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Today, I received notice from the Massachusetts Dept. of Children and Families that an (Un)fair hearing to overturn a false allegation of abuse against a man, was finally decided. . . . . nearly EIGHT years after he requested the hearing in 2008. Thankfully, it went in his favor.
The DCF regulations require them to make a decision within 45 days after the hearing, not twice 45 months. When I called the DCF to ask if they were going to discipline the hearing officer for such a terrible violation of this gentleman's rights, the hack spokesman saw no problem with that kind of service. Outrage!
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Debbie Gravel
4/17/2017 12:24:34 pm
My daughter's fair hearing response took a year and a half and when she got the letter it was back dated by six months. In fact everything we have received in the mail from them has always been back dated by months. 8 years is the longest I have ever heard of though. One thing for sure is that DCF stalls on everything. For example waiting 5 1/2 months to make referrals for services and then changing the permanency goal to adoption at 6 months because Mother has failed to make progress. Leave a Reply. |
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