I agree with Rachel Monahan. Easy to criterize more difficult to do something positive and constructive about the situation.  I have spended decades in the system working with youth. The vast majority of the time the root issue could be traced back to the parents, their historical lack of constructive, age approprite parental supervision or expectations. There is so much we need to do for ourselves and our children. We need to get our act together as a community and perhaps our children would not be in these situations.

DHS has been vastly under staffed for years. The people in that agency bust their butts, are under constant criticism whaever they do, Many are burnt out after only a few years and either give up or leave. The workers who actual work with families get the blame wheverever something goes wrong and then moves up the line until the public stop screaming for blood. Organians are the blame for allowing this mess to continue for decades. Look in the mirror before you blame.