Children’s Services Gains 200 Caseworkers
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More than 200 new caseworkers for the Administration for Children’s Services graduated yesterday, boosting the ranks of child welfare investigators by 44% since the death of 7-year-old Nixzmary Brown last year.
But while the new class of 230, plus 250 who graduated two weeks ago, brings the total number of caseworkers to 1,310, that number is still shy of the 1,420 caseworkers the agency is budgeted for.
Yesterday, officials cited an attrition rate of close to 30% as a major challenge in reaching their target number of employees.
