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New state ombudsman outlines role overseeing foster care services, seeks higher personnel funding
Summary
The newly created Office of Health and Social Services Ombudsman described its role investigating complaints involving children in state care, the office's staffing and a governor-supported request to increase personnel funding to recruit qualified hires.
Trevor Sparrow, appointed as the ombudsman in late November, told the Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee on Jan. 15 that the office will receive complaints and investigate whether public agencies and private entities are handling child welfare and foster care cases appropriately. "We investigate those things, make sure that the agency is handling those cases appropriately and ethically," Sparrow said, describing the office’s investigative and reporting authority.
Alex Williamson,…
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