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The '''Department of Children and Families''' (also known as the '''Department of Children and Family Services''', '''Department of Child Services''', '''Child Protective Services''' or '''Department of Social Services''') is the name generally given to various [[state government]] agencies responsible for the main purpose of investigating and resolving incidents of [[child abuse]], [[domestic violence]] as well as reports of abuse inflicted against both [[disability|disabled]] individuals (both mentally and physically handicapped) as well as the [[senior citizen|elderly]]. The agencies are also tasked with enforcing [[child labor]] laws in their respective states as well as supervising the treatment of minors in the [[welfare]] system, [[school]] system and the workplace. In certain states, the agency provides [[suicide]] prevention support as well.

The '''Department of Children and Families''' (also known as the '''Department of Children and Family Services''', '''Department of Child Services''', '''Child Protective Services''' or '''Department of Social Services''') is the name generally given to various [[state government]] agencies responsible for the main purpose of investigating and resolving incidents of [[child abuse]], [[domestic violence]] as well as reports of abuse inflicted against both [[disability|disabled]] individuals (both mentally and physically handicapped) as well as the [[senior citizen|elderly]]. The agencies are also tasked with enforcing [[child labor]] laws in their respective states as well as supervising the treatment of minors in the [[welfare]] system, [[school]] system and the workplace. In certain states, the agency provides [[suicide]] prevention support as well.

The agency was created as a result of the [[Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974]], a [[federal law]] which ordered the creation of individual state agencies to enforce state statues concerning child and disability abuse crimes.

The agency was created as a result of the [[Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974]], a [[federal law]] which ordered the creation of individual state agencies to enforce state statutes concerning child and disability abuse crimes.

DCF State agencies are supervised in the federal government by the Child Welfare division of the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services|Department of Health and Human Services]].

DCF State agencies are supervised in the federal government by the Child Welfare division of the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services|Department of Health and Human Services]].