And in terms of child welfare, now we're told the city can't do everything.
Child welfare is best served by a relationship with both parents.
Then she went to work for private social agencies in child welfare and family services.
The 300 people working in child welfare do a good job under the most trying circumstances.
That was decades ago, yet child welfare has changed little.
"Certainly that's the history of child welfare in this city."
But fixing child welfare could be government at its best, and most difficult.
When it comes to child welfare, all interested parties say they want what is in the best interest of children.
The state spends only $17 per person on overall child welfare.
Child welfare means that both parents have to be responsible for the everyday life of the family.
