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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 26, 2022

Tennessee lawmakers continued their review of the Department of Children’s Services (DCS) this week, Tennessee Lookout reports. DCS Commissioner Margie Quinn told members of the Joint Ad Hoc Committee on Juvenile Justice that department resources have been stretched to the breaking point, and children are sleeping on office floors or languishing in juvenile detention centers due to lack of space. “We are kind of full up on our bed situation, so we are hopeful the committee will make recommendations to help us alleviate the capacity and available bed situation,” Quinn said. She also argued that staffing shortages, driven by low pay, keep the state from fully utilizing facilities.