Child Safety

“Childhood should be carefree, playing in the sun; not living a nightmare in the darkness of the soul”(Dave Pelzer). Arizona Development of Child Safety, was developed to replace child welfare to help children grow and strive; however; instead they’re putting their cutting costs before the children's needs and safety. The truth is DCS workers live in constant fear, everytime they hear a phone ring ther body jumps out of there skin thinking about what horror story is happening on the other end of the line. DCS case workers are beaten down to the breaking point and often depressed. In a recent letter in the Arizona Republic, “How 3 year old Alexandra slipped by the DCS and into her grave”, author Laurie Roberts claims that for eleven months this child was being abused right under the DCS’s nose. Roberts argues that the DCS did not go as far as they could of to verify a women who repeatedly lied about using drugs, and the way she treated her children. The DCS had assured they did their job; however; if the job was done Alexandra wouldn’t be lying in her grave. She claims that the DCS did not fight to keep this child alive as much as they could’ve. Clearly, the DSC didn't try hard enough to keep this little girl alive. She died a few weeks before her fourth birthday, “It's …show more content…
The DCS, needs to step up their game, they need to focus more on protecting the child in Arizona who are going to school with black eyes but are afraid to tell there teachers, and the children who are being beaten every day rather than being educated. The DCS never showed up the the house unannounced which ggae the parents time to make it seem like they were a perfectly normal family and to hide the children, this played a big role in why they never found proof of the