If Suffolk reaches 138 caseworkers, every CPS caseworker could stay below 12 cases, Pierre said. The number of Suffolk caseworkers has risen to its highest level in years.

In her book "Broken: Transforming Child Protective Services ― Notes of a Former Caseworker" she looks back her CPS years and how they led her to quit and work for systemic change.

Didi, a former caseworker of 15 years, said CPS is failing children without placement. She also asked that her full name not be used because she is considering returning to work at the agency.

Suffolk County has failed to keep Child Protective Services caseload levels below its reform goal of 12 cases or fewer per caseworker nearly four years after the hypothermia murder of 8-year-old ...

A woman who lost 2 grandchildren and her mother in the fire said "CPS dropped the ball." Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 48°F. Sunday, March 2nd 2025 e-Edition. Home Page.

Riverside County Child Protective Services caseworkers assessed the risk to the children living with a drug-addicted mother in a Lake Elsinore-area home as “moderate” and the living conditions ...

Angel Brown Reveles, Texas: "It seems that every time I start working consistently with a good, solid, compassionate CPS caseworker, they end up leaving.

There are now 11 people working under CPS — one supervisor, nine caseworkers and a clerical support person. Each Augusta County area caseworker averages about 40 cases at a time, Middleton said. The ...

In fact, just a week later, a CPS caseworker wrote that they were planning to close the case. "Not to minimize it, but there was a mental health episode that Ms. Roconda had suffered from.

The former CPS caseworker shared 9 things she's banned her kids from doing to keep them safe. The statistics on abuse, trauma, and neglect among children are truly staggering.

A judge dismissed a child molestation case against a former Child Protective Services caseworker earlier this month after prosecutors said they were no longer able to contact the victim.

Burnout. Compassion fatigue. Both terms connote emotional exhaustion. Child Protection Service (CPS) workers seem to be disproportionately susceptible. Because they comprise the essential ...