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.”