Abusive parents risk losing adoption subsidies after change in state policy

New rules approved this month would allow the state to recoup adoption subsidies from parents who are abusing or not supporting children in their care.

Iowa’s Department of Human Services drafted the rules after a Reader’s Watchdog report last year showed parents like Mark and Misty Ray of Perry and Nicole and Joseph Finn of West Des Moines still qualified to receive subsidies even after being accused of horrific abuse.

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