How high DCFS turnover, high caseloads affect Utah children facing abuse

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How high DCFS turnover, high caseloads affect Utah children facing abuse
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Taylor Stevens joined FOX 13 News in January 2024 through E.W. Scripps' Journalism Journey Initiative, a national program that trains print journalists to redeploy their skills in broadcast newsrooms.

SALT LAKE CITY — The small community of Enoch, Utah, was rocked with grief last January when the five children in the Haight family — along with their mother and grandmother — were shot dead by their father, who then turned the gun on himself. Later that year, a malnourished boy escaped out a window in southern Utah with duct tape on his ankles and wrists.

“They’re working overtime, they’re burning out, they’re really wanting to make sure those kids are safe,” she said. “We just need to make sure we have a realistic expectation so that burden is not put on them to work those long hours, and that they can do the great work they need to with families.

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