Gov. Rick Scott with child protective services and then-interim DCF chief Ester Jacobo. (Photo by Meredyth Hope Hall via FLGov.com)

Gov. Rick Scott with child protective services and then-interim DCF chief Ester Jacobo. (Photo by Meredyth Hope Hall via FLGov.com.)

In the second part of our series “Florida’s Shrinking Workforce,” Ashley Lopez, with WGCU and the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, explains how staff cuts at Florida’s Department of Children and Families left some of the state’s most vulnerable children unprotected.

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