Two years ago, facing eviction from her home, Sarah Hasty called the state Department of Children and Families in desperation, asking for help from its voluntary service branch to keep her family of 10 from ending up homeless.
After repeated calls, an operator at the DCF hotline finally told the desperate North Haven mother that DCF could look into her situation, but warned her that such an act could trigger a neglect or abuse investigation that might cost her custody of her children.
"That made me hang up pretty quick," Hasty said. "Here I was, trying to keep my children from being neglected, but DCF wouldn't listen until they were neglected. It's too late then. In my book, DCF only seemed interested in breaking my family up, not helping us."
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