Category: Department of Juvenile Justice

The Statewide Office of Suicide Prevention and Florida Office of Drug Control announced today, November 19, 2008, that Florida has been awarded $1.5 million from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to support youth suicide prevention and early …

Florida House of Representatives Speaker Ray Sansom (R-Destin) announced the following Council and Committee Staff appointments on November 18, 2008: Office of the Speaker Pro Tempore – George Levesque, Staff Director and Special Counsel Office of the Majority Leader – …

Above:  Florida Senate President-Designate Jeff Atwater (R-Palm Beach)   Today, November 13, 2008, Florida Senate President-Designate Jeff Atwater (R-Palm Beach) announced his 2008-2010 leadership team, which comprises Senator Mike Fasano (R-New Port Richey) as Senate President Pro-Tempore and Senator Alex Villalobos (R-Miami) as Chairman …

Florida House of Representatives Speaker-Designate Ray Sansom (R-Destin) announced the following Staff and House Officer appointments today, November 5, 2008: Bob Ward, Clerk of the House Earnest W. Summer, Seargeant at Arms of the House Michael Hansen, Chief of Staff …

The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (“DJJ”) has released the following Final List of Prioritized Issues for Fiscal Year 2009-2010. Legislative Budget Request — 2009-2010 Priority Budget Entity Enhancement Issue Title Request Amount 1 Detention Fiscally Constrained Counties $6,463,176 2 …

Governor Charlie Crist today, September 30, 2008, named George Sheldon as Secretary of the Department of Children and Families. Mr. Sheldon will succeed Bob Butterworth, whose resignation was effective August 15, 2008. The press release from the Office of Governor …

Lt. Governor Jeff Kottkamp today, September 29, 2008, announced the designation of “champions” for Florida children served by the state’s health and human service agencies. These “champions” are representatives from state agencies who have signed an interagency agreement to coordinate …

  Above:  House Speaker-Designate Ray Sansom   Florida House Speaker-designate Ray Sansom announced his leadership team for the 2009-2010 Legislative Sessions today, September 9, 2008, in an e-mail sent to all House Members.  The House Organizational Session is scheduled for November 18, …

  Above:  Bob Butterworth, secretary of Florida’s Department of Children & Families (and former Florida attorney general and Broward sheriff) announced on July 29, 2008 that he will step down from his role as head of DCF in August.  (Photo …

The Office of Florida Governor Charlie Crist has issued the press release below regarding Florida’s Children and Youth Cabinet. A meeting of the Youth Cabinet was held today, Monday, July 14, 2008 in Fort Myers.  To view the agenda, click …