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Letter: Agencies failed to monitor child

Monday, Sept. 26, 2005 | 9:14 a.m.

Apparently, thanks at least in part to the Las Vegas Sun, the Clark County attorneys representing Child Protective Services have urged the courts to look at Adacelli Snyder's case to consider if federal law regarding social-service records takes precedence over state law.

I am sure this child was eligible for First Step, a state program operating out of University Medical Center designed for handicapped children of less than 3 years of age. First Step is a program supervised by medical people, who should have been involved with this case. Obviously, even this much was not done for some unknown reason. Perhaps the parents didn't take her, didn't follow-up or whatever. But neither did the social service agencies that knew the risks in this case.

The community needs to know why this child was not followed by the responsible agencies

RON ANDERSON

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