Child Welfare System – Nebraska

Nebraska making progress on child welfare, By Martha Stoddard, July 26, 2013, Omaha World-Herald: “Nebraska continues making slow, steady progress in reducing the number of children under state oversight. New data show the number of state wards has dropped 13.6 percent over nearly 15 months — from 6,121 children in early March 2012 to 5,284 as of July 15. Thomas Pristow, director of the State Division of Children and Family Services, said the change represents progress for Nebraska’s child welfare system, which has undergone numerous upheavals over the past four years…”