Francisco Ortiz is charged with murder in the death of his 4-year-old daughter, A'zella, in October 2024. The state's ...

Stakeholders in family law and its impact on children raise concerns in the wake of a report criticizing DCF's role ...

The emergency amendment comes after DCF's federal regulator, the Administration for Children and Families, announced an ...

There’s been little resolution for hundreds of people in need of benefits from the state, because of issues with a system that has been in place for nearly three months. The new MyACCESS application ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – A recent state audit found that the Department of Children and Families (DCF) failed to update records of mental health services and human trafficking prevention measures for those in ...

The Massachusetts Department of Children and Families had a lengthy history of involvement with the family of A'zella Ortiz ...

DCF wants to place more children in ‘kinship care’ — with a relative or other close family connection. But doing so has been ...

Vermont Business Magazine A Vermont judge on December 17, 2025, ruled on the defendants’ motions to dismiss in A.V. v. Vermont Dept. for Children and Families, Copley Hospital, and Lund, allowing ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Susan Hamilton has been named interim commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Children and Families, Gov. Ned Lamont announced Tuesday. Hamilton currently serves as the ...

Connecticut Department of Children and Families Commissioner Jodi Hill-Lilly is leaving her post for a job at a national nonprofit less than two years into the role. Hill-Lilly was nominated by Gov.

The Northwestern District Attorney’s Office is continuing their annual tradition by taking part in the Department of Children ...

A steady flow of visitors come to place their offerings at the memorial stretched along the front of the abandoned home where the remains of 12-year-old Jacqueline “Mimi” Torres Garcia were found in ...