Some Massachusetts Group Homes For Children In Foster Care Did Not Always Comply With State Health & Safety Requirements (A-01-16-02500)

This report was released on December 19, 2017, by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the federal Department of Health and Human Services. The OIG focused on Massachusetts group homes that received foster care Title IV-E funding for calendar year 2015. The review sample included 30 of the 100 group homes in the state. The goal was to determine if the state’s monitoring ensured that foster care group homes complied with State licensing requirements related to the health and safety of children in foster care. The OIG found that most of the group homes in the . . .