HHS Inspector General's Office Will Probe Treatment Of 'Unaccompanied' Kids

By Matt Shuham | June 27, 2018 7:12 pm

The inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday that his office would probe the agency’s treatment of so-called “unaccompanied alien children.”

The Office of Refugee Resettlement, which is housed within HHS, is responsible for taking custody of unaccompanied minors after they are apprehended by border patrol agents. “Unaccompanied,” minors include children who were separated from their parents as a result of the Trump administration’s zero tolerance policy.

“Specifically, this review will focus on a variety of safety- and health-related issues such as employee background screening, employees’ clinical skills and training, identification and response to incidents of harm, and facility security,” the inspector general’s office said, as quoted by the Hill.

The Associated Press noted, citing spokeswoman Tesia Williams, that the probe will not focus on specific mistreatment allegations, which are being investigated separately.

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