More than half of substantiated California child abuse reports in recent years were not in the state's database, which could result in child abusers being allowed to care for children, state auditors said Tuesday.
The database is used by state and county social services and welfare departments, adoption agencies, medical workers treating possible victims of child abuse, agencies conducting background investigations of applicants for law enforcement jobs, and agencies conducting background investigations on those who want to work or volunteer in positions that would give them access to children, like day care centers or group homes.
On the other hand, nearly 300 reports in the state's database were not supported by county records during the four‑year period ending in June 2021 that was covered by Tilden said in his letter that the current reporting process is"cumbersome and error-prone," with several reasons for the problems. Beyond convictions, the database contains what are termed substantiated reports of child abuse, in which an investigator has determined child abuse more likely than not occurred. The report did not include any instances where lapses in the database led to children being abused.
Auditors recommended that the state streamline the process for submitting reports, which they called"outdated, inefficient and subject to numerous types of errors."
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