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DCS Associate Director Todd Meyer Abruptly Resigns

Brandon Smith
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IPB News

A top Department of Child Services official brought in specifically to help shape up the embattled agency has resigned.

Associate Director Todd Meyer abruptly stepped down after just one year on the job.

DCS created a new position – associate director – when it recruited Todd Meyer from his post as a county prosecutor. He was assigned to meet recommendations that came from an independent evaluation of DCS.

Particularly, Meyer helped lead an overhaul of the agency’s legal team – he hired more attorneys and bolstered training.

Now, he’s left the agency, and neither the Holcomb administration or DCS will say why. Meyer spoke with Indiana Public Broadcasting just two weeks ago about progress at DCS.

“Things are never done," Meyer said. "It is always going to be a process of continual quality improvement.”

Meyer’s resignation was effective Tuesday.

Brandon Smith is excited to be working for public radio in Indiana. He has previously worked in public radio as a reporter and anchor in mid-Missouri for KBIA Radio out of Columbia. Prior to that, he worked for WSPY Radio in Plano, Illinois as a show host, reporter, producer and anchor. His first job in radio was in another state capitol, in Jefferson City, Missouri, as a reporter for three radio stations around Missouri. Brandon graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a Bachelor of Journalism in 2010, with minors in political science and history. He was born and raised in Chicago.