plan to hire more social workers
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Is hiring hundreds of more social workers to fight child abuse.
The governor says the plan is to add 350 more staff to help lighten the caseload of social workers.
According to the department of child services... social workers' average caseload is around 30... with some as high as 80.
The national recommended average is 15-18 cases per social worker.
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