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FL S0204
Bill
AI Summary
- Creates the Task Force on the Monitoring of Children in Out-of-Home Care, adjunct to the Department of Law Enforcement, to identify root causes of why children go missing from out-of-home care and recommend improvements to policies, procedures, and systems for prevention and recovery
- Composes the task force of 13 members including legislators, agency heads or designees from DCF, Juvenile Justice, Guardian Ad Litem, and FDLE, as well as representatives from Safe Kids Florida, the Statewide Council on Human Trafficking, community-based care agencies, a foster parent, a group care provider, and a young adult who aged out of foster care
- Requires the Florida Institute for Child Welfare to conduct focus groups and interviews with children in out-of-home care and young adults who aged out of foster care, submitting findings to the task force by April 1, 2024
- Requires DCF to provide monthly reports through October 1, 2024, detailing the number and percentage of missing children in out-of-home care, reasons for their absence, and recovery timelines, categorized by age, county, and lead agency
- Appropriates $140,076 in nonrecurring funds from the Operating Trust Fund to FDLE for administrative support, with the task force set to convene by September 1, 2023, submit a final report by October 1, 2024, and sunset on June 30, 2025
Legislative Description
Task Force on the Monitoring of Children in Out-of-Home Care
Last Action
Chapter No. 2023-247
6/16/2023
Committee Referrals
Fiscal Policy2/15/2023
Full Bill Text
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