Review: DCF failed boy in coma
A review released by Governor Charlie Baker found the Department of Children and Families’ handling of a case involving a 7-year-old boy from Hardwick to be inadequate and an indicator of “systemic failures,’’ The Boston Globe reported.
The boy, who had been monitored by DCF since February, went into a coma in July. His father is charged with child abuse in the form of beating, starving, and dehydrating him. He is still unresponsive.
The report resulted from an investigation by DCF’s Special Case Investigation Unit. It said the agency’s “inadequate case oversight’’ and “inadequate practices for synthesizing multiple abuse reports’’ failed to project the child. Investigators also provided recommendations for reforming practices.
Read the full Globe story here.
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