Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare: Health and Safety Review Report
September 14, 2009 In response to the November 2008 death of one year old Christopher Thomas Jr. who was killed while in a court-ordered kinship placement, Reggie Bicha, Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, directed Department staff to conduct a safety evaluation of children in out-of home care who are in the custody of the Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare (BMCW) and placed in foster or relative care. The focus of the review was children ages five and under who had been in their current out-of-home placement for 10 months or less as . . .
