Graham gone, Turner time out, Social Services suspect
Richmond, VA – Press Secretary Tammy D. Hawley provided the following statement today concerning the Richmond Department of Social Services: “The City Administration has reached a mutual agreement with...
View ArticleRichmond Deputy CAO off job following DSS scandal
Right now, the city’s Chief Administrative Officer, Byron Marshall, will serve as acting head of human services until an interim deputy is named. It is unclear if he or DSS head Doris Mosely will also...
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City official leaves amid growing social-services probe
After months of insisting that problems at Richmond’s juvenile jail were being addressed, the city was forced to shutter the facility in April or risk losing its license to operate from the state....
View ArticleNumbers point to problems in Richmond’s Social Services Department
“I think we’re past the point of ‘Is there a problem there or not?’ ” said Jeanine Harper, executive director of Greater Richmond Stop Child Abuse Now, which works closely with the court and the city...
View ArticleRichmond auditor wants city to conduct periodic background checks
Bazow told CBS 6 that she doesn’t understand why the employee was only placed on un-paid leave after being convicted and violating the city’s self- report policy. Link
View ArticleReview of city social services agency reveals 37 missing case files
Third District City Councilman Chris A. Hilbert, one of two council members who led the push for an inquiry into the Social Services Department amid widespread concern that it was putting children at...
View ArticleInept city department puts clients at risk, providers say
More than two dozen operators of Richmond-area assisted living facilities say an inept city Department of Social Services takes months to cut checks and process paperwork for their clients, in some...
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Social Services managers leave following blistering report
Through intimidation and interference, Richmond Department of Social Services managers risked children’s health and safety in an effort to reduce foster care numbers, a report presented Thursday says....
View ArticleNot so ‘immediate’ action; DSS director’s retirement date announced
It’s been a week since Mayor Dwight Jones told CBS 6 he was taking immediate corrective action to repair the city’s Department of Social Services, an agency under heavy fire for returning children to...
View ArticleOusted Social Services manager fires back
Ousted Richmond Social Services Deputy Director Gayle L. Turner fired back at a jarring report released last week that says the department endangered children’s health and safety in an effort to shrink...
View ArticleMore problems found in Richmond social services
A months-long investigation of the Richmond Department of Social Services, the third examination in recent months, has found further problems in the agency’s care of children and a lack of even basic...
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