Child abuse death of Thomas Valva, 8, spurs new reforms in Suffolk County
Eight-year-old Thomas Valva died after months of abuse at the hands of his father, an NYPD cop, and his father’s fiancée. Now ...
CPS workers implementing 'blind removal' process while evaluating cases following 2020 death of 8-year-old Thomas Valva
"We all have unconscious stereotypes and views in our minds, and they have to be eliminated in the evaluation of child ...
More progress needed on Valva reforms
It came eight months after 8-year-old Thomas Valva died of hypothermia in the garage of the Center Moriches home of his ...
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Thomas Valva's death prompts overhaul of Suffolk County's Child Protective Services. Here's what's changing.
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. -- Four years after the heartbreaking death of 8-year-old Thomas Valva, change is coming to the Suffolk County department blamed for ignoring repeated reports of abuse. The boy ...
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Suffolk County overhauls Child Protective Services after death of 8 y/o Thomas Valva
The death of 8-year-old Thomas Valva revealed several failures within Suffolk County's Child Protective Services, which ...
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Child abuse death of Thomas Valva, 8, spurs new reforms in Suffolk County
Thomas Valva died in January 2020 from hypothermia ... over and over again to the child protective services office of Suffolk County. However, because the boy’s father was a cop, that helped ...
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Suffolk County CPS overhauls child removal procedures
Suffolk County officials have unveiled sweeping changes for child protective services, including removing identifying ...
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Suffolk County overhauls Child Protective Services after death of 8 y/o Thomas Valva
NEW YORK - In the aftermath of the heartbreaking death of 8-year-old Thomas Valva, who froze to death in 2020 after being forced to sleep in an unheated garage, Suffolk County is instituting major ...