Maryland DHS says contracted workers negligent in foster girl’s hotel suicide

No residential program was willing to accept her at that time, and she did not meet the criteria for an emergency petition ...

Neglect played a role in 16-year-old foster child's death, Md. finds

The chaperone assigned to monitor the teenager had worked a 40-hour shift before the Maryland teen’s death by suicide, according to an investigation.

Wins and losses aside, there’s no questioning Brian Schottenheimer’s culture after Year 1

Schottenheimer’s handled a great deal of adversity in his rookie season as the Cowboys’ coach, including the shipping out of ...
GBH

U.S. interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean haven't always gone as planned

President Trump's pressure campaign against Venezuela is the latest in a long saga of U.S. intervention in the region that is ...
WBAL-TV on MSN

DHS report: Contractor negligence led to teenager's death

Contract worker negligence led to the death by suicide of a teenage foster child in state care at a Baltimore hotel, according to a newly released report obtained by WBAL-TV 11 News.Kanaiyah Ward died ...
Opinion

Professors: Does providing money to parents who have mistreated their kids actually improve child welfare?

The idea that poverty drives some portion of child welfare involvement seems reasonable, but policymakers should be skeptical.