Florida Department of Children and Families


The Florida Department of Children and Families is a state agency of Florida. Its headquarters are in Room 202 in Building 1 of the 1317 Winewood Boulevard complex in Tallahassee. The department provides social services to children, adults, refugees, domestic violence victims, human trafficking victims, the homeless community, child care providers, disabled people, elderly.
The department was created in 1996 when the Florida Legislature split the former Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services into two new departments: DCF and the Florida Department of Health.
The Department operates the Florida Civil Commitment Center, in Arcadia.

Appointed Secretaries

Health and Rehabilitative Services (1969–1996)

Community-Based Care is an initiative of DCF to improve its Child Welfare and Foster Care Services by contracting with local not-for-profit social services agencies through a competitive procurement process designed to engage community stakeholders. Its goals are to increase accountability, resource development, local community ownership, and system performance.

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