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 reversed a steady climb [...]

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 services aimed at keeping [...]