Nebraska's child welfare system has many flaws. Many, many flaws. Oh god the flaws...
But let's not get sidetracked by trying to name them all. I want to focus on one specific allegation: that one of the reasons Nebraska spends so much money on child welfare and yet still needs considerably more money to get the job done is that the State intervenes far too quickly and aggressively in many cases. That is, too many kids are being taken away from parents, and once they're taken away they're kept away for too long.
Maybe that's true. Can anybody show me proof that it's true? I hear a lot of generic accusations (such as this one), but I'm not familiar with specific instances of this type of error by the State. (Again, I'm familiar with many other flaws in Nebraska's "Families Matter", child welfare reform, and so forth. I'm looking for evidence of one particular type of flaw.) On the flip side, I hear all kinds of stories from around the country (like this one) where the child welfare system doesn't act quickly enough, if at all.
I would love to learn more about "too much / too quickly" cases if they're out there. I'm sure there are examples. Can anybody point me to some?
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