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Behind Nebraska’s Abandoned Kids, A National Shortage of Mental Health Care

By Lynda Waddington, New Journalist Fellow

December 1, 2008 - 9:00am

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The state of Nebraska faces a situation most parents can’t comprehend. At last count 34 children, ranging in age from 20 months to 17 years, have been left at Nebraska hospitals under the auspices of a vaguely written “Safe Haven” law.

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