“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.”
