L.A. Child Protective Service Crisis
LOS ANGELES—A top official says Los Angeles County’s child welfare service says a crisis is brewing because of a backlog in abuse investigations. In a report this week, county Chief Executive William Fujioka said shifting workers to handle the backlog of more than 10,000 cases has pulled them from other duties such as foster care placement.
Fujioka says that appears to be creating a crisis for some critical tasks in the Department of Children and Family Services. The Los Angeles Times says nearly half of the child abuse probes have exceeded the state’s two-month deadline.
The department handles 170,000 child abuse hotline calls a year. Nearly 70 youngsters have died of abuse or neglect since the beginning of 2008 after being referred to the department.
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---------------------------------------------By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
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