Finding hope for Washington County’s lost children — Maine Politics — Bangor Daily News
Gabriel Baker is a red-headed, 3-year-old bucket of giggles. His energy seems limitless. He is playing with the cat, he is climbing on the couch, drawing on paper, “driving” one of his beloved train sets, showing off a craft project from Sunday school — all in the blink of an eye.
He’s a normal little boy in a normal living room in a normal home.
But if the state had not made major changes in rules governing when and why children should be removed from their homes, this family portrait would have looked quite different.
“Ten years ago, I have no doubt the state would have petitioned to have Gabriel removed to foster care,” Ellen Farnsworth of Maine Families, which provides services, assessments and referrals to parents, said on a recent visit to the Baker home.
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