Daniel Pollack on Conflicts of Interest in Out-of-Home Care Licensing
Nov 25, 2019 By: yunews
Daniel Pollack, professor at , provides an answer to the following question in 鈥溾 published in the October 2019 issue of Policy & Practice: 鈥淲hat if the investigation [by child protective services, or CPS] concerns a child in an out-of-home setting (foster home, group home, residential treatment center, day care center) licensed by the same department that houses CPS?鈥
After explaining the concepts of 鈥渃onflict of interest鈥 and 鈥渁n arm鈥檚 length transaction,鈥 Pollack concludes that 鈥減utting in place measures to ensure there is no appearance of a conflict of interest would be a positive step in further enhancing the reputation of child protective services.鈥