A staff member from the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families mistakenly went to the George H. Mitchell Elementary School in Bridgewater to investigate allegations supposedly involving ...

The state Department of Children and Families is expected to send an 8-year-old American-born girl to Guatemala after a court order, giving custody to her deported father who reportedly raped the girl ...

The Vermont Department for Children and Families was unable to track children in its custody after an information technology failure crippled the department’s core data systems in December, raising ...

A weekly SCOTUS explainer newsletter by columnist Kimberly Atkins Stohr. A focus on out-of-home placement is reflected in DCF spending. Less than 10 percent of the DCF budget is earmarked for “Family ...

Amid a lawsuit alleging the violation of religious freedoms and an investigation from the federal government, the state Department of Children and Families dropped a policy requiring that prospective ...

OUR TODD KAZAKIEWICH IS IN WORCESTER WITH DETAILS TONIGHT. OVER THE COURSE OF DCFS INVOLVEMENT WITH THE FAMILIES, THE RISK TO THE CHILDREN ESCALATED AND THEIR WELL-BEING DECLINED. THE MASSACHUSETTS ...

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 ...

The Massachusetts Department of Children and Families had a lengthy history of involvement with the family of A'zella Ortiz before the 4-year-old girl was found dead in October 2024. Here is a ...

The state’s child welfare system failed 4-year-old A’zella Ortiz and her siblings, according to a scathing report released Wednesday by the Office of the Child Advocate (OCA). It found that the ...

WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Delaware Community Foundation (DCF), one of the largest charitable organizations in the state and a top 100 community foundation nationwide, today announced 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 ...

The DeMoD Communications Framework (DCF) is a free and open-source software (FOSS) framework evolved from the DeMoD Secure Protocol, designed for low-latency, modular, and interoperable data exchange.