Showing posts with label nebraska. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nebraska. Show all posts
Saturday, August 03, 2019

Voices for Children report shows racial disparity in calls to Nebraska abuse/neglect hotline

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A report by Voices for Children in Nebraska shows children of minority groups are more likely to be the subject of maltreatment reports to t...
Thursday, July 18, 2019

Omaha-area child welfare contractor sues state over switch to Kansas nonprofit

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The Omaha-based agency that manages Omaha-area child welfare cases is legally challenging the state’s decision to award a new contract to a ...
Thursday, July 11, 2019

Contractor, some child welfare advocates disgruntled with HHS changes in Omaha

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The state of Nebraska finalized a child welfare contract for the Omaha area this month with a Kansas-based company amid concerns by the curr...
Thursday, June 20, 2019

Half of kids languishing in foster care were under age 7 when they were removed from homes

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Ninety-three Nebraska children have been out of their homes, in foster care, for five years or more. That is a great concern to Kim Haweko...
Tuesday, March 05, 2019

Parents, former DHHS investigator speak out about drug testing policy change

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Hundreds of messages, comments, emails and phone calls followed a KETV NewsWatch 7 investigation about a policy change impacting child abuse...
Monday, December 24, 2018

ACLU report questions police presence in schools, says programs fuel ‘school to prison’ pipeline

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In one case, police were called over elementary school-age brothers yelling and cursing at each other. In another, a school employee refer...
Friday, November 30, 2018

Police reports detail fights, sex crimes at Iowa academy for troubled youth

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In February, a Lincoln, Nebraska, mother of a 15-year-old student at Iowa's Clarinda Academy told police that a staff member assaulted h...
Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Woman found guilty of abusing foster child

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A jury found a metro woman guilty of child and sexual abuse in court on Monday. Kim Carrera was found guilty of three felony charges. ...
Saturday, October 20, 2018

Nebraska DHHS begins training on new child welfare practices

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Nebraska's child welfare agency is moving forward with a new approach to child welfare cases designed to help more youths stay with thei...
Monday, September 24, 2018

Foster mom accused of holding 10-year-old boy in locked basement storage room

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Federal prosecutors have charged a 34-year-old Macy woman with felony child abuse and kidnapping for locking her 10-year-old foster son i...
Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Report finds 'disturbing' increase in sexual abuse, suicide among Nebraska children in state care

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Reports of sexual abuse and suicidal behavior among children in the care of the state increased again last year, according to a report issue...
Saturday, August 11, 2018

Krist blames Ricketts for abuse, deaths in state child welfare program

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State Sen. Bob Krist blasted Gov. Pete Ricketts on Thursday as personally responsible for the sexual abuse and deaths of dozens of child...
Friday, June 01, 2018

Nebraska study shows lopsided percentages of minority children in foster care

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The office that checks up on kids in foster care reported Thursday that the number of minority kids in out-of-home care is out of proportion...
Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Editorial: Nebraska adopts needed reporting requirements on state ward abuse allegations

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Findings last year by Nebraska’s state inspector general for child welfare about the troubling extent of sexual abuse of state wards jolted ...
Saturday, March 10, 2018

Prosecutor plans to appeal ex-Omaha fire captain's sexual assault sentence

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Three girls who looked to Lee Dunbar as a father were, instead, sexually assaulted by him. A jury decided as much in January. On Fri...
Friday, January 26, 2018

Nebraska child welfare caseloads improve, but still fail national standards

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A Department of Health and Human Services official told state senators Thursday that vacancies for child welfare specialists and trainees an...
Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Victims testify against foster father accused of sexual assault

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Two victims gave testimony Tuesday against their former foster parent and retired Omaha firefighter, Lee Dunbar Sr. He’s accused of sexu...
Tuesday, January 23, 2018

State senator says legislature must oversee child welfare system in wake of abuse cases

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A state senator says the legislature has a role to play as the state addresses cases of sexual abuse within the child welfare system. More...
Tuesday, January 02, 2018

Report calls for changes in handling of state ward sex abuse cases

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LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) -- An extensive report calls for improvements in the investigation and handling of sexual abuse cases involving juvenil...
Saturday, December 30, 2017

Lincoln senator calls for more oversight of Nebraska child welfare

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A Lincoln state senator is calling for more oversight of Nebraska's child welfare system to address child sexual abuse of state wards an...