When it comes to the state, county child protection can be measured by the numbers -- how often kids are removed from a home and brought back, then removed again; how many parents are being reached by support services. But perhaps the most significant measurements are of face time with children, from monthly visits with kids who may be at risk, to tracking down a child within 24 hours of a serious report of abuse. That response time, according to state data obtained by the Winona Post, has not always been met, and in cases reviewed by the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS), child risk and safety were adequately assessed and managed in only 37.5 percent of cases studied.
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