Published: Saturday, September 12 2009 - 12:00 am
The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors on Friday directed the County Executive's Office to find ways to restore some funding for Child Protective Services.
By Cynthia Hubert -
Published: Wednesday, August 26 2009 - 12:00 am
Sacramento County's Child Protective Services division would slash 199 jobs, monitor fewer youngsters and put less emphasis on abuse prevention under the most recent round of proposed budget cuts.
Published: Friday, July 10 2009 - 12:00 am
Two Sacramento Bee reporters have won a national award from the Society of Professional Journalists for their work uncovering problems and errors at Sacramento County's Child Protective Services department.
By Marjie Lundstrom -
Published: Wednesday, June 3 2009 - 12:00 am
Sacramento's embattled Child Protective Services got the nod Tuesday from the Board of Supervisors to hire an outside consultant, but a panel of citizens wants to make sure the agency gets its money's worth.
By Marjie Lundstrom and Sam Stanton -
Published: Wednesday, June 3 2009 - 12:00 am
Sacramento County officials are set to initiate sweeping changes at Child Protective Services today in response to mounting criticism of the agency over a recent spike in child deaths.
By Marjie Lundstrom and Sam Stanton -
Published: Wednesday, April 29 2009 - 12:00 am
Pressure mounted Tuesday for a requirement that California's child protection agencies conduct criminal background checks on prospective social workers before they can be hired.
By Marjie Lundstrom and Sam Stanton -
Published: Tuesday, April 28 2009 - 12:00 am
The discovery that a number of Sacramento County child protection workers have criminal histories some for drug use, spousal abuse and other violent crimes has prompted California's top social services officials to urge all counties to perform thorough background checks on both prospective and current employees.
By Sam Stanton -
Updated: Thursday, April 23 2009 - 8:59 am
Sacramento County supervisors have endorsed reforms for Child Protective Services, an agency rife with chronic problems, in hopes of providing greater safety for CPS's young charges.
By Sam Stanton -
Published: Wednesday, April 22 2009 - 12:00 am
The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors will be asked today to speed up the response to a highly critical report on Child Protective Services and to require monthly reports on progress in correcting problems.
By Marjie Lundstrom and Sam Stanton -
Published: Thursday, April 16 2009 - 12:00 am
The Sacramento County grand jury's anger over years of failed promises to fix Child Protective Services was evident from the title page of its new report released Wednesday.
By Marjie Lundstrom and Sam Stanton -
Published: Tuesday, April 14 2009 - 12:00 am
Sacramento County officials announced Monday that they have invited a national child welfare group to meet with the county's troubled Child Protective Services agency to discuss possible improvements inside CPS.
By Marjie Lundstrom and Sam Stanton -
Published: Wednesday, April 1 2009 - 12:00 am
Despite strong recommendations that an outsider be brought in to oversee improvements at Sacramento County's Child Protective Services agency, the Board of Supervisors Tuesday put off a decision for 90 days while county officials study the matter.
Published: Saturday, March 28 2009 - 12:00 am
An independent investigation of Sacramento County's Child Protective Services that is critical of the agency's leadership and handling of children's cases has been made public in advance of Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting.
Updated: Friday, March 27 2009 - 12:32 am
The Bee's ongoing investigation of the county's Child Protective Services agency has won an award from the National Center on Crime and Delinquency.
By Marjie Lundstrom and Sam Stanton -
Published: Thursday, March 26 2009 - 12:00 am
Sacramento County officials have revised who reviews criminal background checks for job applicants at Child Protective Services, removing the authority from top CPS managers and handing it to a county executive who oversees the agency.
Published: Thursday, March 26 2009 - 12:00 am
Sacramento County Child Protective Services spokeswoman Laura McCasland responded to The Bee's questions via e-mail this week.
By Marjie Lundstrom and Sam Stanton -
Updated: Wednesday, March 25 2009 - 8:39 am
Internal problems at Sacramento's Child Protective Services are so deep and severe that at least four children died of abuse and neglect after CPS bungled their cases and missed "clear opportunities" to remove them from danger, a draft of an independent report has concluded.
By Marjie Lundstrom and Sam Stanton -
Published: Monday, March 23 2009 - 12:00 am
In Kentucky, a state social worker was fired after being accused of driving a child while under the influence of drugs.
Published: Wednesday, March 11 2009 - 12:00 am
The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors approved without comment Tuesday a report on Child Protective Services that found a sharp increase in the number of child abuse deaths last year.
By Marjie Lundstrom and Sam Stanton -
Updated: Tuesday, March 10 2009 - 12:19 pm
The number of children who died of abuse and neglect shot up in Sacramento County last year, nearly triple the previous year's toll, a new report has found.
Bee Staff -
Published: Sunday, February 22 2009 - 12:00 am
The Sacramento Bee has won two awards for its scrutiny of the county's Child Protective Services agency from the Northern California section of the Society of Professional Journalists.