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New DCS director outlines reorganization, fiscal controls and permanency push as foster care stays rise
Summary
Adam Krupp, newly named director of the Department of Child Services, told the State Budget Committee he will refocus DCS on culture, fiscal discipline and faster permanency as about 9,000 children remained in foster care and roughly 16,000 DCS cases were open across the state.
INDIANAPOLIS — The state’s newly appointed director of the Department of Child Services laid out a three‑part plan to stabilize the agency’s finances and speed children to permanent homes during testimony Thursday, saying Indiana could be a national leader if reforms are implemented.
“Organizational culture will drive everything else,” Adam Krupp said, describing his priorities as restoring public trust, creating fiscal discipline and retooling the agency’s operations to emphasize child safety and permanency.
Why this matters: DCS handles abuse and neglect reports, placements, foster care and child support enforcement. State testimony showed about 9,000 children were in foster care at the time of the hearing and the agency has roughly 16,000 open DCS cases; agency leaders said some of the numbers have fallen from earlier highs but the system remains under pressure. DCS spends most of its budget on services and placements: roughly 85% of costs are for frontline services, foster care per diems…
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