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clarence carter

May 24, 2017

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.

May 22, 2017

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.

May 16, 2017

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.

Dec 27, 2016

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.

Nov 27, 2015

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.

May 22, 2015

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.

Jan 5, 2015

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.

May 22, 2014

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.

May 7, 2014

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.

May 5, 2014

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.

May 2, 2014

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.

Apr 25, 2014

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.

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