Dozens of employees cited Bobbi Johnson's failure to acknowledge or address critical safety issues relating to hoteling children in state custody.

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Portland

Cumberland County

Maine

United States

145 workers sign letter of no confidence in Maine's child and family services director

150 caseworkers and staff say Maine's Office of Child and Family Services director ignored safety concerns about housing children in state custody in hotels.

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Child protection workers express no confidence in director

More than one hundred caseworkers, aides and community care workers in Maine’s Office of Child and Family Services said Thursday they have no confidence in their director and want Gov. Janet Mills to replace her immediately, citing failures to tackle safety issues related to kids the state holds in hotels and a “blatant failure to listen” to staff concerns. The letter of no confidence in Office of Child and Family Services Director Bobbi Johnson…

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Bangor

Penobscot County

More than 100 staff in Maine’s child welfare office call on Janet Mills to replace director

State House Republicans are joining calls for reform at the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) after 145 unionized workers issued a letter of no confidence in the leadership of Bobbi Johnson, director of the Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS). The audacious letter, rare to see from government employees, criticizes systemic [...] The post Maine Republicans Join Call for DHHS Reform Amid Child Welfare Crisis appeared firs…

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Maine Republicans Join Call for DHHS Reform Amid Child Welfare Crisis

Addressing the oversight committee Wednesday, DHHS Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew said Jaden and every other child who died under the care of the state lost their chance at a future. 
“We mourn their loss,” she said. “I mourn their loss. And I ask myself and lose sleep over the question, ‘Could each child have survived if something different had been done in the child welfare system?’” (Getty Images)Frontline workers for Maine’s child welfare syste…

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Janet Mills

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Maine, Maine

Aroostook County

145 workers sign letter of no confidence in Maine's child and family services director

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