Report: Hundreds Of Child Deaths Preventable
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ A new state report says almost 600 children’s deaths in Connecticut over the last 10 years were preventable, including more than 100 who were victims of homicide. The Connecticut...
View ArticleState Child Advocate To Retire
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Connecticut’s child advocate is stepping down after 12 years. Jeanne Milstein said Tuesday she will retire March 1. In a statement, Milstein said that in her tenure, the Office...
View ArticleChild Advocate Stepping Down
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s choice for Connecticut’s Child Advocate is stepping down after less than nine months on the job. In a resignation letter submitted on Monday, Jamey Bell...
View ArticleNew Child Advocate Named
The Director of the Child Abuse Project with the Center for Children’s Advocacy in Hartford has been named Connecticut’s new Child Advocate. Sarah Eagan of West Hartford will replace Jamey Bell as...
View ArticleJudge Orders Release Of Lanza’s School Records
By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN, Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) _ Newtown school officials must release records for the gunman who killed 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary school, a Connecticut judge...
View ArticleChild Advocate Agency Raps Child Welfare Officials
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The state Office of Child Advocate has criticized state child welfare officials for their handling of a transgender girl held at a Connecticut detention center for boys. The...
View ArticleAdam Lanza Report Seeks Missed Opportunities
Office of the Child Advocate Sandy Hook Report PDF (CBS Connecticut) – The state Child Advocate today released a report on the deadly attack at the Sandy Hook elementary school. The report’s...
View ArticleProbe: Unlawful Isolation At Connecticut Juvenile Prisons
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — An investigation by the Connecticut child advocate has found that boys and girls in state detention facilities were subjected to unlawful and repeated isolation while officials...
View ArticleVideos Show Forceful Restraints Of Connecticut Juveniles
DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut official has released surveillance videos of children being forcefully taken down, subdued and placed alone in padded rooms by staff...
View ArticleReport: Man Flunked Probation Drug Tests Before Killing Baby
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man who pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing a family friend’s 1-year-old daughter flunked drug tests in violation of his probation but was not sent back to...
View ArticleReport Released On Plymouth Child’s Death
(Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Between 2007 and 2014, there were multiple child welfare reports lodged against the family of a two-year-old girl who died in Plymouth last year. That’s part of the...
View ArticleState Report On Child Fatalities Released
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ A new state report shows 367 children died in Connecticut from 2011 to 2015 from unintentional and intentional injuries. The Office of the Child Advocate and the state Fatality...
View ArticleReport Released On Death Of Autistic Hartford Teen
(Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – The Office of the Child Advocate has released its report on the death of an autistic Hartford teenager last winter. The report states there were several red flags in...
View ArticleCT Child Advocate Nominated As Director In New Hampshire
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A new office created to help better protect children in New Hampshire might be led by a woman who has held a similar position in Connecticut. New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu on...
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