DES MOINES – A three-point reform plan to prevent another Iowa child from being injured or killed by abuse has been put forth by two members of the Iowa Senate Government Oversight Committee.
“The state has failed at-risk children again and again,” said Senator Janet Petersen, a member of Oversight Committee. “Iowans are demanding change, they are demanding results, and they do not want to see another child die due to the failures of the Branstad/Reynolds Administration.
Petersen and Senator Matt McCoy, the ranking member of the Oversight Committee, released the following three-point plan to prevent another death like that of Sabrina Ray. The Iowa teen had been adopted out of foster care and was being home-schooled when her body was found last Friday in a Perry home.
1) We call on Chuck Palmer, Director of the Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS), to either resign or be fired by the Branstad/Reynolds Administration.
2) We call on Governor Branstad and Lt. Governor Reynolds to replace Director Palmer with a director experienced in, and deeply committed to, the protection of abused and at-risk children.
3) We call on Governor Branstad, Lt. Governor Reynolds and Legislative Republicans to fix the deadly mistakes they made this spring when they cut $24 million from the DHS budget, including $16 million cut to the field service workers who investigate and protect children at risk of abuse.
Senator McCoy said he is committed to working on a bipartisan solution with Republican legislators. A Oversight Committee meeting on this issue is planned for Monday, June 5th.
“I am still extremely disappointed that Republican legislators refused to investigate these issues during the legislative session,” McCoy said. “If they had, I’m certain there would have been strong bipartisan support for increasing our investment in child protective services, rather than the cuts imposed by Republicans.”
Until you can eliminate poverty and illegal drug use you will never solve the problem. It has gotten worse and worse over the years and as society continues to deteriorate with all the liberals around it will just get worse. They have spent millions on it and never get any closer to solving the problem. Most of the problem comes from the teachers we have today.
Throwing money at it will not fix the problem. They have tried that for years with no improvement.
So, give us your plan. You must know a way to end these deaths. The Governor’s decision to cut their budget has handcuffed the people who investigate accusations. They have fewer and fewer hours to devote to stopping the abuses that do occur. If you have a solution, please tell us.
Until you can eliminate poverty and illegal drug use you will never solve the problem. It has gotten worse and worse over the years and as society continues to deteriorate with all the liberals around it will just get worse. They have spent millions on it and never get any closer to solving the problem. Most of the problem comes from the teachers we have today.