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Dysfunction at DCFS: Employee retired under cloud of controversy, rehired with pay raise Play Video
January 26, 2023 4:18 PM
BATON ROUGE - The assistant secretary in charge of child welfare at the Department of Children and Family Services announced her abrupt retirement last year when two kids died months apart from a fentanyl overdose. Fast forward a few short weeks, and the WBRZ Investigative Unit found she's been rehired... more » -
After another child death under DCFS watch, governor silent about leader he appointed Play Video
November 8, 2022 5:15 PM
BATON ROUGE - Governor John Bel Edwards' office has not responded to repeated requests for comment following the death of another child who succumbed to a fentanyl overdose after the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services failed to act in time . The Governor appointed the leader of... more » -
Prosecutors reviewing DCFS failures as state investigates toddler's death, foster home abuse Play Video
August 12, 2022 5:30 PM
BATON ROUGE - District Attorney Hillar Moore said he is scheduling meetings with the State Department of Children and Family Services after recent problems at the agency were exposed over the past week. Watch live newscasts here One child overdosed three times on fentanyl and died. Other children... more » -
State told grandmother she was too old to raise grandson; child was later raped in foster care Play Video
August 10, 2022 5:15 PM
BATON ROUGE- A grandmother told the WBRZ Investigative Unit the state told her she was too old to care for her grandson when she tried to get custody of him. Instead, the state placed the child in foster care. The foster parent was arrested last week for raping the 14-year-old.... more » -
State auditor's office on recent analysis of DCFS program
December 27, 2021 4:34 AM
BATON ROUGE - A recent audit of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program provided by the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) revealed where Louisiana falls in comparison with equivalent programs in other states. According to auditors, it was discovered that between fiscal years 2012 and... more » -
USDA increases monthly maximum for SNAP households
October 1, 2021 12:49 PM
BATON ROUGE - Those who supplement their grocery purchases with assistance from the federally funded food stamp program will notice an increase in their monthly allotment, according to a recent news release from the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). As of October 1, the Thrifty Food Plan's... more » -
Technical issues involving P-EBT, SNAP benefits resolved, officials say
July 14, 2021 10:47 AM
BATON ROUGE - Shortly after Louisiana's Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) announced Wednesday that technical issues were impeding the issuance of benefits such as P-EBT and SNAP, DCFS followed up with assurance that the issues had been resolved. On the DCFS's Facebook page , the organization said,... more » -
Safe Haven Law provides safe, legal, alternative to abandonment Play Video
December 26, 2016 5:49 PM
BATON ROUGE - A newborn baby left in a garbage can in a Walmart bathroom is doing better and has been taken off oxygen, according to police in New Roads. The mother, 34-year-old Kyandrea Thomas is in jail, accused of giving birth and dumping her baby in the trash.... more »