BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Department of Children and Family Services says it is taking actions to strengthen its frontline workforce.

According to a release, the department is taking strategic action to improve child safety, response times, and family support after a yearlong operational review.

“Louisiana’s children deserve our very best response, every time,” said DCFS Secretary Rebecca Harris. “We are making the necessary adjustments to ensure we have skilled, supported staff where children and families need us most — on the frontlines in their communities.”

The action that the department plans to take includes: • Over 100 child welfare staff members are being reassigned closer to their expertise • Centralized Intake (CI) operations are being modified to reinforce

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