POINTS TO PROGRESS:

The Chief-Leader/Pat Arnow Administration for Children's Services Commissioner John B. Mattingly testifies before the City Council General Welfare Committee Sept. 20 about steps that have been taken to avert child fatalities in cases where ACS is already monitoring parents because of past problems. A day earlier, he released an update to the agency's strategic plan that detailed more-extensive case reviews, stricter monitoring of outside agencies that provide foster care and preventive services, and a substantial increase in investigative staff.