Leah Coleman

Last November, just days after police officers were removed from New Jersey child welfare offices in a cost-cutting move, a caseworker was stabbed in her Camden office by a client. Following that attack, the state Department of Children and Families took immediate and long-term action.

It has been two weeks since child protective services worker Leah Coleman was stabbed more than 20 times while at her desk at the New Jersey Department of Children and Families offices in Camden. While the 29-year-old remains in stable, but critical condition, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) has started a fundraiser in her name.