By now, so many oversight agencies in so many states have issued reports about those states’ child welfare systems, and those reports so often are accurately described as “scathing,” that it may as well be one word.
But the ScathingReport issued by the Utah Office of the
Legislative Auditor General concerning the state Division of Child and Family
Services includes a commendable difference: It recognizes that in “child
welfare,” the terrible mistakes go in all directions. Understanding that is
essential if DCFS is ever going to be fixed. ...
