Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Fla. can't track child welfare contractors

By: KELLI KENNEDY 05/03/11 8:59 AM
Associated Press

A decade ago, Florida began turning its child welfare program over to private contractors instead of state workers. Almost everyone involved feels that the change has been for the best, but that's all it is — a feeling.

Despite spending a half billion dollars a year, the Department of Children and Families does not have a standardized system for evaluating in most areas its 20 child welfare contractors, making it impossible to prove that the 40,000 children in the system are being helped. Nor can the state show with confidence which contractors are performing well, adequately or poorly. FULL STORY

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