Now that Michigan is coming into compliance of the Children's Rights Settlement Agreement with the hiring of more child protection workers, nothing still has yet to be done about the horribly aberrant levels of fraud, waste and abuse in child welfare services.
Don't believe me? Just as Maura Corrigan.
Under pressure to hire more child welfare caseworkers, the Michigan Department of Human Services is turning to the state's colleges anduniversities
for new talent.DHS plans to hire 500 new graduates by late spring. Previously, it simply posted job openings and waited for applicants, said Maura Corrigan, DHS's director and a former state Supreme Court justice.The move signals ambitious plans by the Snyder administration, said Kevin Ryan of Public Catalyst Group. Public Catalyst is overseeing the multimillion-dollar transformation that was forced after a New York-based advocacy group, Children's Rights, sued the state, alleging widespread inefficiency and overwhelming caseloads that endangered children and left them languishing in care.Ryan called the recruitment plan "the most ambitious effort that we have seen in the state ... to hire and train new workers."Partnering with the state's higher education system just makes sense, especially after the state lost hundreds of caseworkers toearly retirement last year, Corrigan said.Plans to recruit at the first five schools begin next week but eventually will extend to more than two dozen schools, she said. Sessions are open to nonstudents, as well, she said.Recruitment is scheduled at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Tuesday-Thursday; Michigan State University in East Lansing, Feb. 15-17; Grand Valley State University's Pew Campus in Grand Rapids, Feb. 22-24; Oakland University in Auburn Hills, March 1-3, and Marygrove College in Detroit, March 8-10. For more information and to register, go to www.michigan.gov/dhsjobs .
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2008 Settlement Agreement between Michigan and Children's Rights
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