CT: DCF commissioner (opinion): In providing care, focus must stay on the child (Includes video)
Connecticut Post – August 27, 2021
Jurisdictions need to be relentless in defending the value of family against external and even internal pressures to institutionalize kids. Start with bringing services to children – through kinship placements or therapeutic foster care – instead of taking kids out of their community to have therapeutic needs met. The goal for children who need therapeutic care should be to support them through timely permanency in foster care or kinship placements, not institutional settings.
Also: Away From Home: Youth Experiences of Institutional Placements in Foster Care: https://assets.website-files.com/60a6942819ce8053cefd0947/60f6b1eba474362514093f96_Away%20From%20Home%20-%20Report.pdf

https://www.ctpost.com/opinion/article/DCF-commissioner-opinion-In-providing-care-16413601.php