We investigate allegations involving kids from zero to 17 years and 365 days. In each case, a screening supervisor reviews the information and classifies the report. I have seven child-welfare caseworkers who investigate allegations. We're required to begin making contact with that alleged child victim within 24 hours that the referral comes to us. The statistics will bear out that most of the children are between 7 and 14.
Most offenders are stepfathers, live-in paramours or boyfriends of mothers.
An anonymous neighbor reported that children in the home are not well cared for and are seen in the neighborhood dirty and hungry. It is reported the mother does not manage money well and runs out of food after the middle of the month. The house is dirty, and there are no cleaning supplies or detergent to wash clothes. Mother seems unmotivated and overwhelmed. There is a fathe r, but he is mostly away from the home.