A new report from the Office of the Child Advocate details causes of death for young children in Connecticut over the past couple of years.
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Child Advocate: State bears fault for teen’s ‘unexpected and preventable’ death
The child advocate’s report outlines state agency concerns about a foster father’s alleged drinking habits — and a failure to act on them.
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Youth prison on partial lockdown since Nov. 19 to stop COVID-19 spread
The lockdown at Manson has advocates worried that incarcerated youth aren’t getting the services they need – or being vaccinated.
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Officials fear link between loss of subsidies and increase in day-care deaths
Six of the nine infant and toddler deaths in Connecticut day cares over the last two years took place at illegal home care programs, prompting state officials’ concerns that a temporary reduction of the Care4Kids program two years ago drove more parents to resort to unlicensed forms of care.
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Parents oppose greater oversight of their home-schooled kids
Connecticut home-school advocates and parents on Wednesday called an ongoing Office of the Child Advocate investigation into home education discriminatory and an invasion of privacy. The OCA opened the investigation after an autistic home-schooled child died of neglect.
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Child advocate finds some homeschooled kids subject to abuse, neglect
Connecticut doesn’t have a way to insure the safety or well-being of children withdrawn from school for homeschooling, the state’s Child Advocate Sarah Eagan told lawmakers Thursday.
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Child advocate finds many lapses preceded death of Hartford youth
A 17-year-old Hartford youth with autism died from starvation, dehydration and child abuse in February, just weeks after the Department of Children and Families closed its case file on him, an investigative report released Tuesday by the state’s child advocate said. The report criticized several state agencies it said had not taken sufficient action, including DCF, the Hartford Public Schools and the juvenile court.
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The Sandy Hook failure
Federal law requires public schools to seek out, evaluate, identify and provide services to children with disabilities, including children with serious emotional disturbances. In Adam Lanza’s case, apparently, Newtown’s schools did not.
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Op-Ed: The Sandy Hook failure
Federal law requires public schools to seek out, evaluate, identify and provide services to children with disabilities, including children with serious emotional disturbances. In Adam Lanza’s case, apparently, Newtown’s schools did not.
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Report on Adam Lanza had so much ‘blame the mother’
The Newtown school district should have done more to counsel Adam Lanza’s mother about his disabilities.
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Op-Ed: Report on Adam Lanza had so much ‘blame the mother’
The Newtown school district should have done more to counsel Adam Lanza’s mother about his disabilities.
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Newtown shooter: Report finds failure to address ‘a cascade’ of problems
There were many red flags in Adam Lanza’s life in the years before he killed 20 elementary students in Sandy Hook, according to a report released Friday by Connecticut’s child advocate. Here are four things the state watchdog agency says should be learned from an examination of Lanza’s life.
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Advocates seek investigation into DCF treatment of court-involved youth
Child advocates are calling on Connecticut lawmakers to set up a special panel to investigate the treatment of children committed to the care of the Department of Children and Families for breaking the law.
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Questions (and answers) about CT’s new girls’ incarceration unit
“There are girls that really very easily can fill these 10 beds,” said Joette Katz, commissioner of the state Department of Children and Families.