Ombudsman report details challenges, citizen concerns

Montana’s Office of the Child and Family Ombudsman, which works to prevent child abuse and neglect and increase safety, well-being and permanency for the state’s children, is tackling an overall caseload that is about five times the size of what the office was handling when it first launched in 2014.

Specifically, the office responds to citizen questions and concerns about the state’s child protection systems by reviewing individual cases, and also collects and analyzes a tremendous amount of data...