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OIG criticizes HHS on services for detained children
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32065
Subject(s) - inspector general , human services , homeland security , mental health , homeland , health department , criminology , political science , psychology , nursing , medicine , psychiatry , business , public health , law , politics , audit , accounting , terrorism
Children crossing the southern border are traumatized and in need of mental health services under conditions that were only exacerbated by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy last year, according to an Office of Inspector General (OIG) report evaluating the performance of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in caring for these children.