Massachusetts’ Department of Children and Families has long promised reform after each new tragedy, yet the cycle of failure continues. Children die, suffer neglect, or are torn from safe homes because of an agency that is broken at its core. The recent revelations about abuse inside a state-run group facility are not isolated scandals but symptoms of a nationwide crisis in child protection. From Massachusetts to California, Illinois to Texas, child protective services have left vulnerable children in danger and caused immeasurable harm. This article exposes how secrecy, negligence, and systemic dysfunction have made the system itself a threat to the very children it was created to protect.

Massachusetts DCF has turned children into revenue streams. Instead of protecting families, the agency profits from removals, seizes Social Security benefits, and inflates abuse reports to secure more funding. Behind every dollar is a child abandoned, exploited, or discarded.

A child’s safety should never depend on whether an agency follows its own rules. The November 7, 2024 audit of Massachusetts DCF revealed widespread neglect of oversight, missing documentation, and ignored court orders, proving once again that systemic failures continue to endanger vulnerable children.

The Blouin foster home in Massachusetts became a house of horrors where children endured years of torture and neglect while DCF ignored repeated warnings. This story exposes how systemic failures, shredded records, and official indifference allowed abuse to continue unchecked, leaving lasting scars and raising urgent questions about accountability.