In 'Broken,' former caseworker examines problems in child protective services
In "Broken," Jessica Pryce looks back her CPS years and how they led her to quit and work for systemic change.
Jessica Pryce is a former child protective services caseworker and now a faculty member of Florida State University’s College of Social Work. In her book “Broken: Transforming Child Protective Services ― Notes of a Former Caseworker” she looks back her CPS years and how they led her to quit and work for systemic change.
Book excerpt: ‘Broken: Transforming Child Protective Services ― Notes of a Former Caseworker’
By Jessica Pryce
IT STARTS WITH US
I had been a child protective investigator for about one year when I started having nightmares. In this particular one, I was getting ready for work, like any other day. I went into the bathroom to look at myself in the mirror. To my horror, my face was
