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Home > Blogs > Butler County News and Issues > Archives > 2008 > April > 18 > Entry

Children Services update

By Josh Sweigart | Friday, April 18, 2008, 09:57 AM

Since the 2006 death of 3-year-old Marcus Fiesel in foster care, the state has enacted numerous changes meant to overhaul Children Services across Ohio.

It appears some of it is working, and some isn’t.

A foster care tracking system with origins predating Fiesel (though it’s priority shot way up after the tragedy), is a dismal failure by many accounts. In a story here, the Cleveland Plain Dealer lays out what people in foster care have known for years.

And you can read about the Cincinnati Enquirer’s efforts to keep foster parents’ names public here.

You can read about another effort under way at the state level to increase foster parent screening here.

So, do you think enough is being done?

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