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LA County Blue Ribbon Commission to Reform Child Welfare Angency
LA County is trying to fire four social workers after the recent death of an 8-year-old boy—allegedly tortured by his mother and her boyfriend. Earlier this year, a scathing report on the lack of protection for thousands of abused children led to reforms now underway at the Department of Child and Family Services.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readLA County is trying to fire four social workers after the recent death of an 8-year-old boy—allegedly tortured by his mother and her boyfriend. Earlier this year, a scathing report on the lack of protection for thousands of abused children led to reforms now underway at the Department of Child and Family Services. But the record of failure is so aggravated and so long that the Board of Supervisors has appointed a blue-ribbon task force to see if more can be done. It’s first meeting will be tomorrow.
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Kerry Cavanaugh
editorial writer at the Los Angeles Times
Garrett Therolf
UC Berkeley and Common Sense News
Marilyn Flynn
School of Social Work, USC
Dilys Garcia
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Los Angeles
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