Santa Clara County invites allegedly abusive parents to kids’ interviews

Santa Clara County Social Services Agency Director Daniel Little, right, gives a presentation with Damion Wright, second from right, director of Department of Family and Children’s Services, defending their family preservation policies during a Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors meeting in San Jose, Calif., on Dec. 19, 2023.

The teachers “beg us to not call CPS anymore,” Steward told members of the Santa Clara County Child Abuse Prevention Council at the group’s January retreat. Damion Wright, director of the Santa Clara County Department of Family and Children’s Services, gives a presentation to the members of the Santa Clara County Child Abuse Prevention Council on Dec. 1, 2023, in San Jose.

When asked why they instructed social workers to disregard a state statute, the Santa Clara County Counsel’s office said that they were responding to recent court decisions “to ensure compliance with the new legal standard” about interviewing kids. On Saturday, the county for the first time acknowledged that they were advising social workers to invite parents into interviews after receiving court orders.

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