DCS director urges action beyond statistics in Child Abuse Prevention Month
New DCS director Adam Krupp marked Child Abuse Prevention Month by urging a focus on families and improved communication; he said DCS assessed "over a 100,000 cases" last year and pledged work on policy clarity, foster‑parent retention and plain‑language materials.
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Adam Krupp, director of DCS, opened the commission meeting by marking April as National Child Abuse Prevention Month and urging officials and the public to focus on families, not just counts. "Last year alone, there were over a 100,000 cases that were assessed by the team at DCS," he said, framing those figures as "opportunities to intervene" and to prevent further harm.
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