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The Des Moines Register's Watchdog columnist Lee Rood raises questions in her latest series about one of the oldest and wealthiest nonprofits in the country.
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Two Iowa children who faced severe physical abuse, neglect and torture by their adoptive parents are set to receive $5 million each under a settlement approved by State Appeal Board. They were adopted siblings of Sabrina Ray, who died of starvation in 2017.
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State officials say they have hired an outside company to help overhaul its child welfare system after Iowa has seen several high profile child abuse cases highlighting system failures.
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Advocates for people who were sexually abused as children are continuing to ask the Iowa Legislature to give survivors more time to bring lawsuits against their abusers.
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An Iowa organization will bring culturally-specific training for the first time to Latino service providers in the state. Organizers said it’s a way to prevent cases of childhood trauma and domestic violence.
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An investigation by the state ombudsman released Tuesday found the 2017 abuse and starvation death of 16-year-old Sabrina Ray could have been prevented by the Iowa Department of Human Services.
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Multiple child abuse reports to the Department of Human Services were mishandled leading up to the death of West Des Moines teenager Natalie Finn,…
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In 2012, former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky was sent to prison, convicted of 45 counts of child sexual abuse. Matthew Sandusky was victimized…