Nearly 500 Residential Beds
- Category: Legislation
- New Law Provides Foster and Adoptive Families with Additional Resources to Care for Children Exposed to Trauma, Abuse, and Neglect
- South Florida Mother Fights for Greyson’s Law After the Tragic and Preventable Murder of Her 4-Year-Old Son
- The Florida Legislature Shines a Light to Stem Human Trafficking in Florida
- Category: Medically Fragile
- Category: Negligence
- Your Family Deserved the Truth: Fighting Adoption Agency Negligence
- Child Welfare Agencies Accused of Keeping Foster Children With Developmental Disabilities at Hospitals Beyond Medical Necessity
- Family Awarded $13.5 Million for Adoption that Led to Sexual Molestation Following a Trial Led by Justice for Kids
- Miami New Times – Lawsuit: State Agency Ignored Red Flags Before Miami Mother Killed Children
- Jury Awarded Father $4.5 Million in Damages in Wrongful Death Case Involving Broward Sheriff’s Office
- Sun-Sentinel: Family of baby killed in abuse case seeking $15 million from Broward Sheriff’s Office
- Another Child Death from Neglect After Being Left in a Motor Vehicle
- Category: News
- Prominent Children’s Rights Attorney Howard Talenfeld Named to Forbes Top 200 American Lawyers
- School bus carrying a Chicago area high school hockey team hit and flipped on its side injuring 16 students; Police were warned driver was speeding excessively and swerving
- Miami Herald: ‘This is like a divorce.’ Shelters housing migrant kids caught between DeSantis, Biden
- Kelley Kronenberg Expands Justice for Kids Division with the Addition of Kayla Riera-Gomez
- Howard Talenfeld Selected Once Again to Florida Trend 500
- Florida report cites non-profits paying executives too much
- Child-Abuse Reports Are Falling, and That’s Bad News for Children
- New York Times: ‘It’s Hit Our Front Door’: Homes for the Disabled See a Surge of Covid-19
- NBC 6 South Florida: NBC 6’s Arlene Borenstein has the intimate story and how this woman is hoping to save the next generation from being victims.
- Talenfeld Law Partners Listed in 2020 South Florida Legal Guide
- Statewide Human Trafficking Summit Reminds Us that More Progress, Prevention is Needed
- Florida Child Abuse Attorney Named ‘Super Lawyer’
- Category: Nursing Home
- Category: Oregon Department of Human Services
- Category: Sexual Abuse
- Central Florida Youth Pastor Accused of Foster Child Sexual Abuse
- The Epidemic of Sexual Abuse in Foster Care is a Pipeline to Juvenile Delinquency, Prison and Death Row
- Oregon Capital Chronicle: DHS offers record $40 million to settle lawsuit from abused foster children
- Sexual Abuse and Negligence at an Elgin Daycare
- Another Sexual Abuse Cover-up by an Institution — the Southern Baptist Convention
- Category: Uncategorized
- ICE “Welfare Checks”: How Unaccompanied Migrant Children Are Losing Homes and Legal Rights
- Left Behind at 18: Why Texas Must Expand Foster Care to Prevent Homelessness and Harm
- WFSU: The Franklin County sheriff calls out DCF for abandoning kids
- New Report Shows Florida Has Nation’s Highest Rate of Kids Visiting ERs For Preventable Dental Issues
- Jury Awards $485 Million in Damages in Foster Child Sexual Abuse Case
- WVLA: La. Department of Children and Family Services responds to lawsuit alleging “years of alleged sexual abuse”
- A Resource for Parents and Local Community Leaders on Playground Accessibility and Inclusiveness
- The Florida Legislature Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (“OPPAGA”) has issued its report to ensure accountability and strengthen Florida’s Guardian ad Litem Program
- Howard Talenfeld Recognized By 2-1-1 Broward as Non-Profit Board Leader
- Local 10: Employee at Broward Youth Treatment Center tests positive for coronavirus
- A Resource for Designing the Perfect Home Playroom for Children with Autism
- A Resource for Caretakers of Children with Disabilities
- Mourning the loss of a true advocate for kids – Joel Fass
- Miami Herald: Reports of child neglect piled up. BSO declared the kids safe. Now the boys are dead.
- Talenfeld Law Attorneys Featured in 2019 Florida Super Lawyers Magazine Once Again
- Nonprofit Industry Veteran Jaye Abbate Joins Florida’s Children First as Vice President of Communications and Community Relations
- Tampa Bay Times: State agrees to foster care reforms in Miami-Dade and Monroe counties, but what about rest of Florida?
- Daily Business Review: Exposés Explore Child Sex Abuse by Celebs and Complicit Family Members
- Howard Talenfeld Featured in Florida Trend 500 List for 2018
- Child Advocates Raise Concern Over Care of Migrant Children Taken From Their Parents
- Children’s Rights Lawyer Stacie J. Schmerling Receives AV Preeminent Rating from Martindale-Hubbell
- Urge the Constitution Revision Commission To Do Right by Foster Children
- Howard Talenfeld Profiled in the Daily Business Review
- A Week to Celebrate the Impact of Florida Foster Families
- Chances to Save At-Risk Miami Child Lost to Department of Children And Families: Child Abuse Attorney
- Florida Foster Child Abuse Attorney Named to ‘Super Lawyers’ List
- Please join us for The Dylan Schopp Sunshine Foundation’s Sunshine at the Park
- A Sad Refrain: Broward’s Privatized Child Abuse System Does Not Protect Abused Children
- Gloria Fletcher – One of Florida’s Greatest Child Advocates and Foster Child Attorneys
- Talenfeld Law Partner Stacie Schmerling Receives Tracey McPharlin Pro Bono Counsel of the Year Award
- Children’s Rights Lawyer / Veteran Child Welfare Worker Stacie J. Schmerling Named Partner at Talenfeld Law, Nation’s Leading Children’s Rights Law Firm
- Welcome to the Justice For Kids Blog
- Preeminent Children’s Rights Attorney Howard Talenfeld Launches New Law Firm; First Florida Law Firm to Focus Solely on Protecting Rights of Abused, Neglected, Disabled Children
Attorneys
- John Walsh
- Jim Walsh
- Brianna Ramirez
- Ashley Sookram
- Chrissi Duminuco
- Russell Duminuco
- Marisela Garcia
- Erica Torres
- Sara DeSouza
- Sharon Herman
- Eric A. Calvo
- Jacob R. Wander
- Lelia Schleier
- Julianna B. Walo
- Justin Grosz
- Lisa M. Hoffman
- Tracey K. McPharlin, Esq.
- Stacie J. Schmerling
- Nicole R. Coniglio
- Howard Talenfeld
Landings
Videos
- Stacie Schmerling Discusses Negligent Investigations of Child Abuse and Neglect
- Justin Grosz Discusses Human Trafficking
- Child on Child Abuse
- 20/20 interviews Howard Talenfeld on abused foster kids
- Stacie J. Schmerling speaks about protecting children who have been harmed by Florida’s Foster Care System
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- Howard Talenfeld discusses child deaths under DCF
Results
- Autistic Child’s Family Receives Undisclosed Settlement Amounts from Doctor and Group Home Alleged to be Responsible for the Death of a 12-Year-Old Child with Autism
- Civil Rights Claims Involving 42 USC § 1983 Asserted Against Crisis Stabilization Facility (CSU)
- Lawsuit Against Private Child Welfare Providers and Individual Employees for Allowing Child’s Mental Health to Deteriorate
- Lawsuit Filed in Broward County Against DCF and Private Community-Based Agencies Located in Polk County and Volusia County on Behalf of a Child Who Had Been Sexually Abused by His Parents and Exposed to Domestic Violence
- Case Against Private Agency That Owned and Operated an Emergency Shelter for Failure to Protect Child from Sexual Assault by Male Employee
- Private Agency Places Foster Child with Known Pedophile
- Private Community-Based Lead Agency and Subcontractor Fail to Protect Foster Child from Physical and Emotional Harm in Group Home
- Attorneys Settled Case for Trafficked Child Against Child Welfare Agencies and Motel for Undisclosed Sum
- Broward Sheriff’s Office Questioned for Management of Abuse Allegations Involving Infant Who Suffered Injuries, Brain Damage
- Developmentally and Physically Disabled Foster Child Subjected to Abuse and Neglect in Foster Care in Florida and Languished in Foster Care for Years Without Receiving Appropriate Disability Services
- Case Involving Abuse and Drowning
- Children’s Civil Rights Lawyers Settle Lawsuit for Undisclosed Settlement Amounts for Foster Child Who Livestreamed Suicide on Facebook
- Jacksonville Jury Awarded $13.5 Million in Negligent Adoption Case
- Jury Awarded $15 Million to Brain Damaged 8-Year-Old Child in Damages Case Against DCF for Negligent Investigation
- Jury Awarded $4.5 Million in Damages in Wrongful Death Case Involving Negligent Abuse Investigation by Broward Sheriff’s Office
- Governor Scott Signs $5 Million Claims Bill for Child Sexually Abused by Foster Boy Living in the Home
- Law Firm for Eight Abused Former Foster Care Children Settle With NYC, Child Care Agencies for $26 Million
- Florida DCF Hit With $5 Million Verdict in Child-On-Child Sex Abuse
- Civil Rights Lawsuit Win Brings Sexually Assaulted & Neglected Siblings $5 Million Settlement
- Abused Florida Foster Children Win $2.9 Million in Landmark Civil Rights Decision
- Attorneys Establish Standard Used to Determine Eligibility Based Upon Intellectual Disability in State of Florida
- Firm Makes Damage Recovery in Undisclosed Amount and Establishes Precedent For Civil Statutory Damages Claim for Developmentally Disabled
- Firm Sues Florida Dept. of Children & Families, Settles Negligence Case for $14.26 Million
- Firm Earns Consent Decree Leading to Reforms, Increased Budget in Broward County Foster Care System
- Wrongful Adoption Case Leads to Civil Rights, Negligence Claims and Settlement With DCF and Private Providers
- Abuse of 4-Month-Old Child Leads to Settlement With Community-Based Care Provider
- Unreported Child-On-Child Sexual Abuse Leads to Settlement for Two Developmentally Disabled Boys
- Girls Sexually Abused by Mother Earn $2.2 Million Settlement from ChildNet and Florida Department of Children and Families
- DCF, Care Provider Settle Over Child Left Brain Damaged After Near-Drowning
- Residential Treatment Facility Settles Violent Child-On-Child Rape Claim for $4 Million
- Florida Department of Children & Families Hit With $5 Million Verdict in Child-On-Child Sex Abuse; Governor Scott Signs $5 Million Claims Bill for Child Sexually Abused by Foster Boy Living in the Home
- Foster Kids Abused in Horrific New York Case Settle for $9.7 Million
- $10 million Dollar Verdict Upheld on Appeal for Young Apprentice Jockey (Miami)
- South Florida Jet Ski Tragedy Settles Confidentially
- School Settles Violent Child-On-Child Rape Claim for $4 Million
Practice Areas
- Sexual Abuse in Foster Care: Legal Help for Victims and Families
- CHILD ABUSE LAWYER
- School, Hazing and Bullying Injuries to Children
- Foster Care Abuse Lawyer
- Children's Civil Rights Lawyer
- Child Sexual Abuse
- Public Service/Pro Bono
- Children We Represent
- Therapist Negligence
- Sexual Abuse - Schools, Shelters, Religious Organizations, and Civic Organizations
- Sexual Abuse - Child-on-Child Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Abuse - Foster Parents and Caretakers of Children
- Psychotropic Drug Abuse
- Products Liability and Abuse (Children)
- Physically Abused Children
- Negligent Abuse Investigations
- Mental Health and Drug Injuries
- Medical, Psychological and Professional Malpractice Cases
- Estate Planning, Guardianship and Trust Planning for Disabled Children
- Drug Abuse Facilities and Addiction Treatment
- Drownings and Near Drownings
- Disabled Children Injuries
- DCF Negligence and Claims Bills
- Class Actions to Protect Children
- Civil Rights Violations 42 USC § 1983 Claims on Behalf of Children
- Child Death Cases
- Child and Day Care Injuries & Deaths
- Children Injured at Home by their own Parents
- Children Injured and Abused by Adoptive Parents
- Children Injured by Drug or Alcohol Addicted Parents
- Child Welfare Injury Claims
- Child and Human Trafficking
- Child Catastrophic Injuries
- School, Hazing and Bullying Injuries to Children
- Child Adoption–Negligent Adoption