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Guess you haven't been following this story. These kids had been adopted through the child welfare system, and another child in the home (a girl, so she got fed) was pending adoption. Child welfare workers had been filling out regular reports on their alleged visits to the home for years, stating that everything was fine. Nine workers have already been fired over this. I'll believe the state on this one (though I'm quite skeptical as to whether the state will actually take the needed steps to prevent a recurrence -- especially as that would require firing all the workers who were protesting today that the fired workers shouldn't have been blamed because it's really "the system's" fault).

You're right...I didn't have all the background. First saw it yesterday along with a statement from the pastor of their church. On the surface it does appear these 'parents' were simply using the system to collect checks from the state in lieu of working.