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DCS: Child Tracking System to be Fixed by June

Glitches in a computer system that have hampered the work of the Department of Children’s Services (DCS) should be fixed in the next seven months, officials told lawmakers on Monday. At a hearing before the Fiscal Review Joint Committee, department heads blamed glitches in the Tennessee Family and Child Tracking System for problems in paying foster parents, producing statistics on child abuse and accessing information on children in state custody. The committee approved money to address the problems. Meanwhile, DCS has asked the attorney general to consider whether legal action is merited against Dynamics Research Corporation, the company that designed the software program