D.C.'s Child Welfare System Is Cutting Corners

This week on Washington City Podcast host Will Warren and housing complex reporter Morgan Baskin talk about Baskin's investigation into D.C.'s child welfare agency. The investigation was several years in the making, and looks at the devastating effects of an agency that is cutting corners to meet requirements set by a federal lawsuit. Per Baskin's reporting, both Child and Family Services Agency employees and the children they serve suffer. She talks about her story this week. Warren also looks at the week's news: contract fraud and a cover up at the Department of Behavioral Health, the Metro PCS go-go controversy, and our Peeps diorama contest! Stories in this episode: Why Did D.C. End an Innovative Program to Treat Opioid Addiction? A City Van Claiming to Help Heroin Users Went Missing. Then D.C. Covered It Up. The Go-Go Community Weighs In on the Metro PCS Controversy Vote for the Winner of City Paper's 2019 Peeps Diorama Contest To Escape Court Oversight, D.C.'s Child Welfare System Is Cutting Corners Music for this episode was by Lee Rosevere and Jahzzar used under the Creative Commons license .

You can listen to D.C.'s Child Welfare System Is Cutting Corners online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

D.C.'s Child Welfare System Is Cutting Corners is an episode from Washington City Podcast by Will Warren.

This episode is 13:41 long.

This episode was published on Apr 12, 2019.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from Washington City Podcast when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.