It is part of their effort to learn how the state can help turn around the troubled child welfare agency.
"I was placed in foster care until June 6, 2020. It was the most traumatic experience I ever had," she said. "She would always leave pipes lying around that she used to smoke." "She would party all night with loud music and random guys. She would say they were just business partners," she recalled."She forced us to lie to CPS and stood outside our room when on private calls with our mom to make sure we did not tell her anything," Hamilton recalled.
"I know my mom struggled with addiction, but I was always in a clean home with clean clothes," she said. "I was never hungry, made good grades, involved in sports, and my mom never missed a game."Precious West, now 18, spent years in the foster system. She said her caseworker was unresponsive.