State child welfare system failing to protect youth

State child welfare system failing to protect youth | Bradenton Herald:
Until I had to deal with the Florida Department of Children and Families, I thought some of the criticism of it was unwarranted.
Now I remember someone said, "It takes a village to bring up a child." I say that because when I called I was told three times only the person receiving funds from the agency could make a complaint. Does that account for why some children die because no one in the family could "interfere?"

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