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Bluebag Media
Child Protective
Services has tough but necessary job
GREENVILLE – “When I see these pinwheels I think of the healthy kids
that planted them,” said Child Protective Services Director Becky
James. “But it makes me sad we even have to have them.”
It is child abuse awareness month (search Child Abuse Awareness at
Bluebag Media) and the pinwheels are on the front lawn of the Darke
County Courthouse. The woman who has spent more than 20 years
protecting children said the job is hard not to take home, but she does
it out of necessity. “Sometimes situations weigh on my mind, but at
some point I have to keep myself healthy.”
James said her agency, which is part of Darke County Jobs & Family
Services, has to work within the definitions provided by the state, and
those definitions have changed over the years. She and her case workers
deal with both abuse and neglect.
“Any non-accidental injury that has been afflicted is physical abuse,”
James said. This can include belt marks...
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