Friday, January 14, 2011

Honest questions about D.C. child services

Posted at 7:01 PM ET, 01/14/2011
By Roque Gerald, Washington

Over the past few weeks, there have been a number of opinions expressed on this page regarding child welfare and child protection in the District [“Taking toys from foster kids won’t fix D.C. child services,” Jan. 9; “Three years after Banita Jacks, has anything really changed?,” Jan. 2; “Sacred cows in D.C.’s child services budget,” Dec. 26]. Many criticisms of the imperfect system here and nationally are valid. At the D.C. Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA), we certainly acknowledge the legitimacy of many of these criticisms. But the critics and advocates do not agree on appropriate solutions, and even the most well-intended opinions do not confront the full range of issues affecting child welfare nationally, and especially locally, in all their complexity.  FULL STORY

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