Department of Children and Families

A new report says the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families mismanaged mental health care for children. State Auditor Diana DiZoglio said her report found that DCF did not always obtain or renew court approval before children under its care were given antipsychotic medications. It also found the agency did not always document or update medications listed in children’s...

A new audit of the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families mismanaged the mental health care needs for some of the children in its care.

A couple whose children were removed from their home in the middle of the night has cleared a legal hurdle in their 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 first shared their story with the NBC10 Boston Investigators in September…

The Massachusetts Department of Children and Families took seven children from a home amid a welfare investigation.

Multiple children were taken from a home to a hospital to be evaluated after police were called to check on their wellbeing, police in Medway, Massachusetts, said Friday. It wasn’t immediately clear what led police to the home on Holliston Street at Lovering Street. No one has been arrested and no charges were pending, but a criminal investigation was...