DCS Expects Increase In Families Receiving Services

Published: Wednesday, September 3, 2014 - 4:40pm

Arizona’s Department of Child Safety expects to see an increase in the number of families receiving services in the coming year.

The agency is requesting $27.5 million more for next year’s budget.

A little more than $12.5 million of that will fund services such as family counseling and parenting classes. It will also help remove and place children living in unsafe family situations.

The remaining $15 million will overhaul DCS’s IT system.

DCS was created after Arizona’s Child Protective Services agency ignored thousands of child abuse cases.