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Residents have been moved from a youth psychiatric treatment facility weeks after Minnesota officials found an “imminent risk of harm.”

On Monday, a panel of Georgia lawmakers met with child welfare workers, mental health providers and others to discuss the issue of kids left in psychiatric care.

Across the country, challenges to keeping youth safe in child welfare and juvenile justice facilities were under the microscope in 2024.

Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden wants the DOJ to investigate whether Medicaid fraud has been committed by private, taxpayer-supported residential facilities.

A Senate committee report highlights “routine harm” to children in taxpayer-supported institutions that “optimize revenues” and “evade oversight.”

A report commissioned by the Texas Legislature has found that children involved in the foster care system should live with families rather than in residential facilities.