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New DCF Protocol Is this research lacking? Opinions please? Guess cost

September 22, 2009 By dcf1234567 4 Comments

Link to research:  CLICK LINK BELOW http://www.nccd-crc.org/crc/pu... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: dcf, dss, massachusetts, protocol, research, spending

Donnelly is a policy oriented candidate who cares about governance

August 26, 2008 By AmberPaw 5 Comments

As some of you know, before 2003 I was not active in Massachusetts politics at all.  My time and energy was totally taken up with both earning a living and being a wife - and mother of two very demanding special needs kids.  When … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 4th-middlesex, dcf, den-donnelly, dss, governance, policy, sixth-amendment, state-senate, wonk

Would the “overhaul” of DSS have saved Haleigh? So far, my review says NO

July 6, 2008 By AmberPaw 1 Comment

H4905 clarifies what the new agency, DCF, is supposed to do.  This post is the first in a series I intend to do on the changes in the law made by H4905. For example, specific services to strengthen families are listed in Section 26, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston-globe, child-abuse, child-welfare, child-welfare-overhaul, dss, h4905, haleigh-poutre, pat-wen

Massachusetts Legislature passes major over haul of DSS today

July 1, 2008 By AmberPaw 8 Comments

While press is beginning to come out that omnibus legislation to overhaul child welfare law and practice in Massachusetts passed today, I haven't found the actual bill online as yet.  Apparently, it passed this afternoon. Here is the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: child-welfare, dcf, dss, legislature, office-of-the-child-advocate

Executive order establishes new Office of the Child Advocate on 12/20/07

December 22, 2007 By AmberPaw 23 Comments

Executive Order No. 494 has as a goal to protect the children involved with four agencies:  DMR, DMH, DSS and DYS.  That would be a change, as there is little oversight and little public scrutiny of any of these agencies unless or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: child-abuse, child-welfare, dmh, dmr, dss, dys, executive-orders, over-sight, residential-care, services

Legislation on corporal punishment – protection for children or invasion of privacy ?

December 14, 2007 By AmberPaw 2 Comments

As a practical matter, DSS already traumatizes families where children are not at risk. To have every "swat" a reportable "offense" and essentially overturn the case of Cobble v. Commissioner would be very bad.  Anyway, Mike's Op Ed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: burden-of-proof, corporal-punishment, dss, legislation, privacy

DSS overhaul legislation, H4333, passes in the House, will the Senate follow suit?

November 2, 2007 By AmberPaw Leave a Comment

H4333 is stronger than H4191, and if passed, means in my view that Isaac and Jeremy [two cases reported out and published by the Supreme Judicial Court in 1995) arguably no longer control as precedents, as they were based on the old statute … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: child-welfare, do-not-resusitate-order, dss, foster-care, house, legislation, overhau, senate

Who is fighting for foster children and THEIR right to life?

October 27, 2007 By AmberPaw 5 Comments

I say this because the bill would open hearings where DSS seeks to end a child's life to the public, and place clear requirements as to what steps to take into our laws for the first time.The health insurance industry has a constituency and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: child-abuse, child-welfare, dss, foster-care, haleigh-poutre, high-risk, legislation

URGENT hearing on overhaul of DSS 9/26/07

September 20, 2007 By AmberPaw Leave a Comment

The hearing will be on 9/26/07 at 10:30 AM in Room 222 at the State House.For the text of the legislation, go to:  http://www.mass.gov/...For the statutes being amended, which are G.L.c. 119 and G.L.c.210 and 110 CMR, go … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: child-welfare, children, dss, family-welfare, foster-care, hearings

Time to monitor the pending overhaul of DSS

September 15, 2007 By AmberPaw 1 Comment

Besides a zillion places for the proposed change of name to the Department of Children and Families (DCF), any hearing which could lead to a "do not revive" or "pull the plug" order with regard to a child in the custody of the state would … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: adoption, child-welfare, dnr, dss, end-of-life, foster-care, legislation

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