Sounds like Philly, in unbroken governing by the Democratic Party for 60 years, or 3 generations.

despite months and years of intervention from agencies, they continue to damage themselves, their children and the community around them. …

Without casting aspersions, merely offering a Thesis for Socratic dialectics, why do societal ills still beset Philly (and the rest of American cities) after 6 decades of enlightened Democratic rule?

Are you allowed to ask that?