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The persistent Minnesota child-abuse problem

If you read the headline in the April 13 Star Tribune on how child-abuse reports in Minnesota rose by 25 percent in 2016, straining the state’s child-protection system — and asked, “Didn’t we already deal with this problem?” you wouldn’t have been far off the mark.

The article reported that 39,500 Minnesota children were suspected of being abused or neglected, according to the state Department of Human Services (DHS); 2016 was the second straight year of sharp increases in such reports.

http://www.startribune.com/the-persistent-minnesota-child-abuse-problem/419657423/

 

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