When Kim Garland began working as a supervisor for Child Protective Services years ago she had recurring nightmares about children in mortal danger whom she could not help.
“It is a hard job,” Garland said of being a CPS investigator. “It’s hard to be faced with the kind of crises that families deal with where CPS has to get involved.”
CPS is a division of the Department of Children’s Services. Garland is one of three CPS supervisors for Washington County. Investigators with this division see things that are sometimes difficult to forget. Hospital visits can be especially disturbing, Garland said.
