Massachusetts Governor Seeks Outside Probe Of Child Welfare Agency

Feeling the heat, Gov. Deval Patrick is calling on a Washington, D.C.-based group to do a "full, independent review" of the state's embattled child welfare agency in what lawmakers said last night is only a first step in fixing a broken agency. The Child Welfare League of America, a decades-old non-government organization, will conduct a months-long probe of the Department of Children and Families, administration officials said yesterday. This was reported by the Boston Herald on January 9, 2014. Contact information: Linda Spears, Vice President, Policy and Public Affairs, Child Welfare League of America . . .