Data · Policy · Child Welfare

Public-interest data tools for Florida's child-welfare system.

Data is one part of a system's story. Public records should be public.

Robert Latham, Esq. Associate Professor of Professional Practice, University of Miami School of Law · Associate Director, Children & Youth Law Clinic

Available tools

Data dashboards
DCF · Dept. of Children & Families Child Welfare Data

Updated DCF Dashboards

Florida out-of-home care trends, forecasts, and projections — entries, exits, net flow, investigations, and 24-month population projections by region.

Open APD · Persons with Disabilities Waiver Dashboards

APD Waiver Dashboards

Pre-enrollment waitlist trends by priority category and county, plus monthly waiver offers, responses, and wait-time-to-offer breakdowns.

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Public records search
APD · Persons with Disabilities Document Search

APD Administrative Orders Search

Full-text search across Agency for Persons with Disabilities administrative orders — by keyword, phrase, case number, or appeal number.

Open Florida dependency law Legal Research

Dependency Law Finder

Florida's dependency statutes, juvenile rules, DCF's administrative code, CFOPs and forms, and federal child welfare law, each linked to the appellate opinions that cite it. Includes CFOP Finder's full-text CFOP search and its daily check against DCF's Resource Library.

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Open data · Public interest

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