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The Connecticut Department of Children and Youth Services was established around 1970. The Long Lane School became a part of the new department in 1970. [2]In 1989, a group of plaintiffs instituted an action against the Connecticut Department of Children and Youth Services [3] which resulted in a requirement for federal court supervision of DCF, which has continued for more than 20 years to date.
The Connecticut Juvenile Training School (CJTS) was a juvenile prison in Middletown, Connecticut, that operated under the Connecticut Department of Children and Families from 2001 to 2018. Established in proximity to the Connecticut Valley Hospital (CVH) , [ 2 ] CJTS held male inmates age 12–17 [ 3 ] with capacity for 240 inmates. [ 4 ]
ConnCAN (Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now) is an American state-level education advocacy group founded in January 2005 and located in New Haven, Connecticut. ConnCAN describes itself as an advocacy organization leading a movement to improve public education for kids.
"Connecticut has 1.5 job openings for every unemployed person," noted DePentima. The state's unemployment rate is 3.5%. "We have the jobs — what's needed are the people to fill those jobs," he said.
Hilton has gone to the White House to advocate for child welfare, meeting with policy staff in May 2022. Should the bill pass through the House this week, it would land on President Joe Biden’s ...
Nearly 220 abused or neglected children await a volunteer advocate. With a June training on the way, four volunteers shared why they serve. St. Joseph County severely lacks volunteer child advocates.
Child advocacy centers (CAC) provide a child-friendly, safe and neutral location in which law enforcement and Child Protective Services investigators may conduct and observe forensic interviews with children who are alleged victims of crimes, and where the child and non-offending family members receive support, crisis intervention and referrals for mental health and medical treatment.
The probe began in 2022 as child welfare advocates called for increased oversight of youth treatment centers following high-profile incidents of abuse and deaths at facilities around the country.