Tennessee Conservative
Tennessee DCS Commissioner Margie Quin Reported Progress In The Department Prior To Tough Questions About Recent News Reports That Detailed Kids In Seclusion For Long Periods At Detention Centers And Dangerous Conditions At Transitional Homes.
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The Failing Tennessee Department Of Children’s Services (DCS) Continues To Put Their Hand Out For More Taxpayer Dollars.
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Sweeping Lawsuit Claims State And Federal Law Was Broken By The Tennessee Department Of Children’s Services In A Case Of Two Youths That Were Allegedly Denied Medications And Assaulted While In State Detention.
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The Tennessee Department Of Children’s Services Is Set To Receive $107 Million In Additional Funding After The State Building Commission Approved Funds To Design The New Woodland Hills And John S. Wilder Youth Development Centers, As Well As Renovations And Construction Of Assessment And Intake Facilities.
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Six Months After Removing The Last Children From State Offices Because They Had Nowhere Else To Go, The Department Received Approval To Start Work On An Assessment Center And Two Intake Facilities, Nine Facilities Total, In The State’s Three Grand Divisions At A Total Cost Of $88.3 Million.
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A Rutherford County Parent Is Facing The Heavy Hand Of The Juvenile Court System Over Allegations Of Truancy Resulting In Separation From Her Children For Nearly Six Months.
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State Lawmakers On Thursday Approved The First Steps In A Plan By The Tennessee Department Of Children’s Services To Open A New Transitional Facility For Kids Coming Into Custody And To Expand And Add More Security To Buildings That House Delinquent Youth.
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For Those Familiar With The Tortuous History Of The Tennessee Department Of Children’s Services, The June 21 Sunset Hearing Before The Joint Government Operations Committee Sounded More Like Groundhog Day Than A Trumpet Of Success Since The Last Disastrous Report From December 2022.
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Although Tennessee’s Department Of Children’s Services (DCS) Commissioner Margie Quin, Has Only Held Her Position Since September, She Is Already Making Moves To Rework The Agency’s Top Leadership.
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Thanks To The Religious Community In Tennessee, Children In State Custody Will No Longer Be Housed In Department Of Children’s Services (DCS) Office Buildings.
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