How many of us are up to date on the Health Care Reform Bill, or can talk with confidence about the newest developments in the war in Iraq? Probably most of us. Both of these topics have full-time news coverage and representatives speaking out to make the ideas and beliefs of these subjects known. Unfortunately, there is a very important group who is going unheard. A group that is unable to help themselves or speak out for themselves. This group is the children who are being shuffled through Child Protective Service Agencies. The agencies that are supposed to protect these children have been making mistakes, placing children back into dangerous situations, forgetting children because of lack of continuity in case processes, and some needed cries for help have just been going unanswered. The problem isn’t the caseworkers; the problem is the unattainable workload. Finally, the caseworkers have had enough and caseworkers are making their situation known; giving a voice to the children who have been wronged by the mismanaged system and informing the public on problems that have, until now, been kept quiet.

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