D.C. child welfare head resigns leaving backlog, uncertain future for agency

D.C. child welfare head resigns leaving backlog, uncertain future for agency

Turning around D.C.’s child welfare agency will demand strong leadership, accountability and resources that the troubled department has long lacked, District officials said in the wake of the office director’s resignation.
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But Bobo was ineffective in crisis, Wells said, and she was unable to redeploy resources when the demand for child protective services exploded following the January discovery of four dead girls in a Southeast row home.