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Parents and witnesses tell committee DCYF removed children over homelessness and allege record problems
Summary
Two witnesses told the special committee they believe the Division for Children, Youth and Families removed children because of homelessness and alleged DCYF withheld or redacted records, delayed approvals and failed to provide resources; the committee heard calls for stronger oversight and whistleblower protection.
Grisely Glenn, a mother who told the Special Committee on the Family Division of the Circuit Court that her children were taken from her after she became homeless, described an ex parte removal and a sequence of local welfare interactions she says produced no shelter or support. "They took the 3 older ones and left her with the most vulnerable," Glenn said, describing an affidavit signed by a DCYF Manchester staffer and a lack of assistance from Manchester City Welfare.
Another witness, Donald Gilbert, said he has seen what he described as systemic record…
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