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Parents and advocates press Board for oversight of Department of Children and Family Services
Summary
Multiple public commenters described prolonged family separations, alleged false reports, denied breastfeeding, and systemic shortcomings in child-welfare practice and urged the board to expand oversight, investigate staff conduct, and refer claims to the civil grand jury.
Several parents and advocates used the meeting's public-comment period to press the Board of Supervisors for stronger oversight of the county's child-welfare system (Department of Children and Family Services, CFS). Comments included personal accounts of long separations from children, allegations of inaccurate or harmful social-worker reports, and requests that the board act where operational fixes have not resolved recurring problems.
Alejandra Contreras told the board she has been separated from her children for 18 months and said she believed case reports contained inaccurate information that has blocked reunification.…
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