KOLN-TVLINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — The Nebraska Office of the Inspector General for Child Welfare (OIG) oversees state programs for children, providing investigative oversight to ensure transparency.
Their annual report is nearly 70 pages of analysis into how the Department of Health and Human Services is serving Nebraska’s children.
This latest report covers July 2024 through June 2025.
Among the findings was a 110% increase in the amount of hours Nebraska’s youth are being kept in solitary confinement and a slight increase in child deaths, raising the number of pending mandatory investigations by the OIG’s office to 32.
A consistently high number of youths are being committed to Nebraska’s three Youth Regional Treatment Centers, approaching the limit of each facility’s capacity and leading to an
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