DCFS reports progress and staffing limits; home visits below target
DCFS Director Tiffany Wright reported on SFY2024 Q2: 7,504 hotline reports (6,204 assigned to DCFS), 3,702 children in foster care, and 77% of required monthly in‑home visits (goal 85%). Wright cited workforce shortages and workload balancing as primary causes and described ongoing recruitment and partnership efforts.
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Tiffany Wright, director of the Division of Children and Family Services, presented DCFS’s quarterly performance report for state fiscal year 2024 Q2 (Oct–Dec 2023). She reported 7,504 incoming child maltreatment reports to the hotline during the quarter, of which 6,204 were assigned to DCFS for investigation.
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