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A new bill would require the state to limit those placements to New England as of January 2025.
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Child advocates: Damning report on Tennessee youth facility is one worry of many
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The Office of the Child Advocate also mentions issues with official oversight of those facilities.
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Jeff Fleischer, the former head of a Pennsylvania-based nonprofit that provides community alternatives to incarceration and out-of-home placements, will lead the division as the state looks to replace its troubled youth detention center.
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Kristy Gesse filed her lawsuit in Merrimack County Superior Court in January under the pseudonym Jane Doe #73. She has decided now to be named.
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The state hired Joe Ribsam in 2017 to help rebuild New Hampshire’s Division of Children, Youth and Families following deep budget cuts and other challenges.
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Twenty-nine children under age 17 died between October 2021 and November 2022, according to the report.
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A 19-year-old who was adopted as a child from China alleges that state and local officials failed to protect her from years of neglect, abuse and slavery.
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A new report released by Gov. Chris Sununu’s office on Friday suggests that New Hampshire’s child protection agency missed several potentially key opportunities to ensure the safety of the 7-year-old before she was declared missing in December 2021.
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Two adults are now held under preventative detention while officials are continuing to search for Elijah Lewis, who was reported missing on Oct. 14.