Allegation claims Child Haven numbers falsified Former county administrator says she was asked to alter documents on how long children spend at center

Allegation claims Child Haven numbers falsified
Former county administrator says she was asked to alter documents on how long children spend at center


SAM MORRIS
A scene outside Child Haven, a shelter for abused and neglected children. Family Services denies it is moving children out of the facility too quickly.

By Joe Schoenmann (contact)
Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 | 2:01 a.m.

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A former Clark County child welfare administrator charges she was ordered to lie about the number of children at Child Haven to make it appear the county’s Family Services Department was doing a better job of placing children into foster care.

Teresa Medina said she quit her $65,000-a-year job because “I was asked to falsify documents relating to the time children arrived to the center and when they were pushed out into foster care,” she wrote in an e-mail to County Manager Virginia Valentine after she resigned.

“I was afraid of what I’d be asked to do next, what I’d be asked to lie about next,” she added, blaming Family Services Director Tom Morton for creating an “illusion that things are better for Clark County children.”

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