Author: EVAN WYLOGE and CHRISTOPHER OSHER [email protected]
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Colorado child protective agencies still falling short despite pledges to increase staffing
Across Colorado, the county agencies charged with investigating child abuse still need hundreds more caseworkers to keep up with caseloads, according to consultants hired by the state in 2016 after widespread failures in protecting abused children. The caseworker deficiencies are laid out in a new report from the Colorado Department of Human Services, the state…