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ACLU JOINS LONG-RUNNING LAWSUIT CHALLENGING DCYF’S WIDESPREAD FAILURE TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF FOSTER CHILDREN

ACLU JOINS LONG-RUNNING LAWSUIT CHALLENGING DCYF’S WIDESPREAD FAILURE TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF FOSTER CHILDREN

  ACLU of Rhode Island cooperating attorneys today joined a national organization’s long-standing federal class action lawsuit that requires the Department for Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) to implement systemic reforms to improve its treatment of children in its care and custody. The lawsuit was filed more than a decade ago by the national organization Children’s Rights and led to a detailed[Read More…]

by April 27, 2023 0 comments Civil Liberties
Bipartisan Legislative Group Demands: Actions, No More Words-Our Vulnerable Children Need A DCYF Audit

Bipartisan Legislative Group Demands: Actions, No More Words-Our Vulnerable Children Need A DCYF Audit

By Rep. Julie A. Casimiro, Minority Whip Michael W. Chippendale, Rep. Anastasia Williams & Rep. Thomas Noret Since 2016 the House Oversight Committee has been reviewing operations of the Department of Children Youth and Families (DCYF.) The result of these reviews exposed tremendous failures within DCYF — a direct correlation to the state’s unwillingness to properly support this agency. Deaths,[Read More…]

by June 17, 2021 0 comments Civil Liberties