Improving child services is example of the challenges in tough budget year
A federal review has found serious holes in Vermont's safety net for children at risk of neglect and abuse, holes that must be repaired even as state government heads into a period of fiscal belt-tightening.
The review found that too few complaints of possible maltreatment were investigated and caseworkers didn't have enough contact with children and families to help them before crises arise. It said that when children were removed from their homes, they too often were bounced around before appropriate placements were found; and new caseworkers and new foster parents haven't always completed their training before being put on the job.
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