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Sheriff’s office helps backlogged DSS check on children’s safety
A backlog at Jefferson County’s Department of Social Services has the sheriff’s office making several house calls to make sure children are safe.
The Baltimore Sun2y
Mamie B. Todd, an outspoken civil rights…
Todd, the granddaughter of a slave who became an outspoken civil rights activist and social worker whose advocacy for children led to the founding of the state’s Child Protective Services Agency ...
The Texas Tribune8y
Pay Caseworkers and Fosters More, Chief Says
The new commissioner of the state’s embattled child welfare agency wants lawmakers to make a sizable investment in Child Protective Services and the state’s foster care system. Caseworkers ...
Seattle Times10d
Painful timeline of Everett boy’s killing outlined in state report
The report determined that given the information known at the time, the responding Child Protective Services caseworker responded appropriately. The review did not clearly identify any DCYF ...
West Virginia officials ordered to report as child case workers to address staffing shortage
A judge in West Virginia has ordered the new chief of a state agency and several of his subordinates to be assigned as Child Protective Services workers.