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The bill is one of multiple measures that lawmakers are considering following a spate of high-profile deaths among children whose families were part of Maine's child welfare programs.
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State lawmakers heard testimony Thursday on a proposal to create a stand-alone child welfare agency amid concerns that the current system is not adequately protecting vulnerable children.
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That is one of multiple proposals that the Legislature will likely consider this year following the latest investigation into the state's beleaguered child welfare system.
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The report from a new group, Walk A Mile In Their Shoes, also accuses DHHS of putting "excessive focus" on family reunification and says foster families need more support.
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The Legislature's Government Oversight Committee sued the Maine Department of Health and Human Services after the agency refused to comply with a demand for confidential documents.
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The director of the Legislature's watchdog agency says he continues to receive calls from child welfare workers juggling dozens of cases at any given time. The agency is investigating recent child abuse deaths.
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The proposal is still in development and will require legislative action and funding. The outline targets risk factors that increase the chance that a child will come under state supervision.
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Republicans in the Maine Senate said Tuesday that improving the state's child welfare system will be a top priority in the coming months following another scathing report.
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Five Republicans and one Democrat on the Legislature's Government Oversight Committee voted Friday to appeal a superior court judge's decision denying the panel access to confidential child protection files of four children killed in 2021.
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A Stockton Springs mother was sentenced to 47 years in prison Tuesday at the Waldo Judicial Center for beating her 3½-year-old son, Maddox Williams, to death in June 2021.