Report: Mass. not attentive to core issues behind child welfare cases

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STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE

STATE HOUSE -- While the Department of Children and Families mishandled the case of 5-year-old Jeremiah Oliver, a new independent review of the child welfare agency absolved the department of direct responsibility for the boy's death in a report outlining systemic staffing, policy and technology shortcomings.