Lawmakers pointed to a report showing the Department of Health and Human Services is getting worse at preventing repeated abuse and neglect of children.
On Oct. 12, the man charged with the death of a 3-year-old Edgecomb girl killed on Christmas Day 2022 was arraigned in Lincoln County Unified Criminal Court. Tyler Witham-Jordan, 29, of Edgecomb and Livermore was arrested in the Christmas Day 2022.
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The recurring rate of child abuse in Maine is twice the national standard and getting worse, and caseworkers fail to adequately identify risks half the time, according to an internal review of the Office of Child and Family Services.