The Fresno County Supervisors chair and vice chair will co-sponsor a request for an outside, independent audit of the department of social services following concerns from a whistleblower shared at a meeting last month.
A pair of Fresno supervisors agreed to entertain an independent audit of the county’s department of social services following concerns shared by a whistleblower at a board meeting last month.
The comments led to a private conversation last week between a handful of county leaders and Lorraine Ramirez, the whistleblower, who said the county is allowing too many foster children to be reunited with abusive guardians. The meeting included Fresno County Supervisors Garry Bredefeld and Luis Chavez.
Bredefeld, who also serves as the board chair, told Fresnoland on Friday that the two parties had an “excellent meeting,” and that Ramirez shared enough information to at least have both supervisors bring an independent audit of the department from an outside agency before the board for a vote at their next meeting.
“They have a very difficult job,” Bredefeld said of the county’s department of social services, “but the bottom line for all of us is to ensure the safety and security of the kids that the county is responsible for.”
Ramirez shared her concerns about the department of social services at a board meeting last month.
Specifically, she said she felt too many children were being returned to unsafe guardians and households, leading to the kids being “reabused”...
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