Nixmary Brown It had been revealed in a few news reports in January 2008 that a social worker for Browns school at P.S. 256, Margarita Cotto, had become concerned with Browns case and reported her findings to the ACS She had pleaded with the child welfare workers to remove Brown from her parents, and tried, in vain, to enter Browns apartment but was barred from entering by Rodriguez. On May 16 of 2005, a guidance counselor who had filed two abuse reports contacted the state child abuse hotline about Browns bruises and also made note that Brown had been absent from school for 46 days.Later, an ACS caseworker visited Browns home, but the caseworker couldnt verify the abuse charge and accepted Browns mothers word that Brown would return to her school. Evidence of abuse inflicted on Brown came to light, and the news coverage of her murder case later drew public attention on New York Citys Administration for Childrens Services (ACS).ACS had received two complaints about Browns family. The first, made 2004, remained unsubstantiated. The second complaint was made on December 1, 2004 when Brown showed up at school with a black eye.Another story in January 2006 brought more details of the ACS involvement.Blame was eventually assigned to the ACS by the news media and six Childrens Services employees were disciplined. There failure to investigate led to the death of Nixmary Brown.
Posted on: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 21:05:54 +0000
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