OKLAHOMA CITY –A federal court has declared that Oklahoma Human Services is no longer subject to the oversight of child welfare monitors.
The state has fulfilled its obligations under the Compromise and Settlement Agreement that brought forward the state’s Pinnacle Plan .
In 2012, DHS settled a class-action civil rights lawsuit against its foster care system by agreeing to improve targeted areas of the state’s child welfare system. The Pinnacle Plan was developed as part of that settlement agreement.
The Pinnacle Plan concludes that Oklahoma is on the right trajectory. This marks the conclusion of more than a decade of intensive foster care reform efforts to serve Oklahoma’s children and families better…