Newsletter Articles | May 31, 2004
States’ Child Welfare Programs Face Federal Penalties
OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst
Industry News
According to the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), federal investigators have found widespread problems in child welfare programs intended to protect children from abuse and neglect in every state, and no state has received passing grades from the federal administration in reviews conducted over the last three years. The child and family services reviews are designed to enable the Children's Bureau to ensure that states' child welfare agency practices are in conformity with federal child welfare . . .