Tennessee Pledges $107M To DCS Facility Improvements

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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Tennessee Dept Of Children’s Services Spending $400M On Intake, Juvenile Detention Projects

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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Rutherford County Mother Separated From Children For Nearly Six Months Due To Mishandling Of Truancy Case

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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TN Children’s Services To Open New Transitional Facility For Kids Coming Into Custody

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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Tennessee DCS Slides By Again In Sunset Hearing, Disgraced Clover Bottom Compound Will Now House TN Kids

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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DCS Social Worker Caseload Bill Fails To Pass At End Of Session

The Tennessee Legislature Approved $183 Million In New Funding To Bolster The Department Of Children’s Services This Session, But A Bill Designed To Reduce The Caseload For Social Workers Slipped Through The Cracks In The Waning Days, Leaving Some Lawmakers Worried That The Agency Will Continue To Struggle To Place Foster Children.

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Governor Lee Signs Law To Expedite Adoptions And Foster Care Processes

Governor Bill Lee Signed A Bill Into Law Monday Aimed At Making The Foster And Adoption Process More Efficient. The Legislation Was Written By The Governor’s Office With The Hope That People Would Choose Adoption For Their Unborn Children Rather Than Abortion.

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DCS Caseworkers May Have 400% More Cases Than Approved, But Has A New Slogan: “Children First!”

As Heard In The Tennessee House Government Operations Committee Yesterday, Department Of Children’s Services (DCS) Caseworkers May Be Responsible For 400% Of The Approved Number Of Cases, But The Agency Has A New Slogan: Children First!

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