Indiana removes children from their homes and places them in state care at more than twice the national average rate, a consultant reviewing the state's embattled child welfare agency said Thursday.
That's one of two primary findings by the Child Welfare Policy and Practice Group, which was hired by Gov. Eric Holcomb to conduct a review of the Indiana Department of Childen's Services. The other "challenge" outlined in a preliminary report is that the state uses an inadequate computer system to track child welfare cases.
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