Colorado's child-protection system is overburdened and may need 574 more caseworkers ā a 49 percent increase ā to handle the work, according to a state study released Monday.
The study also recommended the hiring of 122 new supervisors. In total, there are an estimated 1,800 county child-protection workers, supervisors and support staff in Colorado.
The study found that caseworkers should be spending 18 percent more time on screening abuse allegations and 99 percent more time ensuring that children removed from abusive homes receive proper care. The time those workers should be spending on adoptions should increase by 156 percent, the study found.
[For more of this story, written by Christopher N. Osher, go to http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_26402811/colorado-needs-574-more-child-welfare-caseworkers-study]
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