Comment on Florida child welfare agency wages legal battle, seeks felony charge for ex-watchdog

As the state’s long-time child welfare ombudsman, it was Heather Cox Rosenberg’s job to fight for Florida’s foster children and their parents — an assignment her former employer accused her of sometimes doing too well. Leaders from the Department of Children and Families said she “disparaged the department” on social media, encouraged foster parents to seek costly care for children from a cash-strapped bureaucracy — and to go to court when they’re denied.