A child advocacy group out of New York, called Children's Rights, sued the Oklahoma Department of Human Services saying the state's foster care system is broken.
The group said that caseworkers' caseload is too much and because of that they are not able to effectively monitor foster care children: thus, putting those children at risk for harm.
Children's Rights wants the state to reform the system.
As part of the federal suit, Children's Rights asked experts to look into the practices of DHS.
A social work expert studied DHS's foster care system and found that the harm is extremely high for every child in DHS custody.
Meanwhile, another report by a senior consultant from the National Resource Center of Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning reviewed the lawsuit and the cases of five children named as plaintiffs and said, "When attempting to describe the children's harm and suffering, the words that come to mind are incomprehensible, unimaginable, outrageous and immoral."
The expert went on to say, "These tragic stories were wholly preventable."
We are awaiting comment from DHS on these filing.
