Philadelphia Inquirer child welfare investigation leads to firings

In response to The Philadelphia Inquirer investigation on the failures of DHS to protect children from abuse -- and death -- two officials have been dismissed. "Mayor Street forced out two top officials at the city's child-welfare agency Friday, acknowledging that his administration had not done enough to protect children from being killed by child abuse. Street said he decided on the dismissals after reviewing cases featured in an Inquirer investigation into children who were killed after child-welfare workers had received reports of family problems." The mayor credited the paper's investigation with bringing the department's failings to light.