Lawmakers promised more training for social workers year after tot?s death

State Human Resources Secretary Brenda Donald told lawmakers Tuesday that policies, practices and training for social workers would be changed in the wake of the death of 2-year-old Bryanna Harris in Baltimore last year, and “there may be disciplinary action” taken against some of those involved.

Donald said 10 social workers over the course of seven years had contact with Vernice Harris, the mother, and her older children who were in foster care. “Everyone looked at their role in a very compartmentalized way,” Donald said. They were not fully aware with what was going on with the high-risk family.