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Child and Family Services outlines intake, investigations and efforts to limit foster care removals
Summary
Child and Family Services told the committee it receives about 29,000–30,000 intake calls annually, investigates ~6,544 cases (in the most recent fiscal year), and has focused on prevention plans, family support teams and expedited emergency hearings to reduce foster care removals and improve reunification.
Nikki Grossberg, Division Administrator for Child and Family Services, briefed the committee on how child‑welfare cases move through the system and recent changes to policy and practice.
Grossberg said the division receives roughly 29,000–30,000 decentralized intake calls annually; in the most recent fiscal year about 6,544 calls met the statutory threshold for investigation, involving approximately 9,700 children, and 1,276 children entered foster care. She described triage and…
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