Gov. Hobbs signs DCS accountability bill [Video]

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A new bill designed to hold the Arizona Department of Child Safety accountable when vulnerable children go missing from foster care was signed into law this week by Gov. Katie Hobbs.

This is the second bill in the last two years related to missing foster children that has become law, with the goal of additional DCS oversight.

Last year’s bill put federal and state mandates and DCS policies into a specific law, requiring prompt notifications to law enforcement, family, and local media when a foster child goes missing. But advocates said DCS was not complying, which is why they said an additional law with teeth was needed.

“Super excited that the law passed, but also really sad because no one should have to go and make legislative changes to do things that are common sense,” said Anika Robinson

Robinson, a foster parent and the president of ASA Now, said it’s been a long fight to pass House …