Office of the Child Advocate

Data shows teen and child suicide rates have increased in Connecticut. The Department of Children and Families will implement a pilot prevention program in five schools.

Summer is known as "trauma season” because of a rise in preventable injuries among children. Connecticut residents have been advised to think about safety as they celebrate the Fourth of July holiday.

Officials say a strong child care system benefits Connecticut's economy by helping attract and retain young families and increasing the workforce.

Connecticut’s Child Advocate wants the state to consider how allowing all school districts to go fully virtual might deny a constitutional right to…

Officials with Connecticut’s Department of Children and Families testified at a hearing with lawmakers and advocates on Thursday, two days after the…

The Connecticut General Assembly’s Committee on Children called a hearing on Aug. 12 to discuss recent reports about conditions at the state’s two…

Boys and girls in Connecticut's juvenile detention facilities have been subjected to unlawful and repeated use of isolation and restraints, while…