TOP STORIES FROM WMTW: Special edition Stanley tumblers are selling out, but these are still in stock READ THE FULL STORY:Maine Child Development Services has struggled recently to pay some ...

There were about 150 fewer children in Maine’s child welfare system at the start of this year than there were in September. Office of Child and Family Services Director Bobbi Johnson shared this ...

The latest child maltreatment report from the federal Department of Health and Human Services, which covers 2023, aligns with ...

If we want a better Office of Child and Family Services, we have to pay for it ... That began a period in which Maine OCFS was held up as a model child welfare system. Over time, many necessary ...

Yet research shows that removals can have negative long-term consequences on children and their development ... Services, which is overseen by DHHS, files a petition for a child protection order ...

New Federal Data Shows Maine’s Child Welfare Agency Is Moving Against National Trends Earlier this month, the independent watchdog monitoring Maine’s child welfare agency went before the ...

Earlier this month, the independent watchdog monitoring Maine’s child welfare agency went before the legislature’s government oversight committee and admitted frustration. In recent years, she ...