WHO GAVE A DAMN about Harmony Montgomery? I don’t mean now, as governors and other politicians fall all over themselves expressing shock and outrage. I mean who gave a damn […]
child welfare
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How Mass. can break the child abuse cycle
IT’S NOT REALLY that hard to fix a child welfare system: just listen to your gut instinct – and do the opposite. Gut instinct says: David Almond died a horrible death […]
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Pilot program aims to prevent child welfare removals
AS AN ATTORNEY for Community Legal Aid in Springfield, child welfare attorney Madeline Weaver Blanchette is used to seeing families mid-catastrophe, after a child has been removed by child protective services. Last […]
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House wants more transparency in foster care system
A BILL THAT the Massachusetts House is set to vote on Thursday would bring more transparency to the state’s troubled foster care system – but would not bring in the […]