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Contractors who run US detention centres for migrant children employed people who hadn’t completed background checks or didn’t meet educational requirements, potentially putting kids “at risk,†the health department’s internal watchdog said.
More than half of shelters supervised by the Department of Health and Human Services allowed new employees to begin work without completing an FBI background check, a screening by state child
protective-services agencies, or both, said Amy Frontz, assistant inspector general for audit services.
More than half of the detention centres also employed case managers for children who didn’t meet education
requirements to be mental health providers, she said.
“Inadequate clinical services can have significant consequences,†Frontz said in a briefing for reporters on Wednesday before the inspector general releases a pair of reports on the centres.