In short, DCF says they can't keep track of missing children. Two children have disappeared from foster care. A five-month old was never found and a five-year-old boy named Jeremiah Oliva went missing and was later found dead.

Also, this story of a 14 year old girl who ran away from her foster home and was later killed in a drive by shooting. : https://www.bostonglobe.com/2014/02/27/hundreds-kids-may-missing-state-welfare-system/t5qc84Uzd8LWiphMl5ecFP/story.html

More on the disgraced former head of DCF, Olga Roche. Seems like a scumbag. http://web.archive.org/web/20141027231245/http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_politics/2014/10/pension_play_ousted_dcf_chief_delayed_retirement_until_after

The new head of DCF, Beverly Scott, formerly managed the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA), and prior to that manage dthe transit authority in Atlanta. While in Atlanta the board of directors paid over a million dollars for her to have psychological counseling. http://web.archive.org/web/20170220030456/http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2012/11/11/new-manager-underwent-professional-counseling-atlanta/acbp8AwNFKjou8LaWQ6E3I/story.html