[Arizona] Governor Jan Brewer has assembled an independent team to oversee the inquiry into more than 6,000 child abuse and neglect reports that were not investigated and to examine the child-protective agency’s personnel and procedures.
...Dana Naimark, president and CEO of the Children’s Action Alliance, called Brewer’s move “ an excellent first step.” The alliance is among the groups that have been urging Brewer to create an independent look at CPS.
But she also said the state’s child-welfare system needs more than an examination of the current crisis involving 6,000-plus cases.
CPS has a 10,000-case backlog, as well as 12,000 cases started during the last budget year that, as of the most recent report, have not been completed. The agency needs to keep its attention on those cases, too, she said.
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