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• More Nebraska children exiting welfare system
  BY MARTHA STODDARD
  WORLD-HERALD BUREAU
  Thursday    July 10, 2008
  LINCOLN — More Nebraska children left the state’s child welfare system than entered it during the two years since Gov. Dave Heineman issued directives aimed at reducing the number of state wards.

  The governor today called the trend a major accomplishment that […]

• Nebraska state wards down 12 percent
  By NANCY HICKS / Lincoln Journal Star
  Thursday, Jul 10, 2008 - 07:18:44 pm CDT
  A  concerted effort by both the courts and the state  human services agency to get children out of the foster care system and into permanent homes is paying off.

  In two years, the number of […]

• HHS decision hurts mental health services, leaders say
  By NANCY HICKS / Lincoln Journal Star
  Saturday, Jul 05, 2008 - 12:38:52 am CDT
  The state’s decision early this year to curb the use of child welfare dollars for adults could make it more difficult for parents to be reunited with children, according to some local human service […]
• Retooling Nebraska child welfare
  BY MARTHA STODDARD
  WORLD-HERALD BUREAU
  LINCOLN — The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services has earned accolades from children’s advocates and others for its plans to change how the child welfare system does business beginning today.

  But officials’ execution of those plans? Not so much.

  The plans include new […]

• State drops contract with Omni Behavioral Health
  By NANCY HICKS / Lincoln Journal Star
  Saturday, Jun 28, 2008 - 12:20:46 am CDT
  Omni Behavioral Health will not be one of the private agencies working with troubled families when the state begins its new contract arrangement next week.

  By July 1, the Health and Human Services Department will […]