ok this is just wrong… a hot line for DCF, I had to make a call on someone, they left their child home alone… I wasn’t afraid to leave my name, but I was far from prepared to sit on the phone for 32 minutes. Yup, while a child was left alone. I was asked why didn’t I call the police, I replied ” what did I call Taco bell? I thought this was DCF, ah DCF Taco bell same thing I suppose. All kidding aside, this agency is busy asking me wacked questions when a child is left alone. I was in shock on how careless this agency is. I started to get upset and it became clear, so a supervisor got on the phone. Mind you the child I am calling about is still home alone maybe they thought the Easter bunny would come early and watch this child until they decided to stop questioning me and do something. I didn’t call to make any friends I called to make a complaint, and now they want maiden names and how many times a day I shit! Instead of the issue I was calling about. Do these people have someone looking over them? Well with all the paid “state holidays” what is it up to 364 days a year? I’m thinking not so much. Keep it up CT your almost getting the media attention of Florida… just start misplacing children. Oh silly me, you’ve done that too
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i’m on the phone with dcf as i’m typing now…..
its been almost 10 minutes and still no answer…theres a 4 year old boy left alone in the apartment downstairs from me….i was talking to the little boy…till a parent showed up…when the mom arrived 20 minutes later…she beat that boy for talking to me….so i’m trying to report her to dcf ….but no one has answered the phone yet !!!!!
It is a horrible feeling when you want to help and yet you get put on hold. Do children not matter? apparently not when you call the hot line. This agency is supposed to care and help, and honestly we would save more children if Ct would just do away with the agency all together
in a situation like that, call the police first, then dcf
I am a professional who has called the DCF hotline many times over the past 15 years to make various child neglect or abuse reports. I have never once had to wait to make a statement and have always been served by friendly and professional staffers who man the phones.
It is not appropriate to call DCF in order to have a child rescued who is left home alone. That is the job of the POLICE. The POLICE will happily rescue an abandoned child in a matter of minutes. The hotline should only be used for reporting the problem for investigation.
Dear writer I am glad that you are one of the very few people who were able to “have always been served by friendly and professional staffers who man the phones”. No it is not appropriate to call CT DCF first in an emergency situation that you have witnessed yourself, surely it would be to call the police, and then they would make the report. In the state of Ct there is no age limit to how old a child has to be to be able to be left alone. I am not saying leave an infant or a toddler at home alone absolutely not. People call and make false reports all the time, whether it be a jealous ex, a nosy nothing to do neighbor, along with all the people who are aware that CT DCF are vicious and tear innocent families apart. There are many people out the who are in need of services, but don’t seem to be getting them. The link below will show you the allegations vs the substantiated reports. I do thank you for taking the for your input.
see the stats here
That is correct, yes call the police first in certain cases. But I have had to make calls myself and have had to wait for 10 min one time and 14 another. And I have spoken to someone very rude, so rude and unprofessional. But lucky you
You know what is wrong dcf is wrong all together 99.9 percent of the complaints made are for revenge or nosey people thinking they know something they dont. How did you know the child was home alone if you were on the phone with dcf and the child was still home alone then who are you to say the child was alone to begin with? dcf ruins families lives in many many ways. It’s tramatic for a child to be ripped out of bed and thrown into the arms of strangers. Who’s to say the foster parents aren’t doing more damage? you have no idea who your children are going with.. nobody can care for a child more than their own parents. I’ve heard so many abusive stories about foster parents it’s so sad to me.. so unless you see with your own eyes beating or molesting a child then mind your own damn buisness you’re not helping anyone your ruining lives. Makes me sick some people have nothing better t do with their time.
I agree, and the people who have nothing better to do, or like to cause problems make up a lot of the calls into the hotline. Then when an investigator shows up any parent is scared, who wants to be questioned by these people when I myself have never heard one good thing about them. I can only imagine the trauma a child goes through while they rip them out of their parents arms. It is sick, more people need to NOT let them in, unless they have police with them, do not, just tell them you have nothing to say, never let them inside your home. And as hard as it is, stay calm.
Amanda… You are SO very right! You seem to be as fed up with the system as so many others are. Thank you very much for you post. Sharing your story, you opinion, commenting, any of those things make a difference. I esp like to read others helping others, through the rough times support is crucial, even if it kind words from a stranger, from someone who has been there, or who is there. So please feel free to comment ANYTIME. That goes for everyone.
Thank you Amanda, and to everyone else who has posted a comment, helped another with kind words and advice. Working together is the key to put a start to the stop of CT Department of Children And Families. Sadly, it is not only the CT DCF/CPS, it is all over, there are more states than not that have issues with the system!
PLEASE PLEASE keep sharing, keep posting, keep helping one another. Thank you everyone~ Admin
Clearly you are someone that has had DCF called on you and you probably deserved it. You seem more concerned with hiding than with the welfare of kids. Way to go! You sound like a real winner!
i had a bad experience w/dcf hotline.7yrs ago my son,zachary,was 13mths old.zach has cerebral palsy n autism n needed extensive care at several hosps.during the last 17mths i had had pneaumonia n i couldnt get rid of it(plus im terminally ill).after almost fainting during hosp visits several times cuz i shouldve been in bed i decided 2 put him into foster care.mind u,i had never had any experience w/dcf-i was very niave about them.i was very n asked my mom 2 call dcf n set things up cuz i was upset n crying.she called back 10min later n said that dcf said they dont help mpeople unless ive been neglecting/abusing my kids.stupidly,i told my mom 2 report me 4 neglect.they came 2 take zack n the worker asked my mom(she came to help).i packed zacks stuff but was 2 upset 2 bring him to the car.worker asked my mom if shed help her with baby stuff n she did.my 8yr old son was there-jeremy.after everything was taken out worker came back n told me j needed 2 stay w/my mom 4 96hrs.worker wrote”mother is so sick she couldnt bring baby stuff out 2 car n i had 2 do it.”they told me i could have zack back as soon as i got better.a month later i was better-13mths later i got him back.i later found out there was no 96hr hold n took j back from my mom(he was very upset n watching out the window 4 me 24/7-wed never been apart)dcf said not 2 do that as they wanted 2 take him too.my mom got me a good lawyer n we proved i was able to care for him.i later found out that u CAN ask 4 help w/o reporting abuse.
Lol I love the dcf hot line I make reports on people I don’t like
And there kid gets taken I sit back n laugh there great
To Tanika Sirrah, you clearly have issues your comment is sick. I am glad you get pleasure from other peoples pain. False reports are illegal. You posted on the wrong site, you should so your homework next time. I think you may want to look into some therapy
Tanika, you are a child abuser. When you make false reports you are hurting a child. This is disgusting, you must have no life of your own to want to destroy others. I hope you can get the help you need and I hope no other children fall victim to your sick games.
Tanika Sirrah, how could you do something so evil and so wicked? You call CPS out of revenge because YOU don’t like someone, so you want to PUNISH, their kids, and traumatize them in a way that is unimaginable, by having them ripped from their parents, and thrown into the home of strangers where they can do anything to them. All on false accusations, you know child abuse is a very serious accusation on someone, it’s not like any other accusation where you get a court hearing to be heard like murderers and sex offenders, which is normally to be considered the scum of the earth, they have more rights than someone accused of child abuse, they take the children, and there is no getting them back, and the report made on the hotline, is the side they believe, it’s called guilty and never proven innocent. To make a false allegation on someone of child abuse knowingly to cause harm or to harrass a family. IT IS A CRIME and YOU JUST ADMITTED TO BREAKING THE LAW, AND BEING A CHILD ABUSER. I guess you feel real good right now, bet you’re gonna go give yourself a good laugh and a pat on the back for destroying families, and the futures of children. Be Careful What You Say on this ”World Wide Web”…
Honey092010- Some people are just evil, uneducated, self centered and could care less about the well being of another human being. Sounds like a DCF/CPS worker. The sick person Tanika Sirrah posted on the wrong site. I can assure you that her comment and information was sent to the proper officials.
What DCF/CPS does to children is something that they will carry for the rest of their lives, they will always have fear, their home that they had felt safe in is no longer safe. They now have the fear of the knock on the door, the question always there “will they take me again”. That is something that cannot be fixed because of sick people who call for “revenge” or “pure pleasure”. There are so many mandated reporters out there that call for the most ridiculous reasons. Calls that are not necessary, but they have the high and mighty syndrome. It is sad and society does not understand, or they do understand the consequences of their actions.
The only way I see this major issue of false allegations, and heavy handed “social workers” can change, is with the people. Standing up and speaking out. For people that have been victimized
by this agency, to tell their story, ask it to be published here, name the names of the workers that have done wrong. People need to be aware, and the victims are speaking up.
Thank you for your comment
Tanika, if you are serious, you are a very sick person and a bully. Our society is already filled with to much hate as it is. Perhaps you were abused at some point and thus you feel the need to ruin and/or put other peoples lives in missery to make yourself feel better, but it helps absolutely nothing. You should take a good close look at yourself. Also, I would like to add your education level appears to be very low, as it is clear you do not even know when to use the correct words. There is a place. Their would show possesion. Learn how to F-N spell. ffs
tanika sirrah…are you kidding me?? You get off on destroying innocent families? You “sit back n laugh” as their children are taken away to be abused and traumatized? You absolutely need help! YOU ARE AN ABUSER and should be arrested as such. When a person gets off on the suffering of others they ARE ABUSERS. You should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law for your false reports of which you are SO proud of. Therapy is not enough for you…
Linda you are correct, I was far to nice to suggest therapy, much MUCH more is needed. And there are people looking into her comment, so laugh at that cupcake!
I find it SO sad how one HUMAN (using the term loosely) can simply walk away from another human in need, pick up the phone to call the government, and feel absolved of their responsibility to their own community members! Gee, here’s a novel approach: Stay with a child that has been left alone until their parent returns. Be understanding of the parent and PRIVATELY discuss your concerns with them about the safety or welfare of their child. Be a good neighbor, a kind hearted, compassionate individual instead of inflicting the STATE and “Big Brother” on them! It’s a trite saying, but remember the “it takes a village to raise a child” line? You may sleep at night, deciding in your own mind that you did the “right thing” where that little soul was concerned. In the end, we ALL are accountable in the ways we have failed one another on a caring, compassionate level! And to the warped person who said they like to use CPS as a weapon to get back at people, you will be held accountable for this one day. “That which you do for the least of these, you do for ME”
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Ruth, I cannot agree with you more. What is so hard about being a good neighbor and asking instead of calling DCG/CPS. People know what this agency is capable of, but yet have no care of the consequences these families will face. As I said in another response, you will never be able to bring the safety back that the child and the family once had. After being removed for a bogus complaint, what a child/children go through can never be given back.
Yes they say it takes a village to raise a child, as you said as well, I say it takes a village to raise a child, it takes DCF to ruin their life.
Thank you for your excellent comment , as for the person who left the disturbing comment, well what goes around comes around, and as I told her she posted such a disgusting comment on the wrong page.
I have to add my own wisecrack to tannika, i can only hope that someone someday feels the need to rip your tongue out and feed it to the dcf workers who believe you! What a lonely disturbed freakish individual you are.I feel the need to warn you that I fear karma….