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October 1, 2007
 Preliminary Report of the Florida Task Force on Child Protection
The Florida Task Force on Child Protection released a preliminary report
to identify deficiencies and make recommendations for improvements in
child welfare policies, procedures, and training across the state. The
Task Force found that the state of Florida's Department of Children and
Families (DCF) lacks standardized adequate background checks for
relatives, foster parents, and other potential caregivers. In addition,
the DCF has not fully implemented recommendations from the Governors
Blue Ribbon Panel on Child Protection and other reports to incorporate a
current photograph, fingerprints, birth verification, and a DNA sample
into every child's case file. The report also made several
recommendations to the DCF as to correcting these inadequacies and
dealing with other issues, such as runaways.
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