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DCF Trying to Rebuild Trust

June 25th, 2014 by Mike Vasilinda

A South Florida Grand Jury is calling the under reporting of child deaths “misleading”   So as of today, as Mike Vasilinda tells us, DCF will begin reporting all child death information on its website.

A Grand Jury Report issued Tuesday says the failure to  publicly report 30 deaths was “misleading” and that it erodes the  public trust. Interim DCF Secretary Mike Carroll, who took office just two months ago,  is also praised by the Grand Jury for a quick response.

“We have taken very quick, very decisive steps to fix the system in question” says Carroll. A previous grand jury report found the child protection investigators just were’t skeptical enough of a caregivers story and it found they had a persistent insidious bias of trust.

State lawmaker also weighed in and sent a clear message to DCF this spring….investigators must shift their focus from keeping families together, to keeping a child safe. Kurt Kelly runs an association of private foster care agencies.

“You wouldn’t think you’d have to actually mention that. But they have gone in and redefined the methodology they are going to utilize” says Kelly.

Lawmakers also provided money for 270 additional child protection investigators. Kelly says more up front intervention will save everyone in the long run.

Question: ”You know who has drug abuse problems right away?”

“Yeah…you can go in and see that they have drug paraphernalia. You understand they’ve got problems. You have to deal with that.

And a legislatively mandated web site tracking child deaths and a families involvement with DCF launched Wednesday…a week early. Carrol says it will get better with time.  “If we have a child’s death that’s reported in the state, the general public will get information on that right away.”

A full report on 10 years of child deaths is expected to be up for viewing by the end of the year. DCF is now sending in two investigators in suspicious cases, just to have a second set of eyes making decisions about a child’s future.

 

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