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The Lackawanna County commissioners said Thursday an internal review of the troubled Office of Youth and Family Services is underway, roughly one week after Scranton police and county detectives arrested

Lackawanna County officials would not commit Monday to making public an action plan for its scandal-rocked Office of Youth and Family Services.

An action plan Lackawanna County Commissioner Chris Chermak ordered for the beleaguered county Office of Youth and Family Services has yet to be finalized.

The Associated Press A child welfare agency in Pennsylvania failed to protect children from horrific abuse and neglect, allowing them to languish for years in homes overtaken by animal waste and garbage, a prosecutor said Tuesday as he announced criminal charges against five caseworkers. Three caseworkers and two supervisors at Lackawanna County’s Office of Youth […]

Lackawanna County hired a firm to bolster staffing at the Office of Youth and Family Services.

SCRANTON — Lackawanna County Commissioner Chris Chermak called for a state attorney general investigation into the county Office of Youth and Family Services, claiming the continued involvement of Scranton police

One day after the arrests of several Lackawanna County employees from the Office of Family and Youth Services, neighbors and county officials are speaking out.

Five current and retired Lackawanna County Office of Youth and Family Services staffers endangered eight children...

Lackawanna County hired a firm to bolster staffing at the Office of Youth and Family Services.

The office of then-state Attorney General Josh Shapiro declined to prosecute a former Lackawanna County Office of Youth and Family Services employee nearly two years ago, a prosecutor once connected