Newland recommended to lead Children Services
Newland
LIMA The next executive director of Allen County Children Services is likely to come from within.
A hiring committee for the board of directors for the agency announced Tuesday night that they are recommending Sarah Newland for the position.
She’s been serving as interim director since the dismissal of Cynthia Scanland in June 2020.
Scanland was indicted by an Allen County Grand Jury on three counts of tampering with records, all felonies of the third degree; a fifth-degree felony charge of obstructing official business and a misdemeanor count of dereliction of duty in connection with the criminal case against Jeremy Kindle and Scott Steffes, foster parents who adopted three boys through Children Services.
Feb. 23—LIMA — The board of directors of the Allen County Children Services agency plans to announce its recommendation of an individual to fill the position of executive director in the near future. The Allen County commissioners received that news Tuesday from Nadia Lampton, chairperson of the Children Services board, during a regularly-scheduled commissioners' meeting. Commissioner Beth .
Top stories of 2020
By David Trinko - dtrinko@limanews.com
1. Coronavirus pandemic: Mel Hackworth, a medical assistant with Health Partners of Western Ohio, holds a COVID-19 nasal swab test while working at the Bradfield Community Center drive-up testing site in June in Lima.
2. Berger retiring: Lima Mayor David Berger announced in September he wouldn’t run for election, retiring once his term ended in November 2021.
3. Children Services shakeup: Dr. Jennifer Hughes, the chair of the board of directors for Allen County Children Services, announced three of the top people in the agency wouldn’t return to work in the wake of a criminal case against foster parents allegedly committing sexual acts with minors.