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A scathing audit, a girl’s suicide: Maryland foster care officials in the hot seat

‘Somebody’s dead over this,’ said Del. Steven J. Arentz, an Eastern Shore Republican

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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After multiple critical reports and the suicide death of a 16-year-old foster girl in Baltimore last month, Maryland legislators grilled social services officials on Monday for failures in how they house children in their custody and vet those who watch over them.

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