Showing posts with label Massachusetts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Massachusetts. Show all posts
Friday, August 02, 2019

Massachusetts House votes to require more reporting from Department of Children and Families on foster care system; wellness bill passes 156-0

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The Massachusetts House on Wednesday passed a bill that would require the Department of Children and Families to report on its efforts to im...
Saturday, July 27, 2019

Foster father accused of raping, assaulting children

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A Chelsea man was arraigned Monday after he was accused of sexually assaulting his two foster children. Michael Diaz, 33, was arrested Jul...
Thursday, July 25, 2019

Bill protects parents with disabilities in custody cases

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Parents with disabilities delivered emotional testimony to lawmakers, urging passage of a bill they said would protect them from discriminat...

Should siblings be kept together in foster care?

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Should siblings be kept together in foster care? That is the conversation Massachusetts lawmakers are having as they consider a bill that ...
Thursday, July 11, 2019

Clive McFarlane: Worcester family has troubling encounter with Dept. of Children and Families

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The Department of Children and Families’ mission, as one of its officials told me, “is first and foremost to protect children from abuse and...
Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Juvenile female and 2-year old son missing from Fairhaven foster home

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A juvenile female went missing/runaway from a Fairhaven foster home on Saturday, July 6, 2019, with her 2-year-old son. They may be with the...
Wednesday, July 03, 2019

Sisters Separated After Adoption Reunite At Logan Airport

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It was a meeting nearly 70 years in the making. Two sisters, one from Massachusetts, met for the first time– and they had a lot of catching ...
Monday, July 01, 2019

15-month-old foster child may have been exposed to fentanyl before death, sources say

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Authorities in Massachusetts are investigating the death of a 15-month-old girl who died at Lawrence hospital over the weekend. More ...
Saturday, June 29, 2019

Essex DA investigating deaths of 3 babies involving DCF

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The Essex County District Attorney's Office has launched an investigation into the deaths of three babies involving the Department of ...
Friday, June 28, 2019

DA: Investigation underway after 15-month-old foster child dies at Lawrence hospital

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An investigation is underway after a 15-month-old baby girl in foster care died at Lawrence General Hospital over the weekend, officials ann...
Saturday, June 08, 2019

Auditor says DCF needs to do more to help kids aging out of system

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Abused for much of their young lives, it's not surprising that many former foster children struggle as young adults. Now the state aud...
Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Governor vows to re-examine foster home abuse case

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The governor is launching a review into that horrific case of abuse in a state licensed foster home 5 Investigates exposed last week. The ...
Monday, May 20, 2019

7Investigates: Foster Children’s Money

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Millions of dollars taken from children in Massachusetts. Investigative reporter Hank Phillippi Ryan found some call a secret system. Who is...
Sunday, May 19, 2019

Opinion: Long waits for intensive foster care homes are routine for state’s most-wounded children

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Some suffer from serious medical conditions. Some have been left alone in their homes for days at a time or have had to call 911 because a p...
Saturday, May 18, 2019

Lawmaker blasts state for foster home abuse case

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A state representative is lashing out at the Department of Children and Families and the criminal justice system for their handling of the h...
Friday, May 17, 2019

Former foster children say they endured abuse for years

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5 Investigates a horrific case of abuse that's been kept hidden for years by the state and in courts. The abuse all involves a single fo...
Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Massachusetts Department of Children and Families, union announce reforms to improve troubled foster care system

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Amid ongoing problems with the state’s foster care system, the Department of Children and Families on Tuesday announced an agreement with th...
Friday, May 03, 2019

Too Many Kids, Too Few Judges Mean Delays In Child Welfare Cases In Worcester County

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Guy O'Donnell is sitting in the Worcester courthouse, waiting for a decision that's been put off several times before. O'Donne...
Thursday, April 18, 2019

’There’s no way for us to learn how to live’: Foster children who age out of care suffer later in life

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Nelly Medina was 9 when her mother, who was addicted to drugs, left her and her two siblings and did not come home. By the time Medina tur...
Monday, April 15, 2019

'I felt constantly lied to’: Massachusetts foster parents say state makes it harder to help vulnerable children

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One day, a social worker picked up Marianna Litovich’s foster son from daycare and kept the boy for four hours before bringing him home. Th...