Auditor - Abuse reports see slow response

Friday, April 9, 2004

Improvements have been made, but caseworkers are still too slow in responding to child abuse hotline calls and are not adequately following up on cases where intervention and services are needed, State Auditor Claire McCaskill said Thursday.

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