Department of Children and Families

WARNING: This story contains information that is graphic in nature and could be disturbing to some. A heartbroken mother says the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families killed her adult daughter. Cheryl Gaulin blames the DCF for the death of her daughter, Kristine, last year, as well as and the state-licensed foster home she was in as a child. “They…

Some of Massachusetts’ most vulnerable children, in state custody with no place to go, are spending nights in rented spaces with social workers sitting watch. A veteran social worker is calling it a crisis for the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families. State records obtained by the NBC10 Boston Investigators show the state is renting out apartments and rooms for…

Four people abused as children at the hands of foster parents in a Massachusetts-licensed foster home decades ago are set to receive $7 million in a settlement with the Department of Children and Families and social workers, their lawyer announced Friday.

A couple whose children were removed from their Waltham home in the middle of the night has filed a federal lawsuit against a handful of Massachusetts Department of Children and Families employees and Waltham police officers for violating their civil rights. Josh Sabey and Sarah Perkins, who now live out of state, first shared their story with the NBC10 Boston…

Rep. Joan Meschino is proposing legislation that would require DCF workers to get them to sign off before emergency removals are made during hours when courthouses are closed. The change would mean such a serious decision would not fall on one person or agency’s shoulders.

A Massachusetts state lawmaker is proposing another layer of oversight before social workers with the Department of Children and Families make an emergency removal of children during hours when courts are closed.

Josh Sabey and Sarah Perkins are lucky to be reunited with their two children. On July 12, Perkins noticed her 4-month-old, Cal, had a high fever and was vomiting. Perkins took Cal to the Newton-Wellesley Emergency Room where the hospital performed a series of tests. In an X-ray, doctors discovered Cal had an old and almost healed rib fracture. This…

A new report on the Harmony Montgomery case by the Office of the Child Advocate in Massachusetts is shining light on the young girl’s childhood. Harmony was last seen in late 2019, when she was 5, but she wasn’t reported missing until about two years later. The report offers new details about Harmony’s tumultuous childhood, including that she was placed in...