Many children require such protection, and my caseload at any given time often exceeds 10 cases involving over 20 children. These cases range from neglect to severe abuse.
Despite this grim reality, ACS and city leadership have deprioritized investigations into child welfare, acting out of a false sense of compassion and social justice.
Likely because minority families are disproportionately the subject of investigations, the ACS commissioner has vowed to reduce them - instead channeling 70% of cases into a family-led, non-investigative track called Collaborative Assessment, Response, Engagement & Support (CARES).
The problem? CARES is meant for "low safety and low risk" cases, but determining risk without an investigation is guesswork. Under current guidelines, even cases involving drug addiction or abuse qualify for CARES.
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