A state audit of Child Protective Services says the agency has failed to investigate complaints of abuse in group homes and treatment centers within the required time frame.
The Arizona Daily Star reports that the audit also found record-keeping gaps that allowed treatment center employees with substantiated complaints of child abuse get new jobs in group homes, where they committed further abuse.
State law requires CPS to complete an investigation at a group care facility within 21 days and enter their findings into a database. The Auditor General found that since 2007, CPS completed its investigations on time in only 4 out of 147 cases. More than half of the reports took another one to six months to complete.
The Department of Economic Security oversees CPS. They say they agree with the findings and will make changes to fix the problems.
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