The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services has modified its timeline to restructure its child abuse hotline staff to have everyone working at a central location in Baton Rouge rather than continue to work from home (Photo by Greg LaRose/Louisiana Illuminator)
State lawmakers are questioning an ongoing reorganization at Louisiana’s child welfare agency, raising concerns that the effort could result in the loss of experienced employees.
Sens. Regina Barrow, D-Baton Rouge, and Katrina Jackson-Andrews, D-Monroe, were also critical of the leadership at the Department of Children and Family Services and its lack of experience in child welfare. Its leader, Rebecca Harris, appeared Thursday before the legislature’s Select Committee on Women and Children and acknowledged that her top executives don’t have backgrounds working directly on child abuse and neglect…