The settlement came after attorneys discovered systemic flaws in how social workers investigated claims of abuse across Alameda County’s foster care system.
in the final 15 months of Sophia’s life.
“The common theme here is that the ball was dropped,” said Darren Kessler, an attorney representing Mariah’s brother. Mariah Mustafa, 3, died in foster care in 2015 after ingesting methamphetamine twice in two months. This week, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors approved a settlement agreement her brother in a federal lawsuit that began in October 2017.
“It was a conscious, absolute, formalized custom practice that was designed to completely bypass the path that every single report of abuse or neglect has to go through,” Kessler said. The director then told his team to hide their recommendations from the county, along with the fact Mariah’s urine test came back positive for drugs, the settlement said, and also told his team to hide any history of Mariah’s foster mother allegedly exposing other children in her home to drugs.
A statement from Alameda County’s Social Services Agency said the settlement “is very limited in its resolution to bring a level of financial justice.”
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