Committee backs proposal to decouple Maine’s definition of child neglect with poverty • Maine Morning Star

Committee backs proposal to decouple Maine’s definition of child neglect with poverty • Maine Morning Star

(Stock photo by Os Tartarouchos via Getty Images)Maine lawmakers are suggesting the state move forward with a proposal to update the state’s definition of child abuse and neglect that legal experts have argued is easy to conflate with poverty.  The Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee held a work session for two bills looking to amend the statutory definitions to better identify the children at risk of harm and prevent families from…

Child poverty will rise if two-child limit is not scrapped, charities warn

CHILD poverty will be higher at the end of this Parliament than when the Government took office if it chooses not to scrap the two-child limit and benefit cap in its Child Poverty Strategy, charities have warned. Signatories to a letter on Tuesday...