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Abuse at Tulsa DHS shelter prompts order to stop placing children there

By Randy Ellis Staff Writer rellis@oklahoman.comCiting an alarmingly high rate of maltreatment, out-of-state experts overseeing Oklahoma's child welfare reforms have ordered the state to stop placing children immediately in Tulsa's Laura Dester shelter. State DHS officials have asked for more time to address the situation, saying many of the children at Laura Dester exhibit extremely violent behaviors and they currently have no other place to put them. The Oklahoma Department of Human Services has confirmed seven complaints of maltreatment involving 10 children over a recent 12-month period, the three out-of state monitors said in a March 5 letter to DHS Director Ed Lake. Forty-six other child maltreatment complaints were investigated and either ruled out or couldn't be substantiated, and an additional 53 complaints were screened out, the overseers reported. "Currently, there are 44 children placed at the Laura Dester shelter," the monitors said.Read more on NewsOK.com

 

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