In this clip, a former Child Protective Services worker explains concerns many insiders have raised for years: that the child welfare system is financially structured around allegations and removals, not prevention or family support. According to former CPS professionals, agencies receive more funding when allegations are substantiated and children are placed into foster care. That creates a dangerous incentive structure—where proving an allegation can matter more than whether removal actually m

Failures by Alameda County CPS and foster care system exposed in new report