Department of Children & Family Services v. I.C.

During a statutory review of a juvenile dependency case, the trial judge discovered that this juvenile as well as unknown others with disabilities who had been rejected from numerous placements were being brought to the first floor of the Department of Children & Family Services (“DCF”) “assessment center” in Broward County for the afternoon, where care (of sorts) is provided when no other place is available to the children. Many of the children stay there until late in the night, while accommodations are sought for these troubled youths. Appalled at the lack of placement and supervision, the…