Category Archives: Florida Times Union

Florida Times Union Florida panel wants tougher rules on drugs for foster kids Task force investigating boy’s suicide is making final recommendations. By Brandon Larrabee TALLAHASSEE — A task force investigating the apparent suicide of a 7-year-old foster child approved … Continue reading →

Florida Times Union Florida foster kids slower to get medications now The new rules come after a 7-year-old boy hanged himself in April. By Brandon Larrabee TALLAHASSEE – New practices after the death of a 7-year-old foster child who took … Continue reading →

Florida Times Union By Brandon Larrabee TALLAHASSEE — Alarmed lawmakers said Wednesday they plan to push through legislation next year to try to prevent overuse of mind-altering drugs by foster children after the apparent suicide of a 7-year-old boy last … Continue reading →

Florida Times Union More parents, courts approve medication; some fear they aren’t informed decisions. By Brandon Larrabee TALLAHASSEE – As a task force examining the use of psychiatric drugs by foster children draws nearer to issuing its report, caseworkers across … Continue reading →

Florida Times Union By Brandon Larrabee Story updated at 4:45 AM on Friday, May. 29, 2009 TALLAHASSEE – Almost 2,700 foster children are on psychiatric medicines, including hundreds in Northeast Florida, even though the Department of Children and Families has … Continue reading →

Florida Times Union Brandon Larrabee TALLAHASSEE — Almost 2,700 foster children in state care are on pyschiatric medicines, including hundreds in Northeast Florida, even though the agency has no authority to give the drugs to more than 16 percent of … Continue reading →