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The agency is responsible for the state's juvenile corrections. The Rhode Island Training School (RITS) is a secure residential facility for juvenile delinquents. [3] The facility is also known as the Rhode Island Youth Development Center. [4] RITS is located in Cranston. [5]
The Child Care and Development Block Grant is the basis for the federal funding the program receives, and state revenue takes care of the rest of the budget. For the year 2015, the total budget for CCAP was $51.1 million. [3] State funding for expenditures in 2014 totaled 19.7%, and federal funding being 80.3% for that year.
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.
527 children who were in DCYF care from January 1, 2017, through September 30, 2022 had been hospitalized at Bradley Hospital for more than 100 consecutive days. 42 children were hospitalized for ...
The state has 10 days to come up with a plan of action to stop the 'appalling' practice, or face a lawsuit from the federal government. What comes next for DCYF after U.S. Attorney's scathing ...
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 ...
The government of the state of Rhode Island is prescribed from a multitude of sources; the main sources are the Rhode Island Constitution, the General Laws, and executive orders. The governmental structure is modeled on the Government of the United States in having three branches: executive , legislative , and judicial .
Residential child care communities or children's homes are a type of residential care, which refers to long-term care given to children who cannot stay in their birth family home. There are two different approaches towards residential care: The family model (using married couples who live with a certain number of children) and the shift care model.