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Stories about child protection, mental health and addiction, developmental disabilities, and other vulnerable populations.
New details emerge on faked DCF call in ‘Mimi’ Torres-García case
A 10-year veteran at DCF met with a 21-year-old woman she believed to be Jacqueline ‘Mimi’ Torres-García, court testimony revealed.
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Autopsy confirms ‘Mimi’ Torres-García’s cause of death was starvation
The autopsy confirmed the 11-year-old’s death was caused by child abuse and starvation. She weighed only 27 pounds, the report said,
Whiplash in CT as Trump administration reverses mental health, addiction cuts
One CT provider was scrambling to avoid layoffs when the Trump administration reversed its cuts to mental health, addiction services grants.
Here’s what’s really happening with child care fraud in MN
Evidence is nowhere near the epidemic levels a viral YouTube video would suggest — but it hasn’t stopped a crackdown on child care funding.
Judge blocks HHS from purging DEI-related terms from Head Start grant applications
A federal judge temporarily blocked Trump administration efforts to remake Head Start, ordering it to stop purging ‘women’ and ‘race’ from grant applications.
HHS bars Head Start providers from using ‘women’ and ‘race’ in grant applications
A coalition of organizations said in court filings that Trump officials told a Head Start director in Wisconsin to cut over a dozen terms from her application.
After a decade of delays, DSS call center wait times show signs of improvement
DSS launched a new phone system meant to reduce wait times. Results are good so far, but some want quality assurances codified into law.
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