Two-Month-Old Baby Dies in DCYF Custody
Monday, June 28, 2021
A two-month-old child in the temporary custody of DCYF passed away overnight.
DCYF, as well as the Westerly Police Department, are both conducting investigations into this matter.
Additional information will be provided as authorities learn more, according to DCYF.
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Earlier in June, a bipartisan group of RI legislators called for an audit of DCYF.
In a GoLocal Guest MINDSETTER™, they wrote the following:
Since 2016 the House Oversight Committee has been reviewing the operations of the Department of Children Youth and Families (DCYF.) The results of these reviews have exposed tremendous failures within DCYF as a direct result of the state’s unwillingness to properly support this agency.
The ambivalence, lack of cooperation and outright disdain that has been demonstrated by administration officials over these past 5 years toward the Oversight Committee and DCYF has sent a strong message to the dedicated frontline workers and the children and families they serve.
The frontline staff tries to serve unmanageable caseloads of children in their care and suffer high rates of burn-out and exhaustion while taxpayers are continually asked to throw more money at the agency. The culture of “us vs. them” must end, and we need to place the focus where it belongs.
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