The House Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect both issued and posted their report on 3/29/07. It is posted as a 63 page .pdf at: http://www.mass.gov/...Of special note are the mentions of "disproportionality" with regard to the … [Read more...]
Time for a NEW Commissioner of the Department of Social Services
It is time for a new Commissioner of Social Services. Eileen McNamara of the Globe has it exactly right when she says:That kind of resignation might be understandable from a weary commissioner now serving under his third governor, but … [Read more...]
ANOTHER DEAD CHILD – How could it happen AGAIN – the DSS statutes have a big black hole
Thus, the failure of either G.L. c. 210 Sec. 3 http://www.mass.gov/... or any other portion of the child welfare statute to define "best interests" and what the Department of Social Services is supposed to DO to protect children is what, in … [Read more...]