Collateral Damage: The DCF Chronicles

DCF Chronicles, Investigations, Child Fatalities and Near-Fatalities, Case Dossiers, Oversight and Accountability, Policy Failures, Contracted Provider Failures, Foster Care and Cause Closure Failures, Screening and Case Closure Failures, Legislative Watch, Court and Records Watch, Survivor Testimony, Systemic Issues Map, Calls to Action Paul Brown DCF Chronicles, Investigations, Child Fatalities and Near-Fatalities, Case Dossiers, Oversight and Accountability, Policy Failures, Contracted Provider Failures, Foster Care and Cause Closure Failures, Screening and Case Closure Failures, Legislative Watch, Court and Records Watch, Survivor Testimony, Systemic Issues Map, Calls to Action Paul Brown

DCF's Rotten Core: How Massachusetts Keeps Killing Kids Through Neglect and Incompetence

Massachusetts DCF keeps calling child deaths “isolated tragedies,” but the public record shows a repeat pattern of warnings ignored, cases closed without proof of safety, and protocols that protect paperwork instead of children. This is not a few bad apples, it is a rotten core.

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DCF Chronicles, Investigations, Arizona, Foster Care Failures, Medical Neglect, Child Deaths, Oversight and Accountability, Court and Legislation, Group Homes, Public Records Paul Brown DCF Chronicles, Investigations, Arizona, Foster Care Failures, Medical Neglect, Child Deaths, Oversight and Accountability, Court and Legislation, Group Homes, Public Records Paul Brown

How Arizona DCS and Catalyst Community Corp lost a child they were paid to protect

Fifteen-year-old Christian Williams had Type 1 diabetes and was in Arizona DCS custody at a Catalyst group home in Mesa. Emails warned that missed insulin “will result in his death.” A DCS-contracted worker asked for a nurse. An emergency team met. Nothing changed. On July 7, 2024, staff framed a medical crisis as misbehavior and delayed 911. Christian died three days later of diabetic ketoacidosis. Licensing took no action. This investigation follows each warning, each decision, and the policies that should have protected him.

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