Wednesday, December 15, 2010
State Social Services Make Changes
KENTUCKY....
State social services officials told lawmakers Wednesday they are changing the way they investigate child abuse and neglect cases, a move designed to curtail child deaths. Patricia Wilson, the commissioner for Community Based Services in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, told a legislative committee a review of child fatalities over the past two years has prompted the cabinet to make changes. Some of those changes, which will take effect in January, include talking to more people other than immediate family members about the child and ensuring social workers are not spending time on duplicate meetings or paperwork. The cabinet started reviewing all deaths related to abuse and neglect in January 2010. Kayden Branham died in May 2009 after drinking Liquid Fire at a home where methamphetamine was allegedly made. Both Kayden and his mother Alisha Branham were under the supervision of the cabinet at the time of Kayden's death.
State social services officials told lawmakers Wednesday they are changing the way they investigate child abuse and neglect cases, a move designed to curtail child deaths. Patricia Wilson, the commissioner for Community Based Services in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, told a legislative committee a review of child fatalities over the past two years has prompted the cabinet to make changes. Some of those changes, which will take effect in January, include talking to more people other than immediate family members about the child and ensuring social workers are not spending time on duplicate meetings or paperwork. The cabinet started reviewing all deaths related to abuse and neglect in January 2010. Kayden Branham died in May 2009 after drinking Liquid Fire at a home where methamphetamine was allegedly made. Both Kayden and his mother Alisha Branham were under the supervision of the cabinet at the time of Kayden's death.
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