Bipartisan Bill Aims To Help Child Welfare Workers With Skyrocketing Cases

By Shaun Boyd
DENVER (CBS4) – They’ve seen the worst of humanity and now child welfare workers in Colorado are asking lawmakers for help.
Almost three years after the state began hiring nearly 600 additional child welfare workers to handle a skyrocketing number of cases, it’s facing a new crisis — an alarming exodus of caseworkers so traumatized by what they see. Forty percent leave the profession after just two years.
“I’ve smelled burning flesh on toddlers f