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DCF: Fund mediation programs to keep kids out of foster care

Programs that stabilize families as soon as DCF gets involved can head off traumatic, expensive removals. ....

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Programs to keep kids out of foster care are running low of funds

Thousands of Massachusetts parents face scrutiny from the state’s child protection system and, with it, the all-consuming fear of losing custody of a child. ....

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When appealed, DCF findings against parents are often overturned

State hearing officers reversed DCF’s findings against parents and caregivers 40 percent of the time last fiscal year, new data show, while dozens of others were partially overturned. ....

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Latino disproportionality in DCF points to need for language access, cultural competency

In Massachusetts, Latino children are more overrepresented in foster care than in any other state. ....

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Legislators call for more oversight of Mass. child welfare system in series of new bills

Legislators are hopeful a new governor could help legislation move forward. ....

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