"It is encouraging to see others from outside Connecticut validate the impressive improvements that are underway," Malloy said in a statement after receiving a letter from a division within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. "The department's staff has been making important strides in building new relationships with families and communities, and the results reflect it."...
"Katz's program has resulted in a reduction of 875 children in state care, an 18 percent drop from when she was appointed by Malloy. There are also fewer children in group homes, and nearly 90 percent fewer placed in out-of-state care because more are living with a relative or family friends....
"Under the Juan F. exit plan, the DCF has to meet the needs of children across nearly a dozen different issues. Katz pointed out that the monitor's recent report gives the DCF its highest grade since the exit plan was created in 2004."
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