Inadequate Interpretation Services At Mass. DCF Lead To Risk Of Wrongful Family Separation, Complaint Alleges
Department of Children and Families
A group of non-profit and legal advocacy organizations have filed a federal complaint against the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families, claiming that agency s failure to provide adequate interpretation services for non-English speakers leads to risk of wrongful family separation and violates civil rights law.
The case was brought by Lawyers for Civil Rights and the Massachusetts Appleseed Center for Law and Justice on behalf of the non-profit Haitian-Americans United, the Greater Boston Latino Network and an unnamed Latinx mother from Methuen who claims her limited English proficiency led to the agency substantiating a child neglect claim against her.
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The motion would come back before lawmakers at their next meeting on July 21.
Lamont admitted that he voted in favour of the measure when it came forward in April, but added that it was presented mostly as a way to generate revenue to offset the projected property tax increase.
I saw that there was a need to find some revenue sources here, and I voted for it, but now I m willing to say let s revisit it, Lamont said.
It wasn t done as well as it could have been, not up to the Whistler standard. It was brought forward as kind of an omnibus bill, and as a councillor, I don t think we really got a chance to debate it. I d like to see bylaw come to us with a full presentation.
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In March, following the Atlanta spa shootings that left six Asian women dead, Wellesley Public Schools held a virtual event for Asian and Asian American students, as well as all students of color, to process events, noting it was not the space for white students. Now, the district is facing heat after a newly-formed conservative education group filed a federal civil rights complaint alleging racial discrimination.
Washington, D.C.-based Parents Defending Education submitted the complaint to the Department of Education on May 12 and attached a teacher email and district statement as evidence.
What happened in Wellesley
The virtual event was hosted on March 18 by Wellesley Public Schools’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. It was billed as a “Healing Space for Asian and Asian American students (grades 6-12), faculty/staff, and others in the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) community who wish to process recent events.”
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