CT bill expanding DCF oversight heads to governor’s desk

CT Mirror – Monday, May 4, 2026
By Laura Tillman

Legislation that will create a new oversight committee for the Connecticut Department of Children and Families — one of two dozen provisions in the bill aimed at supporting the child welfare agency and safeguarding children in its care — received final passage in the Senate on Monday.

House Bill 5004 came in the wake of a slew of tragedies involving children who were under the watch of the agency, as well as an urgent public letter from the Office of the Child Advocate last week that detailed declines in the quality of casework being done by social workers at DCF.

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