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St. Lawrence County

A Social Services Department in Upstate New York Gets Independent Review

10/18/2021

Amid Division Over Critical State Audit, St. Lawrence County Approves Outside Review of Embattled Social Services Department

Megan Conn

Following concerns about its child protection and foster care services, local lawmakers in St. Lawrence County, New York, are bringing in an independent firm to conduct a comprehensive review.

Cindy Ackerman commissioner

1/13/2021

Q&A: St. Lawrence County’s New Commissioner Faces Massive Caseload

Megan Conn

Photo courtesy of Cindy Ackerman.
Even before the pandemic struck in March, the past year has been challenging for the Department of Social Services in St. Lawrence County, a rural county just south of the Canada border.

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