February 14, 2014

WHERE'S MONEY FOR SOCIAL WORKERS?

The House chairwoman of the legislature's powerful budget-writing committee wants to know when the Department of Children and Families will correct the overburdened caseloads of the social workers responsible for getting care for the thousands of abused children in state custody.

"I would like to know where are the plans for increasing the caseworkers so the kids get the services?" State Rep. Toni Walker, co-chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee asks DCF's commissioner.

Read the story in the CT Mirror.