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North Dakota's needs for emergency shelter spaces for foster children are not new, said Cory Pederson, director of the children and family services division of the state Department of Human Services. Those needs have existed since he began his career in 1995, he said.

Employees described working at child protection services as “cycle of domestic violence” or “bad marriage," investigation said.

A new human services director is slated to take over the department just days after county announced it would investigate three supervisors who came under scrutiny before.