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A children's ombudsman, children's commissioner, youth commissioner, child advocate, children's commission, youth ombudsman or equivalent body is a public authority in various countries charged with the protection and promotion of the rights of children and young people, either in society at large, or in specific categories such as children in contact with the care system.
In 1979 the Taxpayer Ombudsman Office was created within the Internal Revenue Service to act as an ombudsman for the taxpayer. [2] Renamed in 1996 as the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate, this office has a unique role with the Treasury Department as having the responsibility to submit annual reports to Congress without any prior review or comment from the IRS Commissioner, the Secretary of the ...
Sign in Banjul, capital of The Gambia, giving directions to the ombudsman's office. An ombudsman (/ ˈ ɒ m b ʊ d z m ən / OM-buudz-mən, also US: /-b ə d z-,-b ʌ d z-/-bədz-, -budz-[1] [2] [3]) is a government employee who investigates and tries to resolve complaints, usually through recommendations (binding or not) or mediation.
For eight years, Heather Rosenberg was DCF’s Children’s Ombudsman, and records show the agency chafed against her sometimes aggressive fight to improve the lives of children in state care ...
Heather Rosenberg worked as DCF’s Children’s Ombudsman from 2016 until last year, a position that required her to fight on behalf of kids and parents in the foster care system — and ...
The office includes a children's ombudsman. New Zealand The post of Ombudsman was established in New Zealand in 1962, to investigate complaints against central and ...
The first ombudsman of West Virginia's heavily burdened foster care system has resigned. Woodman-Kaehler said she was “choosing to pursue a new opportunity,” but did not provide more details.
On December 12, 2023, Public Act 303 of 2023 changed the name of the Office of Children’s Ombudsman (OCO) to Office of the Child Advocate (OCA). The OCA is an independent state office assigned to the DTMB. The Governor appoints the Ombudsman with the State Senate's advice and consent.