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Family and Children's Ombuds reports declines in placement exceptions and flags juvenile rehabilitation and fentanyl incidents
Summary
The Office of the Family and Children's Ombuds updated the committee on complaint trends, long‑standing concerns about placement exceptions and recent complaints about juvenile rehabilitation facilities; the office also reported a sharp increase in fentanyl‑related critical incidents involving young children.
Patrick Dowd, director of the Office of the Family and Children's Ombuds (OFCO), briefed the committee on complaint trends and systemic issues in Washington's child welfare system.
Dowd said OFCO is an independent oversight office located in the governor's office with six full‑time employees and an annual budget of about $902,000. He told members the office receives fewer complaints than earlier in the decade, which OFCO attributes in part to fewer children in out‑of‑home care.
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