child welfare
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PublishedDecember 24, 2023
Maine foster families say pressures are overwhelming
Problems in the state's child welfare system are spilling over into the foster care network, leading to a decline in licensed homes and adding more strain to other front-line workers trying to keep Maine children safe.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2023
Opinion: Prioritize the child in state protective programs
A child's safety must be central to reform of Maine's state protective services programs, not politics or bureaucracy.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2023
Maine nonprofit says child caseworkers need more support, parents need to be held accountable
The group, called Walk a Mile in Their Shoes, wants the state to stop prioritizing family reunification when parents are not following plans to keep their children safe from neglect or abuse.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2023
State agency, legislative committee clash in supreme court hearing over records
Lawmakers on the Government Oversight Committee are appealing a lower court's decision that barred them from access to confidential child protective records.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2023
Maine’s child protection staff: ‘We work within a broken system’
Lawmakers reviewing the state's child protective agency hear testimony from front-line workers for the first time Wednesday, and their message is sobering.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2023
Frustrated mother says state failed to protect her baby
Reginald Melvin, 30, was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Wednesday. A state watchdog will now review how Child Protective Services dealt with Melvin before his son died in 2021.
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PublishedMay 31, 2023
How and when to remove children from their homes? A federal lawsuit raises thorny questions
A couple whose young children were taken by social workers and police in the middle of the night are suing, arguing they were unconstitutionally removed without a warrant or court order.
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PublishedMay 26, 2023
Critics say report on child’s death sidestepped state’s failures
A legislative committee heard emotional testimony about the state's oversight of 3-year-old Maddox Williams, who was killed in 2021.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2023
White House promises crackdown on migrant child labor
Concerns are mounting that migrant children have been discharged from shelters and out of federal custody too quickly, pushing them into vulnerable situations where they’re more likely to become victims of child labor.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2023
Stockton Springs woman sentenced for lying during 3-year-old’s murder probe
Sherry Johnson, 59, was given a suspended sentence Tuesday after pleading guilty. Her daughter, Jessica Trefethen, was convicted and sentenced to 47 years for the death of Maddox Williams.
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