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 ...

A Florida state senator and nurse representing West Broward County pressed the nominated leader for the Florida Department of Children and Families this week to fix dogged problems within the foster ...

A Taunton mother said that she called the state's Department of Children and Families — which investigates allegations of child abuse — because her daughter, a Taunton High School student, did not ...

A Guatemalan man charged in Massachusetts with cocaine trafficking and assault with a dangerous weapon was deemed “fit” by Massachusetts juvenile courts and the Department of Children and Families to ...

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 ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (KCTV) - The Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) said it is looking into skimming devices used in the Kansas City metro area to steal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KAKE) – The Kansas Department for Children and Families says it is investigating after a possible skimming device was used in the Kansas City metro area resulting in the theft of ...

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 ...

Francisco Ortiz is charged with murder in the death of his 4-year-old daughter, A'zella, in October 2024. The state's Department of Children and Families monitored the family for nearly four years, ...