The Department of Child Safety Sunset Review hearings to review the purpose and functions of the department to determine whether continuation, revision, consolidation or termination is warranted.
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My name is Kendall Seal. I serve as the Vice President of Policy at the Center for the Rights of Abused Children. Our mission is to ensure that every child has a safe and loving home.
I am here in support of the reauthorization of the Department of Child Safety as a standalone agency whose focus should be on the safety and wellbeing of children in Arizona.
The Department was created to “[safeguard] Arizona’s abused and neglected children.” The intent was to “reverse a longstanding crisis and implement long-lasting change” by ensuring “necessary resources, safeguards, checks and balances, and oversight – as well as a clearly-defined core mission of child safety.”