She was a social worker with the Department of Children and Family Services who said a 16-year-old foster boy battered and sexually assaulted her in one of the hotel’s guest rooms.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-05-28/foster-children-hotels-social-workers-assaulted

The Department of Children and Families has not responded to previous Herald requests for comment.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/06/21/dcf-takes-custody-of-four-children-found-in-apartment-with-alcohol-drugs-sex-toys-healey-says/

The Department of Children and Family Services declined to comment on the Diarte family’s case, citing confidentiality.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-05-25/they-became-new-parents-in-their-60s-now-theyre-raising-five-granddaughters

The Massachusetts Department of Children and Family Services (DCF) has taken custody of the four children who were in the home at the time of the incident.

Source: http://davidsonian.com/2023/10/26/massachusetts-man-wanted-for-questioning-in-wifes-homicide-considered-armed-and-dangerous/

Under Act 662 of the 2022 Legislative Session, authored by Sen. Beth Mizell, all cases of suspected juvenile sex trafficking will now be reported through the Department of Children and Family Services’ child abuse/neglect hotline, as of January 1, 2023.

Source: https://bossierpress.com/state-launches-hotline-for-reporting-juvenile-sex-trafficking/

Wisconsin’s Department of Children and Families and WI-AIMH are teaming up on the project.

Source: https://wisconsinwatch.org/2023/09/wisconsin-preschool-child-care-expulsions-suspensions/