The new head of the Department of Children and Families (DCF) told lawmakers during a public hearing Tuesday that she’s focused on transparency. Interim DCF Commissioner Susan Hamilton spoke with the ...

The DCF model is powerful but highly sensitive to key inputs: discount rate, perpetual growth rate, and growth assumptions. Choosing the right discount rate is crucial; too low or too high a rate can ...

As a man reportedly held captive for 20 years recovers, legislators are seeking answers about the case and considering reforms to prevent similar cases in the future. The Connecticut Department of ...

Last summer two audits emerged, one state, one federal, each with something urgent to tell us about our state’s child welfare system. The first warning came from the Connecticut Auditors of Public ...

The Connecticut Legislature’s Children’s Committee is looking at reforms around child welfare as the Department of Children ...

The Massachusetts Department of Children and Families failed to properly recognize warning signs or effectively intervene with parents prior to the death a 4-year-old Worcester girl, according to a ...

This story has been updated. Lawmakers gathered on Wednesday to hear testimony from state auditors and representatives of the Department of Children and Families about a recent report which found that ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — The agencies meant to protect a Bristol woman when her guardian impregnated her at 12 years old dropped the ball multiple times, the Office of the Child Advocate (OCA) ...

The Florida Department of Children & Families has a reputation of being either unable or unwilling to adequately address a myriad of social service problems. The latest incident involving a broken ...

A state agency reviewed the case but won't release its findings. Advocates say the secrecy prevents the state from learning from mistakes that put children at risk.