A report released Thursday about state government’s role in protecting two slain children from abuse faulted the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Child and Family Services for “poor job performance” and “inadequate supervision” in one of the cases.
In the other case, the Legislature’s Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability found that the risk of child abuse and neglect “was not necessarily evident” to state overseers tasked with protecting the child.
The report offers the most comprehensive study of Maine’s child welfare system to be publicly released since the deaths of 10-year-old Marissa Kennedyin February and 4-year-old Kendall Chick in December.
“We believe we have gleaned a decent understanding of what occurred, and what did not, with regard to roles various entities played in these children’s cases,” reads the report. “We are, however, still lacking a full understanding … particularly around what factors impacted their decisions and actions.”.
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