<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4GCEfZ_0zf6K7we00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4GCEfZ_0zf6K7we00" width="1320" height="743" >TULSA, OKLA (KTUL) — After 13 years, federal oversight of the Oklahoma Child Welfare System comes to an end. On Thursday, Judge Gregory Frizzell ended the Court's Consent Order, acknowledging the Oklahoma Department of Human Services' work in creating a safer, more effective foster care system.While under federal oversight, the State has significantly improved caseworker caseloads, maltreatment in care rates, placement stability, permanency rates, the use of shelter facilities, and more. “We are so grateful that we were able to work with the state to achieve the complete turn-round of a foster care system that was damaging to children,” said Marcia Robinson Lowry, counsel for the children and Executive Director of A Better Childhood, a national advocacy group for children. “The state, with the assistance of the neutral experts has been able to rebuild the foster care system so that it now protects rather than harms children. It is a really significant accomplishment.”Fred Dorwart, Tulsa counsel for the Children, added, “The Court ordered Consent Decree, with the exceptional work of the Co-Neutrals, successfully transformed Oklahoma’s foster care system from a system failing to meet minimum constitutional standards to a nationally recognized high performer. D.G. v Yarborough evidences the effectiveness of litigation as a tool for agency reform and improvement.”</div></body>

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TULSA, OKLA (KTUL) — After 13 years, federal oversight of the Oklahoma Child Welfare System comes to an end. On Thursday, Judge Gregory Frizzell ended the Court's Consent Order, acknowledging the Oklahoma Department of Human Services' work in creating a safer, more effective foster care system. While under federal...

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TULSA, OKLA (KTUL) — After 13 years, federal oversight of the Oklahoma Child Welfare System comes to an end. On Thursday, Judge Gregory Frizzell ended the 

Federal oversight of Oklahoma child welfare system ends after 13 years

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