Margie Quin, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services, said Tuesday in response to a critical audit that the agency was making progress. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)
An audit by the Tennessee Comptroller outlines new and persistent failures in caring for abused and neglected children taken into custody by the Department of Children’s Services.
Tennessee’s child welfare agency has fallen under scrutiny in recent years over reports of children forced to sleep on office floors, lax oversight of juvenile facilities and abuse in residential treatment centers…