After a tumultuous year filled with controversies and tumult, on Tuesday, at the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors meeting, members of SEIU local 521 pressed board members to take action against the leadership of the beleaguered Department of Family and Children’s Services.
After a rough year filled with controversies and tumult, social workers pressed the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, to take action against the leadership of the beleaguered Department of Family and Children’s Services ."We are left without having staff to be able to do critical emergency response investigations regarding child abuse and neglect," said Pa Chang, a social worker supervisor and chief steward of SEIU Local 521.
Over the past few years, two toddlers ingested fentanyl while their parents or guardians were already under DFCS scrutiny. Moreover, Morion Walker has filed a lawsuit against DFCS for not granting him custody of his 6-year-old grandson, Jordan Cam Walker, who in August 2023 was fatally stabbed by his uncle, who had recently been released from prison.
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