PHOENIX - On Sept. 24, the Arizona Auditor General released a report that detailed a number of issues they found involving the Arizona Department of Child Safety, following a special audit.

Here's what they found.

Why is there a special audit of DCS?

The backstory:

According to the report , the special audit was made following a Sept. 18, 2024 resolution made by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee with the Arizona State legislature.

Per documents related to the meeting, the resolution called for a special audit of the of DCS' processes for investigating reports of child abuse and neglect, to be completed as two audit reports that are due by Sept. 30, 2025 and Sept. 30, 2026.

The resolution was adopted before the deaths of Rebekah Baptiste , Zariah Dodd , and Emily P

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