For years, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has been criticized for its shortcomings and nothing ever changes.
Gov. Mills and her DHHS supervisory staff need to have their hands slapped. A recent news report (“Death of Lewiston 4-year-old puts Maine’s child welfare failures back in spotlight,” June 4) stated numerous problems existed and they apparently were not fixed. Where was the follow-up on this?
It is time to have another agency take on the role of case managing child care services for Maine children; one that is not affiliated with DHHS. Big caseloads are not the only problem with DHHS. Management is the problem — or rather the lack of it.
Hire qualified/certified staff to get the job done.
Joseph Valecko
Lewiston
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