Examples of Court Ordered Supervision in a sentence
For example, the mere existence of new allegations of abuse and/or neglect allegedly perpetrated by a parent who is receiving Court Ordered Supervision presents the inherent possibility that the FSU caseworker supervising the family missed something critical and provides an incentive for the FSU caseworker to “unfound” the new investigation.
ACS filed numerous petitions in family court alleging neglect against this mother, twice provided Court Ordered Supervision, and at least twice referred the family for ACS- contracted preventive services.
According to ACS, Court Ordered Supervision cases comprise 89% of the total FSU caseload.
All of these failings also violated ACS policies and procedures.In addition, the FSU caseworker, and presumably the supervisor, decided to close the Court Ordered Supervision case when the court order expired, rather than ask the court to extend its order, despite many factors that should have, per ACS guidelines,80 led ACS to request an extension.
Following the trial discharge, the mother often failed to cooperate with the services that the family court ordered that she and the children receive and the progress the children had made while in foster care began to deteriorate significantly, despite the fact that the foster care provider agency continued to work with the family and ACS provided Court Ordered Supervision.
During this time, ACS provided Court Ordered Supervision to the mother and this child.
ACS is providing Chris and his relative with Court Ordered Supervision and they are also receiving counseling.
The FSU caseworker took no action, told neither the court nor the foster care provider agency, “unfounded” the investigation, and closed the Court Ordered Supervision case, all in violation of ACS policy and procedure.35 Just a few months after the second trial discharge, the foster care agency finalized the discharge of all four children to the mother.
One child is already living with the mother and ACS is providing Court Ordered Supervision and an ACS-contracted preventive services agency is also providing services.
ACS was already providing Court Ordered Supervision to this family and, after making the report, shelter staff spoke with the ACS FSU caseworker, who would now be conducting the new investigation, as well as that caseworker’s supervisor.