Five years ago, its inadequacies were outlined by a task force, and were brought into public focus again in January, when a 7-year-old boy was found dead in a Newark basement.

A horrifying discovery in a Newark basement has set off a firestorm of accusations and questions.

The report follows the death of a 7-year-old boy whose body was found in a Newark basement.

The agency has come under intense scrutiny since the body of 7-year-old Faheem Williams was found in a locked Newark basement in January.

The governor called for sweeping reforms of the agency in January after the death of 7-year-old Faheem Williams, whose body was found in a locked Newark basement.

State foster-care and school authorities have been sued by the estate of a 7-year-old boy whose body was discovered in a plastic storage container in a Newark basement in 2003.

The authorities found Faheem's malnourished remains in a locked Newark basement in January.

Criticism intensified in January 2003 after a 7-year-old boy in foster care, Faheem Williams, was found dead in a Newark basement.

The changes follow the death of Faheem Williams, 7, whose body was found in a Newark basement in January after child welfare investigators had closed his case file.

Their research comes as state child welfare officials are grappling with the gruesome case of three young boys, one already dead, who were found all but abandoned in a Newark basement.