Thursday, July 21, 2011

LA social workers w/o on-line access on home visits=child fatalities

LA social workers w/o on-line access on home visits=child fatalities

Four years ago, in 2007: the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services paid nearly $6 million for some 2,400 computer tablets -- but, as the Los Angeles Times reported:

... purchased only 400 wireless cards to allow them to connect remotely. As a result, in a department with about 7,300 employees, the overwhelming majority of the tablets gather dust on social workers' desks.

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