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Contact Information
Department of Children and FamiliesContact: Leo Farley, Joy Cochran, Director of Adoption Services & Director of Foster Care Services
Email Address: dcfcommissioner@state.ma.us
Phone: 617-748-2000
Alternate Phone: 800-543-7508
Fax: 800-548-4802
View Adoption, Guardianship & Substitute Care Website
600 Washington Street Boston, MA 02211
Area Served: Boston
Map Location Adoption, Guardianship & Substitute Care
Narrative
Places and supports children in permanent homes or provides 24 hour care in a foster home or other residential setting. DCF has twenty-nine area offices and six regionally based adoption recruitment units. Contracts services adoption services from 19 private adoption agencies. Fees: Case management services are free, sliding scale fee for placement, & no fee for adoption services.
Placement services are limited to children who meet the criteria of the Department's regulations and policies. The Department will provide supportive services to families on request.
Service Types
- Case Management
- Family Support
Program Type
- Adoption/Foster Care
Populations Served
- All Disabilities
- Developmental Disability
- Intellectual Disabilities
- Multiple Disability
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Ages Served
- Birth to 3
- 3 - 4
- 5 - 8
- 9 - 13
- 14 - 18
- 19 - 22
Languages Spoken
- Spanish
Accessibility Features
- Accessible Parking
- Accessible Restrooms
- Elevators
- Medical Needs
- Near Public Transportation
- Wheelchair Ramps
Additional Information
- Fees: Personal Funds
- Licensed By: EEC