Child welfare bureaucrats have allowed the deadlines to lapse in nearly 900 abuse and neglect cases, potentially leaving the children vulnerable to mistreatment and threatening to drag the city into court receivership, The Examiner has learned.

Under a consent decree stemming from a class action suit over the collapse of its child protection agencies, the District promised to resolve abuse and neglect complaints within 30 days.

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