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Thursday, Dec 6, 2007 - Posted by Paul Richardson

* New IL DCFS chief looking for flaws

“It’s probably one of the most reformed child welfare systems in the nation,” said Erwin McEwen, who was officially appointed to the agency’s top job Wednesday, after more than a year as acting director.

Now, McEwen said, it is time to look hard at how the reforms are playing out, and find the weak links in the system. He has spent much of the last year investigating child deaths, poring through records to figure out who allowed it to happen, and look for patterns of breakdown

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9 Comments
  1. - Ghost - Thursday, Dec 6, 07 @ 9:34 am:

    See Go Bearsss, the chanting worked.

    ==Daley urges leader action on transit
    Says lawmakers must have solution by end of year.=
    http://www.sj-r.com/News/stories/21350.asp


  2. - Anon - Thursday, Dec 6, 07 @ 9:43 am:

    YAWN…Is it Christmas yet?


  3. - Cassandra - Thursday, Dec 6, 07 @ 9:45 am:

    But wait. Before he became acting director in 2006, McEwen, was the head of Quality Assurance in DCFS for nearly four years. What was he doing about the quality of child protective investigations during that stint? Yelling? Judging by this article he does a lot of that, suggesting that he’ll never know much about what his 3000 plus staffers are up to or even how they might improve things. Strong men and beautiful women will never hear the truth, as the saying goes. Yelling men either, I would guess.


  4. - Wacker Drive - Thursday, Dec 6, 07 @ 9:57 am:

    What ever happen to Mr. Testicular’s special emergency sessions this week?


  5. - mudpie - Thursday, Dec 6, 07 @ 9:57 am:

    Wow. Check out this little nugget:

    “But Daley’s trip and Madigan’s refusal to attend high-level summit meetings is infuriating the governor, who launched into an expletive-filled tirade against the mayor and the speaker after ABC7’s taped interview. Blagojevich said he is wondering why everybody criticizes every move he makes while the other leaders seemingly get a pass.”

    Too bad Shaw turned off the camera.


  6. - Give Me a Break ROD - Thursday, Dec 6, 07 @ 10:04 am:

    Whoa! Wait a minute! What about the huge pass Blago has gotten for the past five years.
    ROD deosn’t know what HEAT is yet.


  7. - cermak_rd - Thursday, Dec 6, 07 @ 10:15 am:

    I’m glad to see the Justice department interested in the sexual abuse that goes on in jails and prisons in IL and probably in every other state in the Union. Given the issues of trust in authority of the prisoners and the likelihood of guards protecting each other, this is going to be a hard crime to stop. I’m glad to see Birkett recognizes the crime, it would be good if he and perhaps the other State’s attorneys in IL could come up with a way to tackle it.


  8. - What can I say? - Thursday, Dec 6, 07 @ 10:35 am:

    I hope Mr. McEwen looks into the contractors that DCFS is paying and how they got their contracts. Many have been at the expense of full time state openings filled with contractors so the gov can say he’s reducing state government.


  9. - Snidely Whiplash - Friday, Dec 7, 07 @ 6:05 am:

    Wow, no comments on the little Daley tidbit after that huge tax hike?


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