Child Welfare Performance Review: Statewide Performance

July 2003 Child Welfare Performance Review: Statewide Performance Jerry Regier, secretary of the Florida Department of Children and Families, intent on transforming the shaky child welfare system, has met some of the goals he set out to accomplish, though there have been others that have not been executed. A statewide report released in July 2003, reviews the performance of the department, revealing some of the following positives and negatives: Investigations completed within 60 days improved from 30% to 40% in July 2000 through September 2002, to over 60% in 2003  Sheriff's offices are closing about 54% of their investigations . . .