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Years before the U.S. Attorney's Office and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Civil Rights found that the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth & Families was ...
When it comes to ensuring the safety and well-being of Rhode Island's children, it takes a village. ... More: Since 2019, 28 RI children known to DCYF have died. Now, the state's child office is ...
The Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth & Families (DCYF) is a state agency of Rhode Island, headquartered in Downtown Providence. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The agency provides services for children and families.
In April the Rhode Island Supreme Court vacated Family Court orders finding the DCYF in contempt for failing to place two teenage girls with significant behavioral and mental-health issues, saying ...
Alahverdian alleged that he suffered abuse and negligence from the Department of Children Youth and Families (DCYF), Rhode Island's social service system. [ 7 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] In support of this allegation, he unsuccessfully sued the DCYF in federal court in 2011, then voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit when Rhode Island waived his medical ...
Trista Piccola served as the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth & Families (the DCYF) from January 2017 until July 2019. Her term was marked by the death and near-deaths of children, [1] high staff turn-over rates, [2] votes of no confidence, [3] and high budget deficits.
The lawsuit comes as at least 80 Rhode Island children are in out-of-state facilities, some as far away as Idaho. 'This is inhumane': ACLU, parents slam RI youth mental health system in new ...
Rhode Island violated the civil rights of hundreds of children with mental health or developmental disabilities by routinely and unnecessarily segregating them at Bradley Hospital, an acute-care ...