Unsafe Homes: Children in Peril

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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.

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‘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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