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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Julie Carr Smyth and Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos

Ohio county struggling to care for 16 siblings rescued from squalor amid ‘unprecedented child welfare crisis’

The Ohio county where 16 siblings were rescued from squalid conditions is struggling to care for the children and prosecute their parents and two grandparents.

The state has labeled the situation “an unprecedented child welfare crisis” as the tiny rural county’s resources grow increasingly strained.

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