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Two Maine babies and two toddlers died during May through August of 2021 due to suspected abuse by their parents. The four child homicides in three months set a state record. The Maine Monitor examined what happened and what healthcare and child protection procedures didn’t work.
FEATURED STORY:
What more can be done? Some are haunted as child deaths in Maine continue to rise
‘Nothing’s changed’ in the child welfare system, says a former school nurse who will never forget a 10-year-old girl who suffered so much.
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Barbara Walsh: Maine’s struggles with domestic violence and child abuse worsened last summer
Our project, “Unsafe Homes: Children in Peril,” put a spotlight on the issue. A legislative advocate for children is optimistic about pending reforms.
Child homicides are the tip of Maine’s ‘iceberg of abuse’
The damage to babies and children in the state is causing mild learning disabilities, damaging neurological conditions … and deaths.
Diagnosing abuse requires collaboration and expert advice, child advocates say
The advocates say assessments done in Maine child protective cases are not thorough and continue to leave children at risk in their homes.
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