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

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 ...

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

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 ACLU of Vermont's case challenges the surveillance of pregnant women by the Vermont Department for Children and Families.

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

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.

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 ...

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

A new report from the state Department of Children and Families reveals that they had a video call with a girl they were told was 12-year-old Jacqueline "Mimi" Torres-Garcia after police believe she ...