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Director of Maine’s ‘broken’ child welfare system resigns

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Director of Maine’s ‘broken’ child welfare system resigns

Posted on November 28, 2023 by dmartignetti

Todd Landry, the director of Maine’s child welfare system, which has faced scrutiny in recent years over the deaths of numerous kids in state care, has resigned.

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