Our View: Reforming child protection system just part of the answer

Our View: Reforming child protection system just part of the answer

By The Editorial Board, 10/31/21
 
“…XWhile there’s no doubt the Office of Family and Child Services within the Maine Department of Health and Human Services needs reform as well as additional tools and resources, the focus cannot be only on that agency.
 
The problem is much bigger. To get at it, we have to ask bigger questions: Why are so many kids at risk of abuse and neglect, and why are so many parents unprepared and overwhelmed?…”