Vermont Department for Children and Families

The Vermont Department for Children and Families (DCF) is a state agency of Vermont, headquartered in the Waterbury Office Complex in Waterbury.[1][2]

The department was formed on July 1, 2004.[3]

DCF operates the Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center, used for short-term placement and long-term treatment of juvenile delinquents.[4] It is Vermont's sole locked juvenile facility.[5] The detention program can serve up to 16 boys and girls, and the treatment program can serve up to 12 boys.[6] Woodside is located in Colchester.[7]

Investigation

In 2010, the IRS began investigating a former Children and Families employee from Newport who was accused of embezzling $490,000 using 250 checks, from August 2004 until October 2009.The technical charge was failure to report income and pay income tax.[8] She was found guilty in 2011, imprisoned and ordered to make restitution.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "contact_banner.jpg Archived June 17, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.." Vermont Department for Children and Families. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Our Offices Archived October 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.." Vermont Department for Children and Families. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  3. ↑ "DCF Commissioner Stephen R. Dale Archived August 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.." Vermont Department for Children and Families. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  4. ↑ "DCF-Woodside & DOC - Interdepartmental Agreement Archived May 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.." Vermont Agency of Human Services. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Length of Stay in Juvenile Detention Vermont Center for Justice Research." Juvenile Research and Statistics Association. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  6. ↑ "About Us Archived October 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.." Vermont Department for Children and Families. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Desktop Guide to Good Juvenile Prevention Practice." Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. iv (5/237). Retrieved on August 24, 2010. "Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center 26 Woodside Drive East Colchester, VT 05446"
  8. ↑ Braithwaite, Chris (3 February 2010). "Former state employee faces federal investigation". Barton, Vermont: the Chronicle. p. 1.
  9. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2011.


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