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A new program provides wellness support for child welfare workers in an effort to combat mental health conditions.

Under the updated programs, caregivers can receive 100% of the financial support a child was entitled to while in the state’s foster care system.

In a cell phone video recorded by the teacher, Julious Johnican, is heard encouraging another student to keep beating up the 7-year-old, who is sobbing, at George Washington Carver Montessori School 87.

The panel could have made recommendations to change laws and policies to improve child safety. However, its final report only suggested topics for further study.

According to this year’s report from the 2021-2022 school year, foster children in Indiana are twice as likely to rely on graduation waivers compared to their peers and twice as likely to be held back, especially in kindergarten.

Last year, Jenna Hullet and her partner received heartbreaking news. Judah Morgan, the four-year-old they’d fostered for three and a half years, was killed by his parents, just months after being returned to their care.

A former family case manager for Indiana’s child-welfare agency allegedly falsified records involving child abuse or neglect and falsely documented contact with four families.

Lawmakers and child services stakeholders want to improve how Indiana reviews and reports on child deaths. A newly-formed oversight committee, created by the General Assembly, met for the first time Thursday.

One listener asks about how children in foster care or awaiting adoption have been affected by the pandemic.