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DSS: Putting Children in Harm’s Way is Job One
Sunday, January 6, 2013 18:51
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Dorchester County State Rep. Jenny Horne has been one of those most vocal with concerns about the gross inability of Child Protective Services agency of SC DSS to protect children from abuse.
In a Charleston Post and Courier story, Horne cited concerns about “timeliness of DSS response to complaints about child welfare and delayed court proceedings because department paperwork was not in order.” This included one instance where the agency failed to act three years after parental rights had been terminated three years ago and another where a girl was placed in a Dorchester County home with a registered sex offender.
One can add to this growing pile of complaints – and childrens’ bodies – this story in the Rock Hill Herald on Friday about how the agency placed a child in a home with an uncle who had served time for a violent felony without conducting a complete background check (hint: one can be done in minutes on the SLED website).
Not surprisingly, after being placed with the uncle, the child was taken out after reports of … yep … physical abuse by the uncle.
Responding to a request by nearly three dozen House Republican legislators, the Legislative Audit Council has initiated an audit of the agency’s ability to protect children. Such an audit has been long overdue as the agency has a long history of failing to protect children. Not only have some of these gross failures been talked about on this blog, but DSS is the agency which historically generates the most complaints to the Blogland.
It would be nice if the agency would be held accountable for a change, but asking for that would be like beating a dead horse (or child, as the agency would probably prefer).
2013-01-06 18:48:11
Source: http://earlcapps.blogspot.com/2013/01/dss-putting-children-in-harms-way-is.html
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