Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Bloomberg
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and John B. Mattingly outlined the data system, ChildStat, during a news conference at City Hall. He said that in spite of the child welfare agency collecting extensive data about its cases, it had not focused enough on qualitative assessments, like identifying children at particularly high risk and evaluating the performance of caseworkers and supervisors in responding to complaints. As a result of which, home situations that are potentially dangerous to children, like Nixzmary's, haven't appeared clearly or quickly enough on the A.C.S. radar screens. He also said that these lapses won't occur any longer and the agency would also seek to improve the quality of its investigations by establishing a leadership academy for its supervisors, assigning caseworkers to specific neighborhoods and reducing the time they spend in the office rather than in the field. ChildStat was one of the initiatives outlined by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and John B. Mattingly, during a news conference at City Hall. The mayor said that this initiative was taken to handle situations, like Nixzmary's, that haven't appeared clearly or quickly enough on the A.C.S. radar screens. 