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‘Feet to the fire:’ López, DHS remain under scrutiny for foster care failings

Maryland Department of Human Services Secretary Rafael J. López and other state officials were grilled by state legislators on Wednesday over the suicide death of a 16-year-old foster girl in a Baltimore hotel last month and a scathing audit that documented multiple problems with how it cared for children in their custody.
Maryland Department of Human Services Secretary Rafael J. López and other state officials were grilled by state legislators on Wednesday over the suicide death of a 16-year-old foster girl in a Baltimore hotel last month and a scathing audit that documented multiple problems with how it cared for children in their custody.
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As fallout continues over problems with Maryland's foster care system, Republican delegates have called for Gov. Wes Moore to fire the Department of Human Services Secretary Rafael J. López and consider an overhaul of the agency.

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