PHOENIX — Thousands of children are in Arizona’s child welfare system, and beyond the costs to care for those kids, taxpayers are footing another bill: tens of millions of dollars in lawsuit settlements.
The ABC15 Investigators went through years of settlement and judgment records. Since 2016, state records show DCS has paid out more than $30 million to settle lawsuits involving children.
In most of these cases, the state admits no wrongdoing, but they’re still writing checks…