Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee

Department of Children and Families
Appendix D


Appendix D
History of DCF Mission Statements

 

1970: DCYS was “responsible for creating, developing, operating, and administering a comprehensive and integrated state-wide program for children and youth whose behavior does not conform to the law or to acceptable community standards."  

1971:   “To serve the youth of Connecticut by helping them achieve a better way of life through alternative and diverse services, rather than through apathy and incarceration.”  

1972:   “To create, develop, operate, and administer a comprehensive and integrated program of services for children and youth whose behavior does not conform to the law or to acceptable community standards.”

1973:   “To create, develop, operate, and administer a comprehensive and integrated program of services for children and youth whose behavior does not conform to the law or to acceptable community standards.”

1974:   “To create, develop, operate, and administer a comprehensive and integrated program of services for children and youth whose behavior does not conform to the law or to acceptable community standards.”

1975:   “To create, develop, operate, and administer a comprehensive and integrated program of services for children and youth whose behavior does not conform to the law or to acceptable community standards.”

1976:   “To provide leadership and support to the development of a comprehensive statewide network of governmental and non-governmental programs and services promoting the sound growth and development of all children in Connecticut.  This includes prevention of dependency, abuse, neglect, delinquency, mental illness, and emotional disorder among children.  It seeks to identify children at risk in these areas, to restore them to useful functioning where possible and to limit their disability where not.”  

1977:   “To provide leadership and support to the development of a statewide network of public and private sector programs and services to identify children at risk and restore them to useful functioning where possible and limit their disability where not.”  

1978:   “To provide leadership and support in developing a statewide network of public and private sector programs and to identify children at risk and to restore them to useful functioning where possible and limit their disability where not.”  

1979:   “To provide leadership and support in the development of a statewide network of public and private sector programs to identify children at risk and to restore them to useful functioning where possible and limit their disability where not.”  

1980:   “To protect children from abuse, neglect, and abandonment; to keep children in their own homes; to provide care and treatment for children who cannot remain at home; to reunite children with their families; to effect adoption of children who cannot be reunited with their own family; and to accomplish these goals cost-effectively through planning, evaluation, and allocation.”  

1981:   “To plan for, develop, and evaluate a comprehensive and integrated statewide system of services including preventive services, for committed and noncommitted children and youth who are abused, neglected, mentally ill, emotionally disturbed, or adjudicated delinquent.”  

1982:   “To plan for, develop, and evaluate a comprehensive and integrated statewide system of services including preventive services, for committed and noncommitted children and youth who are abused, neglected, mentally ill, emotionally disturbed, or adjudicated delinquent.”  

1983:   “To plan for, develop, and evaluate a comprehensive and integrated statewide system of services including preventive services, for committed and noncommitted children and youth who are abused, neglected, mentally ill, emotionally disturbed, or adjudicated delinquent.”  

1984:   “To plan for, develop, and evaluate a comprehensive and integrated statewide system of services including preventive services, for committed and noncommitted children and youth who are abused, neglected, mentally ill, emotionally disturbed, or adjudicated delinquent.”  

1985:   “To plan for, develop, and evaluate a comprehensive and integrated statewide system of services including preventive services, for committed and noncommitted children and youth who are abused, neglected, mentally ill, emotionally disturbed, or adjudicated delinquent.”  

1986:   “To plan for, develop, and evaluate a comprehensive and integrated statewide system of services including preventive services, for committed and noncommitted children and youth who are abused, neglected, mentally ill, emotionally disturbed, or adjudicated delinquent.”  

1987:   “To preserve and strengthen families so they may care for their children while simultaneously ensuring that children are safe and have opportunities for healthy development.”  

1988:   “To join with others to create the conditions within which all children in Connecticut develop as healthy, productive, and caring persons, free from harm and injury; experience enduring, nurturing relationships as members of permanent families; participate fully in community life; exercise age appropriate opportunities for decision-making; are supported in their transition to adulthood; receive services that are respectful of child time, responsive to children’s individual and developmental needs, and sensitive to their heritage.”  

1989:   “To join with others to create the conditions within which all children in Connecticut develop as healthy, productive, and caring persons, free from harm and injury; experience enduring, nurturing relationships as members of permanent families; participate fully in community life; exercise age appropriate opportunities for decision-making; are supported in their transition to adulthood; receive services that are respectful of child time, responsive to children’s individual and developmental needs, and sensitive to their heritage.”  

1990:   “To join with others to create the conditions within which all children in Connecticut develop as healthy, productive, and caring persons, free from harm and injury; experience enduring, nurturing relationships as members of permanent families; participate fully in community life; exercise age appropriate opportunities for decision-making; are supported in their transition to adulthood; receive services that are respectful of child time, responsive to children’s individual and developmental needs, and sensitive to their heritage.”  

1991:   “Children are in need of protective, mental health, juvenile justice and substance abuse services, as well as permanent, stable settings, free from harm, where they are able to achieve their potential.  Therefore, the DCYS, in partnership with service providers, plans, provides, funds, and coordinates the development of a continuum of integrated services for children and their families.”  

1992:   “In partnership with service providers, DCYS plans, provides, funds, and coordinates the development of a continuum of integrated services for children in need of protection, mental health, juvenile justice, and substance abuse services.  These services shall promote the development of permanent stable setting, where the children are free from harm and able to achieve their potential.”   

1993:   “In partnership with service providers, DCYS plans, provides, funds, and coordinates the development of a continuum of integrated services for children in need of protection, mental health, juvenile justice, and substance abuse services.  These services shall promote the development of permanent stable setting, where the children are free from harm and able to achieve their potential.”  

1994:   “In partnership with service providers, DCYS plans, provides, funds, and coordinates the development of a continuum of integrated services for children in need of protection, mental health, juvenile justice, and substance abuse services.  These services shall promote the development of permanent stable setting, where the children are free from harm and able to achieve their potential.”  

1995:   “In partnership with service providers, DCYS plans, provides, funds, and coordinates the development of a continuum of integrated services for children in need of protection, mental health, juvenile justice, and substance abuse services.  These services shall promote the development of permanent stable setting, where the children are free from harm and able to achieve their potential.”  

1996:   “To protect children, strengthen families, and help young people reach their fullest potential.”

1997:   “To protect children, strengthen families, and help young people reach their fullest potential.”

1998:   “To protect children, strengthen families, and help young people reach their fullest potential.”  

1999:   “To protect children, achieve permanency for children in a safe environment, strengthen families, and help young people reach their fullest potential.”

 

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