Articles tagged as: Indiana Department of Child Services
December 10, 2018
DCS Asks For $300 Million More Per Year In New Budget
The Indiana Department of Child Services says it needs about $300 million more per year in funding than it got in the last state budget.
Read MoreDecember 7, 2018
Holcomb Outlines Public Health Priorities
Gov. Eric Holcomb says his public health priorities in this 2019 agenda will focus on children and families.
Read MoreOctober 17, 2018
Study Committee Wraps Up Meetings On Department Of Child Services
The study committee considered a recommendation to require judges to give foster parents a hearing if they request a role in a child welfare case.
Read MoreOctober 5, 2018
Foster Parents Raise Concerns Amid New Recruitment Campaign
The Department of Child Services announced a campaign to encourage more Hoosiers to become foster and adoptive parents.
Read MoreSeptember 21, 2018
Indiana Child Welfare Agency Responds To Court's Criticism
The Indiana Court of Appeals' rebuke in July cited a "disturbing trend" involving 10 cases the Department of Child Services handled between September 2017 and March 2018.
Read MoreSeptember 19, 2018
DCS Report: 59 Children Died In 2016 From Abuse, Neglect
Of the 59 deaths, 24 were from abuse and 35 were neglect. Vehicles were involved in most of the deaths attributed to neglect. The most common cause of death from abuse was head trauma.
Read MoreSeptember 19, 2018
Child Welfare Agency Proposes Changes To State Law
Lawmakers debated those proposed changes in a study committee Wednesday.
Read MoreSeptember 5, 2018
Lawmakers Push Back Against Proposed DCS Changes
Indiana lawmakers aren't happy with some of the recommendations from an independent evaluation of the Department of Child Services.
Read MoreJuly 2, 2018
Statehouse Leaders Weigh Legislative Response To DCS Report
Many of the recommendations from a recent independent evaluation of DCS were also in past reports that went unheeded.
Read MoreJune 18, 2018
Holcomb Sends $25 Million To DCS As Independent Investigator Recommends Changes
The Holcomb administration hired an independent investigator to evaluate DCS after former director Mary Beth Bonaventura's resignation letter accused Holcomb of putting children's lives at risk.
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