Santa Clara County child welfare official resigns a year after infant’s fentanyl overdose rocked community
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The beleaguered head of Santa Clara County’s child welfare agency announced his resignation Thursday, a year after damning investigations by the Bay Area News Group and the state of California found numerous child safety failures ...
Director of Santa Clara County's child welfare agency resigns a year after infant's fentanyl-related death
The director of the Santa Clara County's child welfare agency, which drew intense scrutiny following the fentanyl-related death of a 3-month-old infant that brought to light the agency's troubling practice of keeping children in unsafe homes,
Santa Clara County official resigns a year after infant’s fentanyl overdose rocked community
The embattled head of Santa Clara County’s child welfare agency announced his resignation Thursday a year after damning investigations by the Bay Area News Group and the state of California found numerous child safety failures that led to the death of an infant and put other vulnerable children in harm’s way.
Santa Clara County official resigns more than year after infant dies of overdose
Santa Clara County’s Family and Children Services Director Damion Wright is resigning, after more than a year of controversy over the fentanyl overdose death of an infant who the agency – under policies pushed by Wright’s predecessor – refused to separate from her drug-abusing father.
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