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Embattled social service agency gets new leader
Gov. Doug Ducey appointed a veteran agency director to lead the Department of Economic Security, an agency that has endured years of controversy.
Trump snags former embattled DES director to lead social service agency
The former head of Arizona's social services agency has landed a job with the Trump administration.
Fired child welfare workers lose bid to get back jobs
The case has its roots in the finding in late 2013 that almost one of every 12 child-abuse complaints reported to Child Protective Services that year was not investigated.
Scapegoats or not, fired child welfare workers won’t get jobs back
Five child welfare workers fired in the wake of a scandal about uninvestigated abuse complaints will not be getting their jobs back.
Cap Times Q&A: Clarence Carter: Adding a trampoline to the safety net
Clarence Carter came to Arizona in 2011 to put his ideas for reforming the way government runs human services into action, but he found a backlog of child welfare cases that became synonymous with his time as the head of the Department of Economic Security.
Wrongful termination suit filed by 5 ex-CPS workers tossed
A judge Thursday threw out a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by five former Arizona child welfare workers who were fired last year amid an agency scandal.
Carter resigns as chief of Economic Security
Clarence Carter, who was at the helm of Arizona’s child welfare system when it was revealed thousands of child abuse reports were set aside without investigation, resigned today.
Governor asks for nearly $60 million to help solve child welfare problems
Gov. Jan Brewer is asking for nearly $60 million in a special session to begin May 27 to overhaul the state’s child-welfare agency and to close out a backlog of 14,777 abuse and neglect cases.
Just following orders: Attorney for fired CPS workers says they were scapegoats
The attorney for five workers fired from Child Protective Services said today that the report which led to their termination was essentially a pre-determined fix.
Child welfare work group poised to pitch ideas for new agency
A small group of lawmakers and Capitol staffers will begin making their pitch for a new child safety organization to the Legislature next week.
Staff: Arizona child welfare head knew of problems
Several employees testified that the director who supervised Arizona child welfare workers knew about uninvestigated child abuse cases back in 2011, the Arizona Republic reported Thursday. At least four workers said that Clarence Carter was informed about thousands of reports of child abuse and neglect that had gone without a state-mandated investigation.
Probe documents allegations of mistakes, deceptions at CPS
A paper trail uncovered by Department of Public Safety investigators indicates that a small group of Child Protective Services managers tried to keep hidden any public awareness of their setting aside child abuse calls.
