LANSING, Mich. (WXYZ) — At a heated House Oversight hearing in Lansing Tuesday, the head of the department overseeing Children’s Protective Services faced questions over how the state responded to a Monroe County family found living in squalor.

Director Elizabeth Hertel defended the response of CPS investigators who were alerted multiple times to a family, including two young children, found living in a tent. Inside was food, a space heater and a mattress on the ground.

The only bathroom available was in the home next door.

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Monroe County Sheriff Troy Goodnough says his deputies were stymied on three different occasions by state officials after receiving calls over an 18-month period, told that the

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