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Article: DCF could decide to replace agency that says state demands are 'unreasonable.
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- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
- Article date:
- February 9, 2005
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Byline: Sherri M. Owens
Feb. 9--OCALA -- The state said Tuesday that it will look for a backup child-welfare agency in case the embattled Kids Central goes out of business.
"Our preference is to keep Kids Central," said Don Thomas, state Department of Children & Families administrator in District 13, which covers Lake, Marion, Sumter, Citrus and Hernando counties. "But if they are not able to comply [with requests for improvement] or if they decide to fold, we want to see whether one or more groups are interested," he said Tuesday of the private group made up of several child-welfare agencies.
DCF has criticized Kids Central for a variety of ...