The Latest Breaking News from DCF

Immigration attorneys and child advocates say the move violated a longstanding state policy prohibiting state workers from acting on a child's immigration status.

A teenage immigrant in a Florida foster care was detained by ICE after a significant shift in DCF rule

Vermont’s child welfare agency has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging the state routinely targets and tracks pregnant women deemed unsuitable for motherhood

The 56-year-old stepmother was charged with assault, unlawful restraint, cruelty to persons, and reckless endangerment. The post “Inhumane”: Mom Who Held Gaunt Stepson Captive For 20 Years Is Charged After He Escapes first appeared on Bored Panda.

From Friday's decision in Commonwealth v. Demos D., by Massachusetts Appeals Court Justice Joseph Ditkoff, joined by Justices Sookyoung Shin… The post Frisking Detained Juvenile for Gun May Be Constitutional Even When Juvenile is Detained as Reported Missing (Rather than on Suspicion of Crime) appeared first on Reason.com.

State investigators say Barbara Ledbetter falsely claimed she checked the bus before locking it up

Online trolls weaponized child protective services against J.D. and Britney Lott and their eight children.

The mother revealed how vindictive the "dumb gutter muppet" of a grandmother was and concocted false stories of child abuse against her. The post Mom Strikes Back After Mother-In-Law Makes False Police Report first appeared on Bored Panda.

“My mind is spinning right now. My husband got a letter in the mail, and it’s from the DCF [Department of Children and Families]." The post Woman “Might Be Adding A Teenager” To Her 5 Kids After Letter Suggests Husband Has “Secret Child” first appeared on Bored Panda.