Office of child and family services
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PublishedMay 10, 2023
Lawmakers hear proposal to fix Maine’s broken child care system
The bill would tackle the state's child care shortage by increasing monthly stipends for child care workers and relax the income limits for families to apply for a state subsidy.
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PublishedMay 5, 2022
Maine Voices: We need a DHHS that is open to legislators, Maine’s people
Legitimate legislative scrutiny sparked by the state watchdog’s report on the Office of Child and Family Services has resulted in a circling of the wagons.
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PublishedApril 8, 2022
Oversight panel members express frustration over hunt for ambitious child welfare reform
Suggestions ranged from creating a taskforce to review the circumstances of last year's child deaths, to creating a whistleblower program to flush out government shortcomings.
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PublishedFebruary 22, 2022
Lawmakers want more oversight of child protective services
A bill would require the Office of Child and Family Services to report to the Legislature's Government Oversight Committee.
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2022
Maine’s child welfare system failed 3-year-old who died, grandmother tells lawmakers
The grandmother of Maddox Williams, whose mother is charged with murder in his death, gave emotional testimony to a legislative committee that's investigating Maine's child welfare system.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2021
Maine’s child welfare ombudsman tells lawmakers: ‘We need to do something different’
Christine Alberi, the independent watchdog over the Office of Child and Family Services, told lawmakers Wednesday that 'deep-seated problems' persist even as investigations continue into the state agency responsible for child welfare.
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PublishedAugust 11, 2021
Lawmakers set aggressive timeline for latest review of child protective services
The Legislature's Government Oversight Committee directed its investigative arm to closely examine oversight and safety in the wake of another round of high-profile deaths of children.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2021
Lawmaker cites ‘appalling’ death of 3-year-old in call for probe of Maine’s child welfare system
The Legislature's Government Oversight Committee will meet Wednesday with state officials in child protective services.
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PublishedJune 3, 2021
Maine Senate votes to create separate child welfare agency
The proposal, which faces further votes in the Legislature, is a response to concerns that reforms are not happening quickly enough after several high-profile child-abuse deaths.
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PublishedApril 15, 2021
Our View: Child welfare not the job of just one agency
A proposed new department is well intentioned, but does not address a much broader problem.
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