The U.S. Department of Justice said the State of Nevada unnecessarily institutionalizes children with behavioral-health disabilities, and the problem is severe enough to violate the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Justice Department announced its findings Tuesday, after an investigation found hundreds of children are stuck in hospitals or group homes when they should be living at home and getting community-based mental health services. .
Child abuse cases in the state dropped between 2019 and 2020, but Kentucky still ranks fifth among states for incidents of child maltreatment, according to the latest federal data. Dr. Kelsey Gregory, a pediatrician specializing in child-abuse cases in the Division of Forensic Medicine at the University of Kentucky, said the medical community uses what s known as the "TEN-4" rule, which is identifying bruising on the torso, ears and neck on children under age four, and bruising anywhere on an infant, as a red flag. .
A touring conference from the National Alliance for Children s Grief comes to Montana this week. The event will be in Whitefish on Tuesday. The alliance works with organizations like the Tamarack Grief Resource Center in Missoula, which is organizing the Whitefish conference. .