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 Investigations, Child Welfare, Systemic Neglect, Connecticut Paul Brown DCF Investigations, Child Welfare, Systemic Neglect, Connecticut Paul Brown

Hidden and Forgotten: The Waterbury Captivity and DCF’s Failures

A shocking case in Waterbury exposed decades of abuse hidden in plain sight. A man held captive since childhood was discovered after setting fire to his home, forcing attention on failures by Connecticut’s DCF. Teachers and neighbors had raised alarms for years, yet the system erased records and ignored warnings. This tragedy joins a pattern of preventable child deaths and neglect cases that reveal a child protection agency in crisis.

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