Time for DCS Oversight?
Tim Evans has a lengthy article up on the Indy Star today on the calls for Indiana to adopt some type of independent complaint process for child in need of services cases following the deaths of children under DCS supervision: Deaths of kids raise oversight questions.
The idea floated in the article is for the DCS to have an ombudsman, a position used in 33 other states to look in to circumstances leading to a child’s death in cases involving the child welfare system. The article highlights criticism of Indiana’s DCS from the relatives of TaJanay Bailey, who recently died and also the DCS accountability watch-group, Honk for Kids.
We’ve been over these grounds before: The Powers of the State. You can see a healthy debate on the issue of DCS accountability in Indiana over here: Forums to target state agency complaints - Topix.
