Sun.Aug 13, 2023

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When the journalism of child welfare fails, part four: A Washington State news site discovers the trauma and tragedy of false allegations of child abuse – well, sort of.

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Wow. Things sure got tough for Silvia Zarate after she was falsely accused of child abuse. She had to fight her way through a long, cumbersome appeals process before she could get overturned a determination by a caseworker for the Washington State family police agency (a more accurate term than “child welfare” agency) that the allegation against her was “founded.