Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Caseloads for Delaware child-abuse investigators are double the legal limit

The number of complaints about child abuse and neglect in Delaware has more than doubled in the last decade. Yet the number of social workers to investigate those allegations hasn’t kept pace — and is substantially below the number set by Delaware law.

To alleviate the pressures on those investigators and better protect children, the Division of Family Services is trying to put more workers on the front lines.

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