The Hawaiʻi agency responsible for protecting children is doing a worse job of that than a decade ago in all but two of 18 categories tracked in reports to the federal government.
Compared to just two years ago, in fact, the performance of Child Welfare Services has deteriorated in 20 of 21 measurements, according to the agency’s most recent report.
Among the categories where performance slid in those two years were consistent caseworker visits with children, timely achievement of permanent placements, gauging risks to children and assessing the needs of parents…