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Lawmakers press agency on foster care review board vacancies and possible regional model
Summary
Members of the oversight subcommittee and Director Amanda Whittle discussed persistent vacancies on county foster care review boards, the boards' semi-independent status, Richland County's separate CASA program and options including a judicial-circuit or state panel model.
Amanda Whittle told the Legislative Oversight Subcommittee that South Carolina's foster care review boards are nominated by legislative delegations and appointed by the governor, but the Department of Children's Advocacy provides administrative support rather than direct oversight.
"The foster care review boards do review the cases of children in foster care once every 6 months," Whittle said, describing the boards' role in issuing recommendations that are placed in case files and shared with…
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