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Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads have lost more jobs than any other metro area with more than 1 million people
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James Hunter Williams is commissioner o the Virginia Department of Social Services.
In 2024, the Department of Social Services received nearly 95,000 reports of alleged child abuse and neglect — a 27% increase since 2020. Even more troubling, in 2023, 38 children died as a direct result of abuse or neglect.
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