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With all due respect, this agency (as with many other RI agencies) has been plagued with issues for decades. You can throw money at the problem. You can throw experts at the problem. Without complete and total systematic changes, more children will be harmed.

I noticed that while governors and directors have changed, many core people remain in place. They are resistant to change and staunchly believe they are doing their very best but the evidence doesn't support that stance. Training is a great start but how about starting with the top then go down? Too many levels of administration ignored this child's plight. People knew about it but it wasn't until an innocent child's life was lost that real scrutiny happened. It should never take the death of a child to make effective changes.

I have absolutely no faith that things will change in the DCYF. In fact, I would go as far as to say that we will see more children in the same situation rather than less. I would love to be proven wrong but that is highly unlikely. We have seen what happened with DHS and DMV. Millions of dollars spent and we still don't have it right. Welcome to RI!