Maryland lawmakers say they expect to hold hearings in the coming weeks on a new audit that uncovered a litany of problems at the Social Services Administration. (File photo by Danielle E. Gaines/Maryland Matters)
Maryland lawmakers plan to hold hearings in coming weeks on reports that the Social Services Administration may have let children in its care be housed with registered sex offenders, just one of many allegations in an audit of a “broken” agency.
“We need to make sure that the state — who is charged with overseeing their care — is doing so in the best way possible and ensuring the safety of these children,” said Sen. Shelly Hettleman (D-Baltimore County), co-chair of the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee, which received the audit on the administration Wednesday…