| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Merone Melekin |
Chief Operating Officer | Profile |
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) is responsible for protecting the unprotected—children, elderly, and people with disabilities—from abuse, neglect, and exploitation. DFPS accomplishes this responsibility by employing over 12,000 workers who live up to the agency`s Mission, Vision, & Values in services to the 27 million citizens of Texas.
Maryland General Assembly is a Annapolis, MD-based company in the Government sector.
Indiana Department of Child Services protects children who are victims of abuse or neglect and strengthens families through services that focus on family support and preservation. The Department also administers child support, child protection, adoption and foster care throughout the state of Indiana. Mission: The Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) protects children from abuse and neglect, and works to ensure their financial support. Vision: Children thrive in safe, caring, supportive families and communities. We believe: • Every child has the right to be free from abuse and neglect • Every child has the right to appropriate care and a permanent home • The best place for children to grow up is with their own families • Children and older youth have the right to permanent and lifelong connections • Parents have the primary responsibility for the care and safety of their children • In personal accountability for outcomes, including one`s own growth and development • Every person has value, worth and dignity
People with special needs shall be protected from abuse, neglect and mistreatment. This will be accomplished by assuring that the state maintains the nation`s highest standards of health, safety and dignity; and by supporting the dedicated men and women who provide services. The Justice Center is committed to supporting and protecting the health, safety, and dignity of all people with special needs and disabilities through advocacy of their civil rights, prevention of mistreatment, and investigation of all allegations of abuse and neglect so that appropriate actions are taken.
New Haven is governed via the mayor-council system. Connecticut municipalities (like those of neighboring states Massachusetts and Rhode Island) provide nearly all local services (such as fire and rescue, education, snow removal, etc.), as county government has been abolished since 1960. New Haven County merely refers to a grouping of towns and a judicial district, not a governmental entity. New Haven is a member of the South Central Connecticut Regional Council of Governments (SCRCOG), a regional agency created to facilitate coordination between area municipal governments and state and federal agencies, in the absence of county government. John DeStefano, Jr., the current mayor of New Haven, has served nine consecutive terms and was re-elected for a record tenth term in November 2011. Mayor DeStefano has focused his tenure on improving education and public safety, as well as on economic development. Notable initiatives include the Livable City Initiative, begun in 1996, which promotes home ownership and removes blight. In 1995, DeStefano launched a 15-year, $1.5 billion School Construction Program, already half finished, to replace or renovate every New Haven public school. In 2010 DeStefano began the ambitious job of undertaking school reform efforts - which led to the NY Times referring to New Haven as "ground zero" for school reform.