Connecticut Agrees To Share Authority Over Child Welfare System WithFederal Court Monitor

October 20, 2003 Connecticut Agrees To Share Authority Over Child Welfare System With Federal Court Monitor The State of Connecticut has agreed to share management authority for the state child welfare agency with a federal court monitor. On September 11, 2003, Children's Rights and the Center for Children's Advocacy, co-counsels for the plaintiff children in the Juan F. case, had asked the federal court to find Governor Rowland and the Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF) in contempt of court and to appoint an independent receiver to run the system, because the state had failed to . . .