Dixie Calls For Department Of Children’s Services Investigation

By Anita Wadhwani, Tennessee Lookout

August 2, 2021

Rep. Vincent Dixie, D-Nashville is calling on the chairs of the legislative Government Operations Committee to conduct an investigation into the Department of Children’s Services after the Tennessee Lookout reported kids in state custody are being forced to sleep on the floor of state office buildings.

“Recent reports of children in state custody sleeping on floors in Nashville office buildings, without even basic necessities like blankets, have disturbed me greatly. I’m sure these reports were unsettling to you as well,” Dixie, chair of the House Democratic Caucus wrote in a letter to Sen. Kerry Roberts, R-Springfield and Rep. John Ragan, R-Oak Ridge.

“To hear from the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services’ spokesperson that this is potentially a frequent occurrence is even worse,” he said.

Dixie is asking Roberts and Ragan to call a DCS representative to appear before the Government Operations Committee committee to account for the issue in a letter delivered Monday afternoon.

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