The Michigan Department of Health and Human services, which oversees child protective services in the state, is pictured in a file photo.
LANSING, MI – Michigan’s Child Protective Services has made progress but still needs to do more to protect children from abuse and neglect, according to a report released Tuesday by the Office of the Auditor General.
The audit found CPS investigators in 5% of reviewed cases didn’t conduct face-to-face interviews with children who allegedly suffered abuse or neglect within the time frame required by the department.
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