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Maine department of health and human services

Published
July 30, 2018

LePage says he’s working to solve problems cited by child protection workers – without new hires

The governor says he's about to request more money for training and technology in response to caseworkers' criticism and the deaths of two young girls.
Published
July 26, 2018

Watchdog committee reviews options for reforms in Maine’s child protection system

Lawmakers will consider better training standards for people who are mandated to report suspected child abuse, as well as more access to school attendance and other records for human services caseworkers.
Published
July 24, 2018

CDC issues alert about salmonella tied to chicken, ducks in backyard flocks

The infections are linked to contact with the animals, and so far one case has been reported in Maine.
Published
July 10, 2018

DHHS chief says agency will call for more – and better-paid – workers to protect children from abuse

Ricker Hamilton tells lawmakers that the governor will support a bill to increase staffing, as lawmakers continue to probe the workings of the system after the beating deaths of two young girls.
Published
June 28, 2018

Lawmakers vote to subpoena DHHS chief after agency no-shows in child death probe

'How dumb are we to take him at his word?' a frustrated senator says of Gov. LePage after his assurances of cooperation with the Legislature's Government Oversight Committee.

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Published
June 14, 2018

Lawmakers work urgently to address problems with state’s child protective services

A member of a committee developing a bill to address DHHS failings cited after two deaths hopes for a vote 'no later than September.'
Published
June 12, 2018

Defense in Maine child abuse murder case asks high court to remove prosecutors

Attorneys for Sharon Carrillo, who is charged in the beating death of her daughter, Marissa Kennedy, said the prosecution obtained Carrillo's mental health records improperly.
Published
June 11, 2018

Maine Voices: Preventing child abuse, neglect will require all of us working together

The deaths of Kendall Chick, 4, and Marissa Kennedy, 10, were unbearably tragic – and entirely preventable.
Published
May 24, 2018

Report says DHHS failures preceded abuse deaths of 2 girls, but lack of details frustrates lawmakers

Investigators say policies were not followed and information was not shared at key times, but the report by the Legislature's watchdog agency lacks specifics because they can't be released now.
Published
May 14, 2018

Solutions remain elusive as group home crisis looms

DHHS Commissioner Ricker Hamilton tells parents and advocates that legislative action is needed to increase reimbursement rates for direct care workers in group homes and other settings for adults with intellectual disabilities.