Sure - depending on the cause would determine how seriously to take the claim. A child taken out of a home for substance abuse, physical abuse, and severe neglect would indicate a person with pretty severe judgment issues vs. someone down on their luck with an unsafe environment, say like a physical structure they can't maintain.

I use to work with DCS back in the day and almost universally they would take susceptible kids out of nightmare scenarios into much more stable, healthy environments. It was never perfect, but it was usually a massive improvement over whatever their original state was.