The alleged abuse spanned more than a decade, during which 33 children passed through the home, despite at least seven calls of abuse and neglect made to the Indiana Department of Child Services.

DCS placed children with the foster family a year after Oregon had abruptly removed other kids from the home. Records from that case show an array of red flags.

DCS does not track how often foster parents lose their licenses due to abuse or neglect, making it difficult to determine if the system is working.

Nikki Williams still has hundreds of photos of her four youngest children, stuffed in fraying photo albums and displayed in frames. They are part of a collection of memorabilia: stick figure drawings with the words “I love you mom,” baby-sized Nike shoes and even old Medicaid cards and shot

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