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The county child welfare agency had approved Secret Daniel, 30, to act as a monitor for supervised visits between Jessica Darthard, who was struggling with substance abuse, and her 17-month-old son, Justin Bulley.

A Times investigation last year found that the child welfare agency had approved Daniel to supervise the visits, unaware that she was a close friend of the baby’s mother and lived with her in a Lancaster home where drug use was rampant.

That can only happen if the applicant can prove it is necessary for reasons of financial hardship or child welfare.

A coalition of more than two dozen community organizations — including school officials, food banks and child welfare advocates — penned a letter to the governor in December.

The director of the Santa Clara County’s child welfare agency, which drew intense scrutiny following the fentanyl-related death of a 3-month-old infant that brought to light the agency’s troubling practice of keeping children in unsafe homes, announced this week that he is resigning.