Post by Logan on Jan 17, 2016 2:18:15 GMT -6
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina's child welfare program, stretched in the past by low funding and high caseload levels, now must grapple with a new federal report that found few things to praise.
Federal regulators visiting Raleigh this month disclosed findings from their latest review of North Carolina's maltreatment investigations and foster care and adoption programs. The federal Children's Bureau reviews each state every seven to ten years.
Of 14 performance factors on which the state was evaluated, North Carolina failed to reach the standards the federal government set as successful in all of them. While changing review procedures make comparisons difficult, North Carolina was in successful "substantial conformity" with six of the 14 outcomes or factors during its 2007 report.
North Carolina Division of Social Services leaders disagree with some of the new results, which are based in part on interviews and examinations of randomly picked cases. But they say they aren't surprised with findings that lay out strengths and weaknesses of a system that relies on case workers, the courts and outside service providers to succeed.
Continue reading at www.wral.com/north-carolina-s-child-protection-programs-get-poor-marks/15240706/ .
Federal regulators visiting Raleigh this month disclosed findings from their latest review of North Carolina's maltreatment investigations and foster care and adoption programs. The federal Children's Bureau reviews each state every seven to ten years.
Of 14 performance factors on which the state was evaluated, North Carolina failed to reach the standards the federal government set as successful in all of them. While changing review procedures make comparisons difficult, North Carolina was in successful "substantial conformity" with six of the 14 outcomes or factors during its 2007 report.
North Carolina Division of Social Services leaders disagree with some of the new results, which are based in part on interviews and examinations of randomly picked cases. But they say they aren't surprised with findings that lay out strengths and weaknesses of a system that relies on case workers, the courts and outside service providers to succeed.
Continue reading at www.wral.com/north-carolina-s-child-protection-programs-get-poor-marks/15240706/ .