Massachusetts Ruling Offers Rare Insight Into How Child Welfare Agency Really Works

While not as bad as Alaska, a take-the-child-and-run mentality has long dominated Massachusetts child welfare. Year after year, the state tears apart families at a rate well above the national average, even when rates of child poverty are factored in. In recent years the problem has been compounded by a foster care panic, a sharp increase in children taken from their homes following news coverage of child abuse tragedies.


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