Children and Family Services

Shared experiences as a long-time provider for Child Protective Services and discussed ongoing contract and insurance negotiations with the county.

Criticized county child welfare practices and questioned the financial accountability of foster care programs.

Shared personal testimony regarding the removal of her children and criticized the lack of responsiveness from county leadership.

Testified about her sons being placed in group homes where they suffered abuse after being removed from her care.

Highlighted the county's absence from statewide family reunification reform groups and invited officials to upcoming community support events.

Argued that general fund deficits are tied to revenues generated from child removal and foster care maintenance programs.

Detailed specific due process violations, biased social worker reports, and unlicensed caregiver placements in her family's dependency case.

Testified regarding financial discrepancies and unauthorized living arrangements involving foster care funding.

Shared personal childhood trauma experienced within the foster care system after being separated from her grandmother.

Expressed heartbreak over her niece and nephew remaining in foster care for two years despite family willingness to take them.

Demanded the return of her grandchildren who she stated were wrongfully removed and kept in foster care for nearly two years.

Spoke about parental rights and the emotional toll of temporary child removal based on contested social worker allegations.

Alleged widespread perjury by social workers and criticized leadership for failing to make organizational changes after severe child welfare incidents.