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Proposals for fixing CPS emerge
Some lawmakers say Child Protective Services needs more money. Others say it should become its own agency, separate from the Department of Economic Security. Another cautions against “reactionary legislation” that...
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‘Heartbreaking, unconscionable’
CPS workers close out thousands of cases before they are investigated The state’s protectors of children recently discovered roughly 6,000 cases of child abuse that haven’t been investigated. Department...
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Child safety in Legislature’s hands with fiscal 2014 budget vote
The 2013 legislative session began with a unanimous vote in the House and the Senate to appropriate emergency funding for additional Child Protective Services staff. With that vote, lawmakers affirmed...
