Serve the needy: Another report shows DPW falling short

You can’t serve the public without public employees. That’s the reality confirmed in a report by the Service Employees International Union on caseworker understaffing at the Department of Public Welfare.

Although no one would call the SEIU an unbiased source since it represents caseworkers across the state, its report last week completes a disturbing picture recently painted by two other entities — the auditor general and the anti-hunger group Just Harvest.