Bill creates in-person checks for Department of Child Services following death of Indianapolis five-year-old

Braelynn Yerington with Champions for Children reads a letter from the grandfather of the Indianapolis five-year-old who died of neglect. Indiana’s Department of Child Services would be required to do an in-person check before dismissing cases of alleged child abuse under a proposal moving through the legislature. The bill comes after a case where an Indianapolis child died. Welty’s grandfather currently has a lawsuit against DCS, alleging the department should have prevented the death. A letter from the grandfather of Kinsleigh Welty, Brian Welty, was read aloud during the committee meeting by Braelynn Yerington, with Champions for Children.