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Indiana’s Department of Child Services says it’s doing all it can to comply with caseload requirements in state law and that a court can’t order it to do…
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Indiana is exploring expansion of its addiction hotline and developing a more Indiana-centric program that will help the state in its battle against drug…
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Indiana’s supply of foster parents is dwindling.The state says more foster parents are needed because caseworkers are having to remove children from homes…
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More than two weeks after the first meeting of Governor Mike Pence’s drug abuse task force, the governor is ordering state agencies to begin implementing…
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A Department of Child Services case manager say she’s handling way too many cases, putting children’s lives at risk, because the agency won’t hire enough…
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Republicans declared “mission accomplished” on the new budget as they brought a close to the 2015 legislative session. The $31-billion two-year budget…
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House Minority Leader Scott Pelath (D-Michigan City) says the test of Governor Pence‘s call to beef up the Department of Child Services won‘t be what ends…
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There are about 175 children in Tippecanoe and surrounding counties currently in foster care. Statewide, the figure is 5,600 abused and neglected…
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Median household income for Hoosiers is the lowest in the Midwest, and nationally, Indiana ranks 41st. That’s according to the most recent Census…
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Department of Child Services director James Payne resigned from his post Monday in the wake of allegations of impropriety regarding the DCS and a case…