10 Quotes by John Mattingly


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    I have found indications of unacceptable and unsafe practices on the front lines. The systems are in place, but they aren't necessarily being used to make good judgments.

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    It is clear to me that ACS cannot conduct business as usual. We have lost a child we could have saved. We must take a careful look at all of the events over the past few months and make a determination of what is not working.

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    We do want to make sure that her family, that could be quite strong down in Bolivia, know what's happened and have a chance to figure out what they would like to see done.

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    We will also seek a permanent adoptive family. I can look everyone straight in the eye and tell you this girl is going to go to a strong family.

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    We will also seek a permanent adoptive family, ... I can look everyone straight in the eye and tell you this girl is going to go to a strong family.

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    Preventive services, school personnel, community agencies and the police are critical partners in our work, and yet wherever I turn, I see problems in communication and ill will, which each directs towards the other.

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    They have been a part of her family. She knows them quite well, ... She knows and loves them.

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