Department of Children and what?

The ending to the title should say Families. Families with a capital F. Somehow this word or perhaps just its meaning seems to have escaped the mindset of the people employed there. I have written before of my own nightmarish involvement with DCF. On April 5, 2015 my only son will turn two years old. In the almost two long years I have been fighting frantically to have him returned to me, I have suffered more indignities than I ever have due to racism. Early on in the fight I contacted Congressman McGovern's office for assistance. That sterling champion of the people wasted no time in having a staff member contact me. This individual listened impassioned as I related my tale. You could almost see her shaking her head from side to side in disbelief through the phone. This wonderful lady informed me that Massachusetts State Senator Harriett Chandler's office oversaw some functions of the DCF entity and that I should contact her and the Senator, along with Congressman McGovern would see what could jointly be done. I was also informed that a representative from the Congressman's office would contact the local DCF office and instruct them to deal with me fairly. There is no doubt that this did indeed occur. Just two weeks prior to my contacting the Congressman, the DCF supervisor had informed me that they had suddenly decided to change the goal in regards to my son from reunification with his birth parents, to adoption by strangers. I guess in his small eyes they are not strangers. From the moment he wakes, till he lays his tiny head down to sleep at night these people are mommy and daddy. The strangers are those two barely familiar people he might see for one hour twice a month. Two hours a month for twenty four months. two twenty four hour days for two years of life. A few months ago I contacted Senator Chandler. Her office immediately put me in touch with the Ombudsman's Office of DCF. I never knew such a branch of DCF existed The director of this office called me directly. After some background information and a review of my file by him, he informed me that DCF should have never denied me custody of my son from the very beginning. This is coming from the head individual in charge of investigating consumer complaints against DCF. He assigned a liaison person to assist me in dealing with DCF and to bring my son home and reunite my family more quickly.  It has now been almost two months and I am still no closer to having my son. Today was a scheduled visit with my son. I prepared his bag, bought his snacks, said my prayers and set off to spend one of the two most wonderful hours of my month. As I am sitting there, palms wet with anticipation anxiously looking out the window for my little boy. The mean spirited supervisor comes over. She informs me that the person who usually sits in on my supervised visit with my son was out sick, so my visit had been cancelled. I looked at her in disbelief. DCF regularly sends two individuals to my home for their monthly home inspection. But one person calls in sick and there is no other staff to sit there for an hour with me and my son. Hell the supervisor could have done it. From the outset they have done whatever they could to distance me from my son and make his time with me as uncomfortable as possible. Department of Children and what I say? I have just completed a 15 page letter to the U.S Department of Justice. Civil Rights Division. If a U.S Congressman, a State Senator and a Director of the Ombudsman's office can see the error of DCFs ways maybe the good folks in Washington can too. I will keep you posted.