Department of Children and Families

Children can have a range of experiences in foster care. Legislation proposed this week in the Massachusetts House would require the state to search for…

A new report shows a significant increase in the number of Vermont children in protective state custody, such as foster care, in large part due to the…

Attorneys for a Vermont state senator facing his second sex crimes trial are seeking the welfare records of the alleged victim.Senator Norm McAllister's…

Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin today announced an $8.4 million proposed funding package for the 2016-2017 budget years to add staff to the Department of…

An oversight committee of the Vermont Legislature held a hearing this week on issues relating to the Department of Children and Families, which is under…

Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin announced Wednesday that the commissioner of the Department of Children and Families is leaving to take another job. The…

Social workers and investigators at the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families picketed outside the agency’s Holyoke office today to call…

Governor Peter Shumlin has announced changes in the Vermont Department of Children and Families in the wake of the death of two toddlers whose families…

Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin is ordering the Department of Children and Families to do more to protect vulnerable children.Shumlin made the changes in…

A preliminary report on the workings of the Massachusetts Department of Children and Family is out. In January, Governor Deval Patrick enlisted the help…