The District’s child welfare system is failing the city’s abused and neglected children in critical ways, a D.C. inspector general’s report has found. More than three years after four girls were found murdered by their mother in their Southeast Washington home, problems continue at the city’s Child and Family Services Agency, the report found. The Banita Jacks case and its fallout led to the firing by then-Mayor Adrian Fenty of several city officials and promises of major reforms.

But the inspector general found morale remained low at CFSA, case loads for social workers are still too high, and there is too much pressure to close cases quickly, all of which erodes care for the city’s vulnerable youths.