Public Health Alerts
- Suicide Prevention Booklet
- Suicide Prevention Booklet-Spanish
- Naloxone Is Safe For Everyone
- Drowning Prevention
- Drowning Prevention Spanish
- Safe Sleep
- Safe Sleep Spanish
- Suicide Prevention PHA
- Suicide Prevention PHA Spanish
- Scald Burn Flyer
- Scald Burn Flyer (Spanish)
- Summer Safety
- Prevent Suicide Campaign
- Gizmo 4 Mental Health
Legislative Advocacy
Recent Reports
- Executive Summary-Addendum to Fatality Investigation Report for LR and MM
- Addendum to Fatality Investigation Reports for Liam R and Marcello M
- OCA Conditions of Confinement DOC Youth Executive Summary
- OCA DRCT Disability Discrimination Complaint with US DOJ 2024 Press Release
- OCA Title IX Compliance Letter to Vernon Public Schools
- Title IX Compliance Letter Vernon PS Agency Responses
- OCA DRCT Letter to Hartford Public Schools Budget Concerns
- OCA DRCT High Road Investigation Report Executive Summary
- OCA DRCT High Road Investigative Report
- OCA DRCT High Road Investigative Report Agency Responses
- OCA Marcello M Fatality Review Investigative Report Summary
- Infant Toddler Summit 2023
- OCA Critical Incident Investigative DDS DSS DCF OCPD Report Executive Summary
- OCA Critical Incident Investigative DDS DSS DCF OCPD Report
- OCA Liam R Fatality Review Investigative Report Summary
- OCA Letter of Findings and Recommendations on DCF-licensed STAR homes
Child Advocate: Christina Ghio
The Office of the Child Advocate (OCA) is not an administrator of programs. Rather, the OCA monitors and evaluates public and private agencies that are charged with the protection of children, and reviews state agency policies and procedures to ensure they protect children's rights and promote their best interest.
About Office of the Child Advocate
Contact
Office of the Child Advocate
165 Capitol Avenue
Hartford CT 06106
Phone Number: 860-566-2106
Toll-Free: 800-994-0939
Fax: 860-326-0569