AUGUSTA, Maine — Todd Landry, the director of Maine’s child welfare system, which has faced scrutiny in recent years over the deaths of numerous kids, has resigned.
A Department of Health and Human Services official said in a Monday morning email to lawmakers on the Government Oversight Committee that Landry resigned as director of the Office of Child and Family Services due to “personal reasons.”
Bobbi Johnson, associate director of child welfare services in DHHS, will serve as the acting director of the child and family services office while the department searches for a permanent leader, Molly Bogart, government relations director for DHHS, told lawmakers in the email obtained by the Bangor Daily News.
“We will continue to address problems in the child welfare system under the Acting and next Director,” Bogart wrote. “We wish Dr. Landry the best in his future pursuits.”
Landry had led Maine’s child welfare office since 2019.
