Are they protecting kids? "Nobody knows."

Wednesday, 26 March 2008 19:00

New York City officials recently audited a nonprofit that takes millions to work with children and families, finding that the group did not bother to do criminal background checks on its own caseworkers, as required.

The report finds that the Child Development Support Group (CDSG) also did not "make required contact with the families" or "adequately monitor" their services, reports the New York Daily News. The News says New York's Administration for Children's Services (ACS) "is relying more than ever on preventative programs to stop child abuse," a strategy that does not appear to be measurable in an audit. "If [CDSG] are entrusted to help families keep children out of foster care, are they doing this job?" asked ACS Controller William Thompson. "Nobody knows."

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The National Association to Protect Children is a national, pro-child, anti-crime membership association. We are founded on the belief that our first and most sacred obligation as parents, citizens, and members of the human species is the protection of children from harm.

PROTECT is a bipartisan pro-child, anti-crime lobby whose sole focus is making the protection of children a top political and policy priority at the national, state and local level.

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