Indiana DCS sued over care it provides to children
INDIANAPOLIS (AP): A lawsuit filed Tuesday on behalf of nine Indiana foster children claims the Indiana Department of Child Services doesn’t protect 22,000 children with...
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Raises for 3,600 Indiana Department of Child Services employees
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Department of Child Services is spending $22 million on raises for staff as part of an effort to improve the...
Indiana child welfare agency responds to court’s criticism
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An appeals court’s scathing rebuke of Indiana’s embattled child welfare agency has prompted the top official at the Department of Child Services...
House speaker ‘disturbed’ DCS failed to act on past reports
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma says he was “disturbed” that the state’s child welfare agency failed to take action after five different reviews...
Indiana DCS outspends 2018 budget
INDIANAPOLIS (WOWO): The Indiana Department of Child Services is out of money. In fact, the agency has spent more than $284-million than it expected to...
DCS investigation finds file problems, spike in abuse cases
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WOWO): A consultant group hired to look into Indiana’s child welfare system has found a couple of problems. The Child Welfare Policy and...
Indiana child welfare chief pens scathing resignation letter
INDIANAPOLIS (AP): The director of Indiana’s child welfare agency says she’s quitting because Gov. Eric Holcomb’s administration has hurt her ability to protect children. Mary...
Indiana wants group to stop using “baby boxes”
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) – The director of the Indiana Department of Children Services has warned an organization that installed two baby boxes at firehouses...