Missouri child welfare reforms pile up as old problems return

By: Jason Hancock

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: August 24, 2026

Words: 657

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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Lawmakers are hauling the Missouri Children’s Division back to the Capitol on Wednesday. The hearing will cover some of the agency’s recurring trouble spots: relative foster placements, child fatalities, reunification rates and how the department has carried out laws passed since 2020.

Steph Quinn published two stories this week that, read together, are an argument about what the last six years of fixes have actually produced.

The first showed child abuse investigations piling up …

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