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Kids Dying Under State Watch
A record 112 children died in 1995 under the care of Washington state social workers or shortly after the state withdrew services. Nearly all the child deaths were ruled accidental or natural, but a Seattle Times study found at least one third of them might have been preventable. The children who needed the most protection from parental abuse and neglect -- those on the active caseload of Child Protective Service -- were more than four times as likely to die as the state's other children. Infants under CPS care were eight times as likely to die of "SIDS" compared with other infants.
Tags: CAR; Kids dying under state watch; Contest entry; Child abuse; Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); Child protective services
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A study by the Seattle Times reveals that children who were supposed to be kept safe by Washington's child-protection programs died at a record rate last year. Although these cases may seem rare, the study revealed that more than 100 children died in 1995 while under the watch of state social workers. (Aug. 4, 5, 8, 1996)