It is broken and it needs fixing.  The question is how.  High turn over of employees is a big problem.  Why so high?  Is it the salary or something else?  In my case it was a corrupt investigator who decided a friend's desire to have my grandchildren ranked higher than my legal rights.  The initial case worker was transferred to the "bush" after she made the mistake of doing the right thing by contacting me.  Then the new caseworker placed them in a foster home that was not even licensed.  16 months later, and a costly lawsuit finally found my grandchildren with me.  The trauma and financial loss OCS put my family and ultimately my grandchildren through was inexcusable.  OCS bends the rules to suit themselves and neglects to inform people of their legal rights. Unfortunately they often spend undue time on cases of minor importance while neglecting the ones that will consume more of their energy.

Alaska's OCS record is one of the worst in the nation.  What a shame!