State records show the controversial initiative shifted priorities away from DCF’s eligibility division that has since failed federal standards and left Floridians cut off
Category: Health
Posted inHealth
Florida has left mentally-ill defendants in jail for months past legal limits, lawsuit says
At least three people died, and the psychiatric conditions of others deteriorated, while waiting for transfer to state hospitals
Posted inEnvironment
Florida sets new course for controversial herbicide program behind closed doors
Florida’s herbicide spraying has sparked public backlash and promises to reform the way the state manages invasive aquatic plants. But state officials are starting to form that strategy in secret.
Posted inState Government
Where are they now? Key actors in Hope Florida scandal got promoted
Despite finding the $10 million was misappropriated, the grand jury said there was “insufficient evidence” to charge anyone criminally – because no one would admit to orchestrating the scheme.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Where Florida’s Gun Violence Exacts Its Biggest Toll on Black and Latino Children
An analysis of hospital claims data in Florida found that firearm injuries of children
disproportionately hit families in a handful of ZIP codes, almost all of them in Jacksonville, Orlando,
Miami, or Tampa Bay.
Posted inEnvironment
Weakened federal heat protection rules leave Florida workers sweating
Florida is the national epicenter for workplace heat injuries — and workers organizing to convince their employers to offer voluntary heat protections.
Posted inHealth
Judges criticize Florida over Medicaid notices that don’t say why coverage ended
The legal clash pits Florida’s health agencies against low-income families represented by advocacy groups over how clearly the government must communicate when ending essential public benefits
Posted inHealth
Florida said it couldn’t fix confusing Medicaid notices. Under court order, it only took months
A lawsuit alleged that nearly 500,000 people got legally deficient Medicaid termination notices. A judge agreed. Now the state is fixing them.
Posted inEnvironment
Toxic Tides: Rising seas increase risk of contaminants in Jacksonville’s waterfront communities
More than 5,000 industrial facilities, water treatment plants, former defense sites, oil refineries and nuclear power plants across the coastal United States – often in or near historically marginalized neighborhoods – are now more likely to experience flooding.
Posted inHealth
‘Release the data’: Florida Trib report on maternal health spurs billboard campaign
The campaign was launched by Mayday Health, a reproductive health education nonprofit that uses digital advertising and guerilla marketing campaigns.