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Fed budget deal means AZ DES workers back at work

More than 240 furloughed workers at the Arizona Department of Economic Security are back on the job now that the federal government is back up and running. Arizona also will...

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DES director speaks to Congress about low-income safety net

CPS Director Clarence Carter (Photo from Arizona Department of Economic Security website) Clarence Carter, executive director of the Department of Economic Security in Arizona, spoke in...

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Child safety group: Focus CPS improvements on prevention

[caption id="attachment_55549" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Dana Wolfe Naimark, president of the Children’s Action Alliance, speaks with reporters after addressing Democratic lawmakers on the needs of Arizona Child Protective Services. (Cronkite News...

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DES: No delays for some jobless benefits after all

[caption id="attachment_54594" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="In this Dec. 6, 2012, photo, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., right, accompanied by from left, Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Sen. Chris...

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Arizona DES names chief for new child welfare unit

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A former Phoenix police officer has been hired to oversee the state Department of Economic Security’s new Office of Child...

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Ariz. facing cuts in unemployment benefits

Thousands of out-of-work Arizona residents are facing a loss of benefits this summer as Congress aims to cut long-term assistance to the unemployed. The Arizona RepublicA� reports the Arizona Department...

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Report shows Ariz. child protection agency struggling

In this photo taken Sept. 15, 2010 shows studentsA� at Roskruge Bilingual Magnet Middle and Elementary School in Tucson. (AP Photo/Arizona Daily Star, Samantha Sais)
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CPS team clearing backlog; blames cumbersome system

Clarence Carter (Photo from Arizona Department of Economic Security website)
A high turnover rate for case workers and a burdensome documentation process led to a backlog...

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