Thursday, May 29, 2014
Statement on a Child Welfare League of America Report on DCF
Yesterday I released
the following statement regarding a Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
report on the Department of Children and Families (DCF):
“The long awaited report by the Child Welfare League of
America offers many needed recommendations that the Department of Children and
Families and the legislature should swiftly institute. It’s important to have sufficient funding, but
it needs to be accompanied with meaningful reforms that won't allow one person
or a hundred people at DCF to fail to act in the best interests of the children
and families in the care of the agency.
The legislature and the Governor have little time to react
to the report before the legislative session ends in July, but we need to
ensure that the best interest of the state’s most vulnerable children are
met. Too much time has passed already.”
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To read the Child Welfare League of America’s full report
please click here.
