Good ol' CYA games. Yes, those must have had some role in the bureaucratic decision to take Haleigh off "life support." The bureaucrats had screwed up time after time after time in not recognizing that Haleigh was an abuse victim. Then it was too late -- the child was beaten nearly to death. The DSS had a lot to cover up.
We had a recent and similar tragedy here in Oklahoma.
A mother was allowed custody of her child despite signs of abuse. The child later died, according to authorities, at the hands of the mothers live in boyfriend. The department of human services representatives blame the courts for allowing the mother custody. The courts blame DHS for not presenting enough evidence to deny the mother custody. Of course, no matter, the mother was at fault, IMO, for allowing the abuse (and some believe she is compulsory).
Bottom line is these types of agencies have been and will continue to be unruly bureaucracies that are inefficient.