Sens. Kelly & Seminara Statement on CT Child Advocate Report

For Immediate Release

Sen. Kevin Kelly, who will serve as the Committee on Children’s Ranking Senator in the 2025-26 legislative session, and Sen. Lisa Seminara, the panel’s current Ranking Senator, issued the following statement regarding CT’s Office of the Child Advocate reports saying “accountability is a concern” within the Department of Children and Families following the deaths of a New Haven baby and a Stamford toddler and the near-death of a second infant from fentanyl poisoning.   (Related stories here and here.)

“Our shared goal, both now and in the future, is to prevent tragedies. This report merits a thorough bipartisan review and debate in the Committee on Children to determine how we can inject more accountability into the delivery of vital child protection services.”