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Florida Dept. of Children and Families Base Case">
Headquarters: 1317 Winewood Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32399
Phone: (850) 487-1111
Business: Manages child welfare in Florida, including foster-care placement, and monitoring and investigations of abuse and neglect
State Chief Information Officer: Kimberly Bahrami
Operations for 2002-2003: Budget of $3.8 billion includes $24.5 million for HomeSafenet project
Challenge: Complete HomeSafenet, a long-delayed child-welfare information system to improve identification of high-risk cases and improve child safety
Reduce child deaths that follow a report of abuse or neglect. In 2001, 35 such deaths were reported, and a study concluded that at least 74% were preventable
Improve tracking of children in foster care, following a report that there were 393 unaccounted-for children in the state's care
Eliminate backlog of about 30,000 cases
Projects: Processes 
