HARRISBURG — The former director of a county welfare agency in northeastern Pennsylvania was sentenced Wednesday to probation and house arrest after previously pleading guilty to endangering the welfare of children when she concealed abuse allegations to cut down a backlog of cases.

A Dauphin County judge sentenced Joanne Van Saun, 59, to 34 months of probation with the first nine months on house arrest.

Van Saun was arrested and fired in July.

Judge Scott Evans said this case “is representative of a systemic problem we have.”