Massachusetts Office of the Child Advocate, Annual Report For Fiscal Year 2015

This document was released in August 2015 by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Office of the Child Advocate. The report highlights the Office of the Child Advocate’s activities during fiscal year 2014. The topics include reports of abuse and neglect in out-of-home settings, critical incident reports in which a child in state custody is severely injured or dies, the child fatality review program, sudden unexpected infant deaths, substance-exposed newborns, psychotropic medication use among youth in custody of the Department of Children and Families (DCF), and justice for youth . . .