The Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services met 22 of 107 applicable safety measures related to the agency’s care of foster children throughout most of 2025, a court monitor found. Marcia Lowry, the lead lawyer for the foster children, told Mississippi Today the report contradicts the state’s position on the case. Underreported abuse and insufficient investigationsMany of the dozens of required safety measures Mississippi’s child welfare agency didn’t meet have direct implications on foster children’s wellbeing. The state’s investigation found insufficient evidence for the allegations, but the monitor report says the state did not look into several of them. She said the changes Sanders cited in her May affidavit haven’t resulted in tangible results for Mississippi foster children.