Number	22802
Subject	Abortion
Source	KTVU-TV (Oakland, Calif.)
State	CA
Year	2006
Publication Date	02/14/2006; 02/15/2006
Summary	KTVU journalists set out to find out if the deaths of two California children could have been prevented by the child welfare workers assigned to protect them. The investigation uncovered that there is no accountability or transparency in the child welfare system and called for changes. KTVU had to sue to obtain information about the State Department of Social Services' "contact with children who have died or been seriously injured while under its supervision"; several months after the report aired, pressure from child advocates and the California legislature pressured the department to make that information available to the public.
Category	Contest Entry
Pages	14
Keywords	child welfare; beating; death; welfare system; Alameda County Department of Social Services; California; FOIA; foster children
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