Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Hawaiʻi’s reports on fatal child abuse cases seem to raise more questions than they answer.
When keiki die under these circumstances, the feds require states to disclose any previous reports that welfare officials received about the child’s caregiver. But that law is incredibly vague, and states don’t agree on what it means.
Some go as far to publicly address what the child welfare system knew, what it learned and could have done differently. Hawaiʻi? Not so much.
Read the story: civilbeat.org/2025/04/what-hawaii-refuses-say-fatal-child-abuse-cases
Hawaiʻi’s reports on fatal child abuse cases seem to raise more questions than they answer.
When keiki die under these circumstances, the feds require states to disclose any previous reports that welfare officials received about the child’s caregiver. But that law is incredibly vague, and states don’t agree on what it means.
Some go as far to publicly address what the child welfare system knew, what it learned and could have done differently. Hawaiʻi? Not so much.
Read the story: civilbeat.org/2025/04/what-hawaii-refuses-say-fatal-child-abuse-cases
