By Lauren Pack, Staff Writer
11:47 PM Monday, April 25, 2011
Middleton Journal
HAMILTON, Ohio — Butler County is one of eight counties in the state that will participate beginning this summer in the Differential Response program developed by the Ohio Supreme Court and the state Department of Job and Family Services.
The pilot program is under way in several counties and with the addition of eight more, 33 counties will have options when responding to and addressing children services reports.
Differential Response gives caseworkers freedom to use an alternative approach when investigating some reports of child abuse and neglect, according to the Supreme Court. That freedom helps keep families together and reduces the number of children placed in out-of-home care, all without compromising child safety. FULL STORY
"Differential Response" means they don't necessarily have to do the usual lying and character assassination.
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