Howard Talenfeld

Howard Talenfeld

October 19, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Letter: In Florida and Nationally, Privatized Foster Care Is a Failed Experiment

To the editor:When U.S. Sens. Orrin Hatch and Ron Wyden, the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Senate Finance Committee, released…

By Howard Talenfeld

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November 18, 2015 | Daily Business Review

Bill Would Limit Bad Group Homes, Improve Placement Options

For more than 15 years since the privatization of child welfare in Florida, the Florida Department of Children and Families has contracted with lead agencies like ChildNet and Our Kids of Miami-Dade/Monroe Inc. to operate the system of care that has all too frequently relied upon substandard, dangerous group home placements, and sometimes even placements in motels, hotels, shelters or offices.

By Howard Talenfeld

2 minute read

November 18, 2015 | Daily Business Review

Bill Would Limit Bad Group Homes, Improve Placement Options

For more than 15 years since the privatization of child welfare in Florida, the Florida Department of Children and Families has contracted with lead agencies like ChildNet and Our Kids of Miami-Dade/Monroe Inc. to operate the system of care that has all too frequently relied upon substandard, dangerous group home placements, and sometimes even placements in motels, hotels, shelters or offices.

By Howard Talenfeld

2 minute read