Review finds Hawaii child welfare agency unimproved
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's agency that oversees the welfare of abused and neglected children throughout the state failed to make some necessary improvements in its operations, according to a federal review.
The federal government recently completed its third major evaluation of Hawaii's Child Welfare Services agency since 2003. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' 2017 analysis, the state's Child Welfare Services agency was not in "substantial conformity" with any of the seven categories it evaluated, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported .
The agency also failed to meet any of those thresholds in 2009.