In the Kansas City area, child welfare workers investigating abuse and neglect for the Kansas Department for Children and Families are handling far too many cases to do right by either children or their families.
Saddling workers with an average caseload of 55, when the maximum average is supposed to be 15, is a recipe for just the sort of preventable tragedies we’ve seen so many times before.
Statewide, the average caseload of 38 is still more than twice what it’s supposed to be.
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