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Sunday, May 31, 2009
Foster Child Dies Under DCS Custody
Police in Rutherford County say an 8-year-old died Monday at a foster home while in custody of the Department of Children's Services.
DCF report: more could have been done
A 13 page review conducted by the Department of Children and Families concluded more could have been done to protect teen mom Jasmine Bedwell and her baby boy Emanuel Murray.
Woman In Court On Charges Of Stealing Toys
The Marine Corps' Toys for Tots holiday gift drive last year nearly fell short of demand at the same time the head of a South Bay foster parent organization was allegedly hoarding thousands of presents, the area coordinator of the Marine program testified Thursday.
New scholarship program gives foster kids a chance
Fewer than 2 percent of foster care children in Washington State ever get a shot at going to college. KING 5's Tonya Mosley looks at a program that's working to change that by offering full-ride scholarships to deserving foster care teens.
Sex-texting, a new danger for teens?
Is “sexting” the latest menace to American teenagers? “Sexting” is when nude or inappropriate photos make their way into a text message, and according to a recent study at least 20 percent of American teenagers are doing it. Across the country, several teens, including 15-year-old Marissa Miller, are potentially facing charges for sending lude photos of themselves.
'They stole my little girl,' says mother judged too stupid to care for her baby
'They stole my little girl,' says mother judged too stupid to care for her baby
A young mother who was judged too stupid to care for her own baby has accused social workers of 'stealing' the child from her.
A young mother who was judged too stupid to care for her own baby has accused social workers of 'stealing' the child from her.
State officials ease foster care rules for relatives
State officials ease foster care rules for relatives
State officials are easing what some have described as an overly strict implementation of a court-mandated measure to reform Michigan's foster care system.
State officials are easing what some have described as an overly strict implementation of a court-mandated measure to reform Michigan's foster care system.
Time for supes to consider review of CPS
Time for supes to consider review of CPS
The tragic story of Angelo Mendoza has our attention. The horrific way he was maimed sends shudders down our spines. The most demented horror movie could not capture the depravity of such an act by a father.
Given that Angelo's parents had in the past pleaded no contest to child endangerment charges, it seems fair to question whether local child protective authorities missed any warning signs that may have made a difference.
The tragic story of Angelo Mendoza has our attention. The horrific way he was maimed sends shudders down our spines. The most demented horror movie could not capture the depravity of such an act by a father.
Given that Angelo's parents had in the past pleaded no contest to child endangerment charges, it seems fair to question whether local child protective authorities missed any warning signs that may have made a difference.
Dancing boosts confidence for foster kids
Dancing boosts confidence for foster kids
Marquetta Rusco and her husband have ten children living in their home. Some of the younger ones are foster children and are experiencing life with another family for the first time.
Note: Yeah, this makes it all better right?
Marquetta Rusco and her husband have ten children living in their home. Some of the younger ones are foster children and are experiencing life with another family for the first time.
Note: Yeah, this makes it all better right?
Mother deemed 'too stupid' to care for her daughter
Mother deemed 'too stupid' to care for her daughter
A mother deemed 'too stupid' to look after her daughter is taking her fight to the European Court of Human Rights.
A mother deemed 'too stupid' to look after her daughter is taking her fight to the European Court of Human Rights.
DA believes people are taking in foster children 'just for the money' in Conecuh County
DA believes people are taking in foster children 'just for the money' in Conecuh County
Conecuh County child welfare workers may have been overzealous in removing children from their families and sometimes placed more than the allowable number of children in foster homes, officials said Friday, a week after foster parents were accused of trying to kill a boy.
Conecuh County child welfare workers may have been overzealous in removing children from their families and sometimes placed more than the allowable number of children in foster homes, officials said Friday, a week after foster parents were accused of trying to kill a boy.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Program rules broken, baby dies
Program rules broken, baby dies
Jasmine Bedwell was 16 when she started dating a 19-year-old man with a criminal record and became pregnant.
Jasmine Bedwell was 16 when she started dating a 19-year-old man with a criminal record and became pregnant.
D C F S M o n s t e r s !
D C F S M o n s t e r s !
There is not a more monstrous organization in the United States than the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (otherwise known as DCFS). In other areas across the nation, this same diabolical government institution is known as CPS (Child Protection Services). What a misnomer! DCFS and CPS abuse families!
Note: It appears that they have pissed this webmaster off.
There is not a more monstrous organization in the United States than the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (otherwise known as DCFS). In other areas across the nation, this same diabolical government institution is known as CPS (Child Protection Services). What a misnomer! DCFS and CPS abuse families!
Note: It appears that they have pissed this webmaster off.
Rate Your Caseworker
Rate Your Caseworker
Rate any caseworker from any department. Tell the world what you think of these lying assed CPS workers!
Rate any caseworker from any department. Tell the world what you think of these lying assed CPS workers!
Human rights, Sociology - Henry Fonda - "12 angry men"
Innocent or guilty?
I had originally posted a version of this that was cut off at the end. I found it again on another site. Here it is.
I had originally posted a version of this that was cut off at the end. I found it again on another site. Here it is.
The Bikini-Babystelaer Goes to the Beach
Officials: Child Welfare Worker Skipped Work, Forged Records
A former city employee whose job was to monitor minors who would routinely skip class has been caught playing hooky herself, as well as lying about the visits she apparently never made, officials say.
Note: Damn!!! This song is dedicated to Stephanie Sabouni!
A former city employee whose job was to monitor minors who would routinely skip class has been caught playing hooky herself, as well as lying about the visits she apparently never made, officials say.
Note: Damn!!! This song is dedicated to Stephanie Sabouni!
Federal Agent Confesses
Federal Agent Confesses
Undercover operative Joseph Taliaferro tells how he was recruited by the FBI/CIA to infiltrate and pin phony charges on the Alamo Ministry as far back as 1984.
Undercover operative Joseph Taliaferro tells how he was recruited by the FBI/CIA to infiltrate and pin phony charges on the Alamo Ministry as far back as 1984.
Parents accuse CPS employee of covering up sexual assault
Parents accuse CPS employee of covering up sexual assault
Parents coping with the sexual assault of their 6-year-old daughter are blaming a Child Protective Services employee for compounding their pain by trying to cover-up the assault.
Parents coping with the sexual assault of their 6-year-old daughter are blaming a Child Protective Services employee for compounding their pain by trying to cover-up the assault.
Employees steal from child abuse nonprofit
Employees steal from child abuse nonprofit
A national nonprofit that helps victims of child sexual abuse across the country was ripped off in a scam orchestrated by three of its own employees, according to federal court documents.
A national nonprofit that helps victims of child sexual abuse across the country was ripped off in a scam orchestrated by three of its own employees, according to federal court documents.
Judge Tosses Lawsuit In Foster Home Death
Judge Tosses Lawsuit In Foster Home Death
A federal judge in Oklahoma tossed out a lawsuit against 20 Virginia judges, attorneys, mental health counselors and government officials in connection with the death of a 15-year-old Harrisonburg girl in state custody.
Note: Of course. They take care of their own you know.
A federal judge in Oklahoma tossed out a lawsuit against 20 Virginia judges, attorneys, mental health counselors and government officials in connection with the death of a 15-year-old Harrisonburg girl in state custody.
Note: Of course. They take care of their own you know.
San Diego foster mom ordered to stand trial
San Diego foster mom ordered to stand trial
A San Diego foster mother accused of stockpiling and selling thousands of toys donated for needy children has been ordered to stand trial on charges of grand theft and embezzlement.
A San Diego foster mother accused of stockpiling and selling thousands of toys donated for needy children has been ordered to stand trial on charges of grand theft and embezzlement.
Foster care abuse trial takes twists, turns
Foster care abuse trial takes twists, turns
Has the prosecution rested in the sexual assault trial of Harold Groel?
It did for a short time on Wednesday, but now 10th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Stephen Kouri must decide if he will allow Tazewell County Assistant State’s Attorney Kathleen Nolan to reopen her case so the jury can hear the testimony of a third alleged victim who was supposed to testify on Wednesday but did not show up, and was then to testify Thursday but did not appear on time.
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Foster mom takes stand
The foster mother of Illinois Department of Children and Family Services children who were allegedly sexually assaulted by her relative told a jury Thursday that she never left the children in her care alone with him.
Has the prosecution rested in the sexual assault trial of Harold Groel?
It did for a short time on Wednesday, but now 10th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Stephen Kouri must decide if he will allow Tazewell County Assistant State’s Attorney Kathleen Nolan to reopen her case so the jury can hear the testimony of a third alleged victim who was supposed to testify on Wednesday but did not show up, and was then to testify Thursday but did not appear on time.
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Foster mom takes stand
The foster mother of Illinois Department of Children and Family Services children who were allegedly sexually assaulted by her relative told a jury Thursday that she never left the children in her care alone with him.
Oregon foster child's murder in Mexico prompts new laws
Oregon foster child's murder in Mexico prompts new laws
Children in Oregon foster care sent by the state to live with relatives in other countries will get closer monitoring under two bills that cleared final legislative hurdles Friday.
Children in Oregon foster care sent by the state to live with relatives in other countries will get closer monitoring under two bills that cleared final legislative hurdles Friday.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Alamo team attacks tactics of DHS
Alamo team attacks tactics of DHS
From a quaint little house on the Arkansas side of Texarkana, advocates for Tony Alamo Christian Ministries discuss strategy, build witness lists and prepare legal documents for a federal civil lawsuit against the Arkansas Department of Human Services.
From a quaint little house on the Arkansas side of Texarkana, advocates for Tony Alamo Christian Ministries discuss strategy, build witness lists and prepare legal documents for a federal civil lawsuit against the Arkansas Department of Human Services.
Woman says she saved toys for leaner years
Woman says she saved toys for leaner years
A San Ysidro woman accused of stockpiling and selling toys donated for needy children told an investigator she was saving some of the best toys to give away during leaner times.
A San Ysidro woman accused of stockpiling and selling toys donated for needy children told an investigator she was saving some of the best toys to give away during leaner times.
National Coalition for Child Protection Reform Criticizes Michigan's Child Welfare Efforts
National Coalition for Child Protection Reform Criticizes Michigan's Child Welfare Efforts
A national child advocacy group has issued a report criticizing the state for proposing cuts to programs that prevent child abuse and increasing funding to groups that institutionalize children.
A national child advocacy group has issued a report criticizing the state for proposing cuts to programs that prevent child abuse and increasing funding to groups that institutionalize children.
NJ comptroller finds child welfare car troubles
NJ comptroller finds child welfare car troubles
New Jersey's fiscal watchdog says the agency that oversees child welfare can't manage its fleet of nearly 3,000 vehicles.
Note: And it's probably the same with the kids.
New Jersey's fiscal watchdog says the agency that oversees child welfare can't manage its fleet of nearly 3,000 vehicles.
Note: And it's probably the same with the kids.
Bail is reduced for foster mother
Bail is reduced for foster mother
A Richland County judge on Thursday reduced bail for a pediatric nurse and foster mother charged with killing a 9-month-old boy in February.
Note: Letting her off a bit too easily, don't you think? I got a better idea for what to do with this bitch.
Taker her out people!!!
A Richland County judge on Thursday reduced bail for a pediatric nurse and foster mother charged with killing a 9-month-old boy in February.
Note: Letting her off a bit too easily, don't you think? I got a better idea for what to do with this bitch.
Taker her out people!!!
Foster Children Medicated Without Consent
Foster Children Medicated Without Consent
Nearly one in six children in the Florida foster care system who had been prescribed psychotropic medication were given the drugs without parental consent or authorization from a judge, despite the state's increased scrutiny of the drugs' use.
Nearly one in six children in the Florida foster care system who had been prescribed psychotropic medication were given the drugs without parental consent or authorization from a judge, despite the state's increased scrutiny of the drugs' use.
Grieving Mother: ‘Give Me My Kids Back’
Grieving Mother: ‘Give Me My Kids Back’
A Las Vegas woman is demanding she be allowed custody of her children after her 3-year-old boy died while being cared for by a foster couple.
Note: Give them back!!! It's not like they're any safer in foster care or anything.
A Las Vegas woman is demanding she be allowed custody of her children after her 3-year-old boy died while being cared for by a foster couple.
Note: Give them back!!! It's not like they're any safer in foster care or anything.
Police: No Charges for Foster Child Death
Police: No Charges for Foster Child Death
Metro Police say they will not file charges in the case of a three-year-old boy who died in foster care. Crews responded late Tuesday night to a local home after the foster mother found the child, Adrian Madrid, unconscious in his room with a plastic bag over his head. The child was rushed to Sunrise Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. At a news conference today, Metro Lt. Ray Steiber said the mother will not face charges, calling the incident "accidental." The boy and his two siblings had reportedly been in the care of the foster mother for eight months.
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Police Rule Foster Child's Suffocation Accidental
The 3-year-old boy who was suffocated by a plastic bag was staying with a foster family at the time of his death. Police say the death was a tragic accident.
Metro Police say they will not file charges in the case of a three-year-old boy who died in foster care. Crews responded late Tuesday night to a local home after the foster mother found the child, Adrian Madrid, unconscious in his room with a plastic bag over his head. The child was rushed to Sunrise Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. At a news conference today, Metro Lt. Ray Steiber said the mother will not face charges, calling the incident "accidental." The boy and his two siblings had reportedly been in the care of the foster mother for eight months.
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Police Rule Foster Child's Suffocation Accidental
The 3-year-old boy who was suffocated by a plastic bag was staying with a foster family at the time of his death. Police say the death was a tragic accident.
Hundreds of Northeast Florida foster kids on psychotropic drugs
Hundreds of Northeast Florida foster kids on psychotropic drugs
Almost 2,700 foster children in state care are on pyschiatric medicines, including hundreds in Northeast Florida, even though the agency has no authority to give the drugs to more than 16 percent of those children, according to a state report issued Thursday.
Almost 2,700 foster children in state care are on pyschiatric medicines, including hundreds in Northeast Florida, even though the agency has no authority to give the drugs to more than 16 percent of those children, according to a state report issued Thursday.
Bal Harbour officer accused of molesting child
Bal Harbour officer accused of molesting child
A Bal Harbour police officer was arrested Thursday and accused of molesting a 7-year-old girl, police said.
A Bal Harbour police officer was arrested Thursday and accused of molesting a 7-year-old girl, police said.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Lee County Sheriff's Office hires ex-DCF worker
Lee County Sheriff's Office hires ex-DCF worker
A former Department of Children and Families investigator known for botching a case that ended in the murder of 13-year-old Michelle Fontanez now is working for the sheriff's office.
A former Department of Children and Families investigator known for botching a case that ended in the murder of 13-year-old Michelle Fontanez now is working for the sheriff's office.
Report faults DCF in tossed baby case
Report faults DCF in tossed baby case
Foster care caseworkers were so focused on helping 17-year-old Jasmine Bedwell succeed, they overlooked her romance with an abusive man and underestimated the danger he posed to her infant son.
Foster care caseworkers were so focused on helping 17-year-old Jasmine Bedwell succeed, they overlooked her romance with an abusive man and underestimated the danger he posed to her infant son.
Second abuse warning ignored by DOCS
Second abuse warning ignored by DOCS
A WOMAN warned DOCS her son was sleeping in the same bed as his foster carer just three months after a father raised similar fears about his own boy.
A WOMAN warned DOCS her son was sleeping in the same bed as his foster carer just three months after a father raised similar fears about his own boy.
Foster care abuse trial begins with jury selection
Foster care abuse trial begins with jury selection
Jury selection began Tuesday in the trial of an alleged sex offender who is accused of having molested children in the care of a foster home approved by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.
Jury selection began Tuesday in the trial of an alleged sex offender who is accused of having molested children in the care of a foster home approved by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.
We must work to improve state’s foster care system
We must work to improve state’s foster care system
May is National Foster Care Month, an appropriate time for us to consider our responsibilities to the children of our state.
May is National Foster Care Month, an appropriate time for us to consider our responsibilities to the children of our state.
Report focuses on Fla. foster kids' prescriptions
Report focuses on Fla. foster kids' prescriptions
A new state report will focus on the prescribing of antidepressants and other psychotropic drugs to foster children.
A new state report will focus on the prescribing of antidepressants and other psychotropic drugs to foster children.
Study Criticizes Foster Care System
Study Criticizes Foster Care System
A new study brings criticism to the foster care system and offers solutions for improving the way foster care is handled.
A new study brings criticism to the foster care system and offers solutions for improving the way foster care is handled.
County foster care workers feel overworked, unsupported, study finds
County foster care workers feel overworked, unsupported, study finds
Note: The poor things.
Foster care caseworkers in Milwaukee County feel overworked, under-trained and insufficiently supported by the community in which they work, according to a study released Wednesday that, among other things, plumbs caseworker attitudes toward the child welfare system.
Note: Worthless, useless babystealers. F**** them. Keep the pressure on them people.
Note: The poor things.
Foster care caseworkers in Milwaukee County feel overworked, under-trained and insufficiently supported by the community in which they work, according to a study released Wednesday that, among other things, plumbs caseworker attitudes toward the child welfare system.
Note: Worthless, useless babystealers. F**** them. Keep the pressure on them people.
Foster Kids Age Out Of System Into Homelessness
Foster Kids Age Out Of System Into Homelessness
19-year-old Agnes Saint Preux wipes away tears thinking about what will happen to her family come June. The mother of two will have to leave her apartment because her brother is moving out and the $892 a month she receives from the state won't cover the rent.
19-year-old Agnes Saint Preux wipes away tears thinking about what will happen to her family come June. The mother of two will have to leave her apartment because her brother is moving out and the $892 a month she receives from the state won't cover the rent.
Ex-Caseworker Charged With Falsifying Records
Ex-Caseworker Charged With Falsifying Records
A former child protective caseworker for the city’s child-welfare agency has been arrested for falsifying documents in an attempt to cover up her failure to visit children under her supervision, Andrew M. Cuomo, the attorney general of New York, announced Wednesday.
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Prosecutors: NY child welfare worker faked records
New York authorities say a city child welfare worker has been arrested on charges she faked reports to cover up that she wasn't doing home visits.
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Former child welfare caseworker played hooky - and forged documents to cover it up, authorities say
A soon-to-be-married former child welfare caseworker entrusted with checking on truant kids played hooky herself - and forged documents to cover it up, authorities said.
Note: Nice pic on profile. Here add her as a friend and tell her I said "hey baby"...
http://www.facebook.com/s.php?init=q&q=Stephanie+Sabouni&ref=ts&sid=cc824ad7a49d4cd44b6964f714945020
Former ACS Employee Accused Of Fabricating Reports
A former child protective caseworker for the city’s child-welfare agency has been arrested for falsifying documents in an attempt to cover up her failure to visit children under her supervision, Andrew M. Cuomo, the attorney general of New York, announced Wednesday.
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Prosecutors: NY child welfare worker faked records
New York authorities say a city child welfare worker has been arrested on charges she faked reports to cover up that she wasn't doing home visits.
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Former child welfare caseworker played hooky - and forged documents to cover it up, authorities say
A soon-to-be-married former child welfare caseworker entrusted with checking on truant kids played hooky herself - and forged documents to cover it up, authorities said.
Note: Nice pic on profile. Here add her as a friend and tell her I said "hey baby"...
http://www.facebook.com/s.php?init=q&q=Stephanie+Sabouni&ref=ts&sid=cc824ad7a49d4cd44b6964f714945020
Former ACS Employee Accused Of Fabricating Reports
DoCS says sorry after boy abused by foster carer
DoCS says sorry after boy abused by foster carer
The New South Wales Department of Community Services (DoCS) has apologized to the family of a boy who was sexually abused by a registered foster carer - despite concerns raised by his father.
Note: And saying your sorry makes it all better right?
The New South Wales Department of Community Services (DoCS) has apologized to the family of a boy who was sexually abused by a registered foster carer - despite concerns raised by his father.
Note: And saying your sorry makes it all better right?
Baby's death raises questions about supervision of his teen mom
Baby's death raises questions about supervision of his teen mom
AMPA Haunted by stories of a 3-month-old baby boy tossed from a moving car on Interstate 275, state Sen. Ronda Storms wants answers.
AMPA Haunted by stories of a 3-month-old baby boy tossed from a moving car on Interstate 275, state Sen. Ronda Storms wants answers.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Young boy raped while in custody of DOCS
Young boy raped while in custody of DOCS
A YOUNG boy was raped and abused by a foster carer after Department of Community Services failed to act on a father's warning that his son was being invited into the pervert's bedroom at night.
A YOUNG boy was raped and abused by a foster carer after Department of Community Services failed to act on a father's warning that his son was being invited into the pervert's bedroom at night.
Alleged white supremacist mother says kids were coached by child welfare staff
Alleged white supremacist mother says kids were coached by child welfare staff
A Winnipeg woman accused of raising her children to be hateful racists says that just isn't the case.
A Winnipeg woman accused of raising her children to be hateful racists says that just isn't the case.
Baby Marketer gets trophy for selling off your children
Carter named state social worker of the year
Cheryl Ann G. Carter has been named the 2009 Social Worker of the Year by the South Carolina Council on Adoptable Children at a meeting May 6.
Cheryl Ann G. Carter has been named the 2009 Social Worker of the Year by the South Carolina Council on Adoptable Children at a meeting May 6.
Youthville is seeing fewer kids in system
Youthville is seeing fewer kids in system
Youthville, the state foster care contractor, has fewer children in its system, officials report.
Youthville, the state foster care contractor, has fewer children in its system, officials report.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Family Reunion - ''Good Morning America''
Family Reunion - ''Good Morning America''
After fifty years of being apart, technology brings a family together. Weekdays, 7AM on ABC.
After fifty years of being apart, technology brings a family together. Weekdays, 7AM on ABC.
Treaty To Let UN Control US Parenting Will Go For Senate Vote
Mike Huckabee and constitutional lawyer Michael Farris discuss a UN treaty the US senate is going to vote on that would give the UN rights to control how American parents raise their children.
New Adoption Horror Movie Causing a Stir
First lets see what Carrie over at Carrie's Adoption Blog has to say about it...
New Adoption Horror Movie Causing a Stir
Here's a link to the trailer.
Looks like a good movie to me, then again I am a horror fanatic. Watch the self-righteous hypocrites go into a tizzy, trying to get it banned.
New Adoption Horror Movie Causing a Stir
Here's a link to the trailer.
Looks like a good movie to me, then again I am a horror fanatic. Watch the self-righteous hypocrites go into a tizzy, trying to get it banned.
Neb. tribe wants right to intervene in kids' case
Neb. tribe wants right to intervene in kids' case
The Nebraska Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments next week on whether the state's legal procedures can trump a federal law that allows American Indian tribes to intervene in child-welfare cases.
The Nebraska Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments next week on whether the state's legal procedures can trump a federal law that allows American Indian tribes to intervene in child-welfare cases.
Nomadic way of life takes its toll on state's foster children
Nomadic way of life takes its toll on state's foster children
They get taken away in hopes of protecting them.
But in addition to leaving their homes and parents, many times foster children are also taken away from siblings, friends and teachers — everything they know, even their community.
They get taken away in hopes of protecting them.
But in addition to leaving their homes and parents, many times foster children are also taken away from siblings, friends and teachers — everything they know, even their community.
Dad Violates Restraining Order to Save his Daughter
Dad Violates Restraining Order to Save his Daughter
An unnamed Cleveland man grew concerned about the welfare of his 2-year-old daughter and, despite being forbidden from doing so by a temporary order of protection, entered the house in which she lived. The toddler, who is disabled, was alone and unresponsive. The feeding tube she requires was empty and she was living in filthy conditions. There was no food in the house. The girl's mother, Valencia Davis, was nowhere to be seen.
An unnamed Cleveland man grew concerned about the welfare of his 2-year-old daughter and, despite being forbidden from doing so by a temporary order of protection, entered the house in which she lived. The toddler, who is disabled, was alone and unresponsive. The feeding tube she requires was empty and she was living in filthy conditions. There was no food in the house. The girl's mother, Valencia Davis, was nowhere to be seen.
Former C.P.S. Supervisor Pleads Guilty To Making False Report Of Abuse
A former C.P.S. supervisor who's job was once to protect children from harm, pleads guilty to filing a false report.
By request, here's a link to the video. http://www.kiiitv.com/news/local/45872717.html
Thousands Beaten, Raped in Irish Reform Schools
A fiercely debated, long-delayed investigation into Ireland's Roman Catholic-run institutions says priests and nuns terrorized thousands of boys and girls in workhouse-style schools for decades. (May 20)
Parents of dead baby sue state, DCF
Parents of dead baby sue state, DCF
The parents of a 7-month old baby who died while in the care of the state is suing for $15 million.
The parents of a 7-month old baby who died while in the care of the state is suing for $15 million.
Conn. asks state agency to review 'stuck' children
Conn. asks state agency to review 'stuck' children
Connecticut lawmakers are asking a state child welfare agency to track the trends that may be impeding some at-risk youths from getting help.
Connecticut lawmakers are asking a state child welfare agency to track the trends that may be impeding some at-risk youths from getting help.
DCF to place girls, not boys, in Southington group home
DCF to place girls, not boys, in Southington group home
The state Department of Children and Families plans to place females instead of males in a group home on Thunderbird Drive, in response to a neighborhood questions about safety.
The state Department of Children and Families plans to place females instead of males in a group home on Thunderbird Drive, in response to a neighborhood questions about safety.
Child welfare case shows oversight lax
Child welfare case shows oversight lax
Gabriel Myers came into this world shortly after his mother tested positive for Benzodiazepine, a powerful tranquilizer while she was in labor. Seven years later he was dead, his body found hanging in a bathroom of his foster-care home in Margate.
Gabriel Myers came into this world shortly after his mother tested positive for Benzodiazepine, a powerful tranquilizer while she was in labor. Seven years later he was dead, his body found hanging in a bathroom of his foster-care home in Margate.
Critics: Ireland slow to protect its children
Critics: Ireland slow to protect its children
Child-abuse activists warned that Ireland failed to learn the lessons from decades of unchecked brutality inside Catholic Church-run schools and still offers poor protection to vulnerable boys and girls.
Child-abuse activists warned that Ireland failed to learn the lessons from decades of unchecked brutality inside Catholic Church-run schools and still offers poor protection to vulnerable boys and girls.
Families Against Restraint and Seclusion
Families Against Restraint and Seclusion
Note: Now here is an interesting blog...
"This blog site and the work we are doing is dedicated to the many children who have lost their lives or been physically, mentally, and/or emotionally harmed by restraint, seclusion, and other abusive practices in public schools, and to the parents, family, and friends who love these children."
Note: Now here is an interesting blog...
"This blog site and the work we are doing is dedicated to the many children who have lost their lives or been physically, mentally, and/or emotionally harmed by restraint, seclusion, and other abusive practices in public schools, and to the parents, family, and friends who love these children."
Child, 4, found wandering in the streets - twice
Child, 4, found wandering in the streets - twice
Less than 48 hours after the state Division of Youth and Family Services placed a 4-year-old boy in a foster home because he was found wandering the streets of the Jersey City Heights in the wee hours of May 17, the boy was discovered by police again walking around at night by himself, according to police reports.
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At the hearing the judge said, according to Pena, she would get her children back if she takes parenting classes, receives counseling, has a psychological evaluation, submits to drug testing and continues in the domestic violence program she is already enrolled in.
Less than 48 hours after the state Division of Youth and Family Services placed a 4-year-old boy in a foster home because he was found wandering the streets of the Jersey City Heights in the wee hours of May 17, the boy was discovered by police again walking around at night by himself, according to police reports.
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At the hearing the judge said, according to Pena, she would get her children back if she takes parenting classes, receives counseling, has a psychological evaluation, submits to drug testing and continues in the domestic violence program she is already enrolled in.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Father says DCF contributed to drowning death of Cape Coral toddler
Father says DCF contributed to drowning death of Cape Coral toddler
He argues its slowness left wife unable to protect son
He argues its slowness left wife unable to protect son
UPenn Unveils New System to Track Childrens' Welfare
UPenn Unveils New System to Track Childrens' Welfare
A new program has been unveiled that will help improve child welfare.
The program is a computer system that helps different human agencies share information about children. Debra Schilling Wolfe with the field center for children's police and practice at the University of Pennsylvania says all photos, videos and other files will now be accessible from one system:
Note: Big brother is watching you.
A new program has been unveiled that will help improve child welfare.
The program is a computer system that helps different human agencies share information about children. Debra Schilling Wolfe with the field center for children's police and practice at the University of Pennsylvania says all photos, videos and other files will now be accessible from one system:
Note: Big brother is watching you.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Submitted by AF
I am a proud father of two, however my first child was taken by the CPS.
Please pardon any spelling errors etc. this message still hurts 7 years later and it makes detail difficult.
I would like to start by informing the public that when you have a child born at any hospital. Be very careful what you agree too. I had a man in a leather coat introduce himself as a county worker AT THE HOSPITAL! He asked me if I would like aid in my son's care. I thought it would be a good idea (stupid, stupid, STUPID!) and after reading, signed. He left the hospital and was not seen again. Three months later a CPS worker showed up with an officer and at GUNPOINT forced their way in and took the baby. claiming a worker from a previous visit saw a plastic bag in the crib. The bag in question was my mother-in-law's and was not even in the house (she keeps it in her car, it's for her laundry which is kept in her car to keep it separate from ours). When my M.I.L. tried to say this in court SHE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO TESTIFY! Every time she showed up they immediately postponed the hearing.
We went through every class they wanted and it still was not enough, they even falsified "evidence" at each hearing. Evey time my son was at a visit he was bruised and cranky. When we made note of this we were told to shut up(exact words). We managed to get him adopted by a friend but that is not good enough!
Anyway
Please pardon any spelling errors etc. this message still hurts 7 years later and it makes detail difficult.
I would like to start by informing the public that when you have a child born at any hospital. Be very careful what you agree too. I had a man in a leather coat introduce himself as a county worker AT THE HOSPITAL! He asked me if I would like aid in my son's care. I thought it would be a good idea (stupid, stupid, STUPID!) and after reading, signed. He left the hospital and was not seen again. Three months later a CPS worker showed up with an officer and at GUNPOINT forced their way in and took the baby. claiming a worker from a previous visit saw a plastic bag in the crib. The bag in question was my mother-in-law's and was not even in the house (she keeps it in her car, it's for her laundry which is kept in her car to keep it separate from ours). When my M.I.L. tried to say this in court SHE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO TESTIFY! Every time she showed up they immediately postponed the hearing.
We went through every class they wanted and it still was not enough, they even falsified "evidence" at each hearing. Evey time my son was at a visit he was bruised and cranky. When we made note of this we were told to shut up(exact words). We managed to get him adopted by a friend but that is not good enough!
Anyway
Submitted by Lukes Dad
The last time I played with my son Luke, he had only just turned two, and was a healthy little baby, apart from the scratches on his face. I was only allowed 2 hours a week with him for the last six months of his short life which ended on the 18th of January, 2009. Luke died at the age of two years and four months.
Two days after this photo was taken his mother had her 2 hour visit. Only after her discovery of more severe fresh scratches, thiis time on his penis, and after Lukes's mum insisted, was he taken to a doctor for medical attention. These injuries and others, including severe burns, multiple scratches and bruising were a constant in Luke's life, while he lived with his Queensland Department of Child Safety sanctioned foster carer.
Luke was left with a fractured skull, bleeding on the brain, and a blood clot, unconscious for six hours. Only after I rang the foster home a third time that day to check on his well being, was he properly looked at and an ambulance was rung. By the time he got to hospital his brain had been so starved of oxygen that half of my little Lukey Pukey's brain was dead.
The first time I rang the house I was informed Luke had suffered a head injury and gone to sleep. I asked her to be very careful with his head as he had received a knock on the head before. She was awful to me, a 74 year old who already had 3 foster children in her care, two boys aged 4 and 6, and a girl aged 9.
Luke had been brought back to the same household where he had been inflicted with constant injuries before, after he was kicked out of his previous foster home, the day before Christmas.
I was not informed of Luke being placed with this woman until my visit with him on the 5th o January, and immediately questioned how this elderly woman would be able to look after him properly.
I informed the child safety officer he was always injured whilst in her care and that I was worried he would be bullied by the older children. I begged, he was fine with me, a previous visit supervisor had also begged them to let me have my son back. They told her I was paranoid but she strongly disagreed, but they had decided I was not good enough to be a father long before this.
Everyone could see how much I loved my son, and he would not leave my side. He was terrified of being removed from me, as they had done before.
I had moved to Townsville, which was the last step for me in my battle against drugs. I acquired secure work and earned over a thousand dollars a week. Half of this money went to the best solicitor I could find. Child safety Cairns refused to sign over the paperwork, Luke was taken away from his mother and I in Townsville, as child safety refused to let Luke stay while I was partnered with his mother. We argued too much.
God works in mysterious ways, and my new employer was a drug and alcoholl counselor of twenty five years, and three of his success stories were my work mates. Two of those were his sons.
I put my mind into my work, and every morning when my phone alarm would go off at 5 am, Luke's photo would come up and I would;d smile and say, "For you Luke, anything."
Luke was my reason for getting up every morning, my light at the end ot the tunnel was to get Luke back. I stayed drug free for six months until I followed Luke back to Cairns. Child safety Townsville put Lukey in two different foster homes then in a third house in Cairns. His mother was told she would have Luke if she left me in Townsville We were never given a chance to mend out relationship, offered any help or counseling or referred to anyone for help. They had decided from the onset I was to go, and the child would go with his mother. I prayed for my son for twenty years. He is the miracle God gave to me.
I moved back to Cairns, so I could keep up my two hour visits, which was all I now lived for. I went to child safety Townsville every day to show them I was working and drug free, and to beg for my son back. I got the same look I received from child safety Cairns supervisors, the elite who answer to no one, a look of hatred. I continued with ATODS appointments, I received counseling and advice from centacare, took voluntary urine tests and kept a full time job.
I couldn't work in Cairns, as I was doing too many courses and counseling, Lifeline, Centacare, Relationships Australia, ATODS, Solicitors, it was a full time job trying to get my son back.
Two days after this photo was taken his mother had her 2 hour visit. Only after her discovery of more severe fresh scratches, thiis time on his penis, and after Lukes's mum insisted, was he taken to a doctor for medical attention. These injuries and others, including severe burns, multiple scratches and bruising were a constant in Luke's life, while he lived with his Queensland Department of Child Safety sanctioned foster carer.
Luke was left with a fractured skull, bleeding on the brain, and a blood clot, unconscious for six hours. Only after I rang the foster home a third time that day to check on his well being, was he properly looked at and an ambulance was rung. By the time he got to hospital his brain had been so starved of oxygen that half of my little Lukey Pukey's brain was dead.
The first time I rang the house I was informed Luke had suffered a head injury and gone to sleep. I asked her to be very careful with his head as he had received a knock on the head before. She was awful to me, a 74 year old who already had 3 foster children in her care, two boys aged 4 and 6, and a girl aged 9.
Luke had been brought back to the same household where he had been inflicted with constant injuries before, after he was kicked out of his previous foster home, the day before Christmas.
I was not informed of Luke being placed with this woman until my visit with him on the 5th o January, and immediately questioned how this elderly woman would be able to look after him properly.
I informed the child safety officer he was always injured whilst in her care and that I was worried he would be bullied by the older children. I begged, he was fine with me, a previous visit supervisor had also begged them to let me have my son back. They told her I was paranoid but she strongly disagreed, but they had decided I was not good enough to be a father long before this.
Everyone could see how much I loved my son, and he would not leave my side. He was terrified of being removed from me, as they had done before.
I had moved to Townsville, which was the last step for me in my battle against drugs. I acquired secure work and earned over a thousand dollars a week. Half of this money went to the best solicitor I could find. Child safety Cairns refused to sign over the paperwork, Luke was taken away from his mother and I in Townsville, as child safety refused to let Luke stay while I was partnered with his mother. We argued too much.
God works in mysterious ways, and my new employer was a drug and alcoholl counselor of twenty five years, and three of his success stories were my work mates. Two of those were his sons.
I put my mind into my work, and every morning when my phone alarm would go off at 5 am, Luke's photo would come up and I would;d smile and say, "For you Luke, anything."
Luke was my reason for getting up every morning, my light at the end ot the tunnel was to get Luke back. I stayed drug free for six months until I followed Luke back to Cairns. Child safety Townsville put Lukey in two different foster homes then in a third house in Cairns. His mother was told she would have Luke if she left me in Townsville We were never given a chance to mend out relationship, offered any help or counseling or referred to anyone for help. They had decided from the onset I was to go, and the child would go with his mother. I prayed for my son for twenty years. He is the miracle God gave to me.
I moved back to Cairns, so I could keep up my two hour visits, which was all I now lived for. I went to child safety Townsville every day to show them I was working and drug free, and to beg for my son back. I got the same look I received from child safety Cairns supervisors, the elite who answer to no one, a look of hatred. I continued with ATODS appointments, I received counseling and advice from centacare, took voluntary urine tests and kept a full time job.
I couldn't work in Cairns, as I was doing too many courses and counseling, Lifeline, Centacare, Relationships Australia, ATODS, Solicitors, it was a full time job trying to get my son back.
Submitted by Melaney
I myself am a victim of dcf.In two ways.When I was 8 years old my mother went to prison for murder for life. And my brother and I became wards of the state. I was shuffled from foster home to foster home 27 in ten years . split up from my brother in the first year. abused made into a slave. put on pills I did not need. Druged! molested by foster dads and foster brothers . in more than one home. Beaten and then when I would tell my case manager . This is what they would say just give it time .One time when I was 12 I was in a respite home and my foster dad took me out on a boat and molested me . And when i got back to my actual home i told and the worker did nothing. This guy as far as I know is still a foster parent. out of the 27 I talk to two.I'm glad someone else started a site to expose dcf cuz they are EVIL! Do you know this is how my 18th birthday went here is 200.00 and a homeless shelter have a nice life. I am for real that was 2000. I am now 27. The second instance happened in Nov 2008. when I had a nervous break down because i found a good friend dead on her couch. When this happened I could not deal. Not only was i dealing with finding my friend i was also being a single mom to my then 5 yr old he is now 6 . And trying to run three businesses. WELL TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT I CALLED OUT FOR HELP AND THEY TOOK MY SON THAT WAS NOV 15. MOVED HIM TREE TIMES .Used the abuse i went through at the hands of their agency against me in court my son failed kindergarten cuz of them. it took me two months to get him back home and they said that was fast it was forever for me. I hope nobody has to live through what i did.
Submitted by Jeannette
Go to thepetitionsite.com I have just posted a petition titled C.P.S. wronfully took my children. My sons X made false statements and they came and took my grandchildren from my son. Later, my son was cleared of all allegations. We still haven't got the kids back yet. They never investigated my son. They just showed up and took the kids. They wouldn't let me get the children because I have a old past recored. But yet they are still sitting in foster with 5 other kids.My son seen them yesterday and my grandaughter is sick and never was took to the doctors. They put the kids in time out but they have to have thier hands against the wall as in being arrested. They haven't brushed thier teeth or cut thier nails.I need help finding a attorney to file suit against C.P.S. and bring our children home where there are loved and belong!
Submitted by Joanne
I am a mom who lives in Kentucky, and I have been fighting to get my children returned to me. I am the Kentucky state precedent. I won on my appeal of voluntary termination because of emotional duress at the hands of a social worker who was trying to get information on another family who was Native American. When I would give answers to their demands for questions, I would get more visits, "extra privileges". When I refused, I was lied about in court and the cabinet went after me for termination of my rights while I was in appeal. DOUBLE JEOPARDY! I have had three attorneys, my oldest child has been placed in four different foster homes. My youngest has been separated from his older brother for four of the four in a half years they have been gone. I went all the way to the KY Supreme Courts and they refused to hear my discretionary review. I think I have missed the deadline for the US Supreme Court. I can't afford an attorney. My children were removed because the social worker told me "to go into the hospital", when I was released my children would be returned. This never happened. I did everything they asked me to do and then some. The cabinet and the state contracted therapists stated I had "bi-polar", I have had all women therapists and head shriekers and none of these clowns thought to ask me about my menstrual cycle. I have recently be diagnosed with PMDD (premenstrual disphoric disorder)I have 9 of the 12 symptoms.I believe I have a case for CR. 60.02 which is fraud, error, mistake, new evidence and void. I am terrified to try to do this under Pro se like I have done thus far. This is my fourth mother's day without my babies. Please keep me in your prayers, my children need them! Thank you. If anyone knows any information that might help my e-mail is joannegold08@yahoo.com thanks again~!
Submitted by Jill
Please read my blog http://my.kidjacked.com/fightingforjessy/. It tells our painful story of how the corrupt state of Nevada has kidnapped my daughter. I need advice on what to do. Success stories are always good to hear to. They give me hope. All i want is my sweet 3 year old little girl back. HELP!
From the LK Submission Form
The next several posts will be from the LK submission form, which I check every now and then. The first was a link to a pretty good article about grandparents.
CUSTODIAL GRANDPARENTS FILE CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT AGAINST DCF ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR GRANDSON
Two Franklin County grandparents and their custodial grandson contend they survived a two-year reign of terror by Hampshire-Franklin Department of Children and Families’ employees. Last week they filed a complaint in federal court alleging the agency violated their constitutional and state civil rights.
CUSTODIAL GRANDPARENTS FILE CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT AGAINST DCF ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR GRANDSON
Two Franklin County grandparents and their custodial grandson contend they survived a two-year reign of terror by Hampshire-Franklin Department of Children and Families’ employees. Last week they filed a complaint in federal court alleging the agency violated their constitutional and state civil rights.
Blotter: Man jailed on charge of attempted murder
Blotter: Man jailed on charge of attempted murder
A mentally-challenged man stabbed his foster father with a butter knife multiple times Friday evening for unknown reasons, said Denton County sheriff’s spokesman Tom Reedy.
Note: And this guy will finally get his forever home.
A mentally-challenged man stabbed his foster father with a butter knife multiple times Friday evening for unknown reasons, said Denton County sheriff’s spokesman Tom Reedy.
Note: And this guy will finally get his forever home.
Mom Gets 35 Years For Daughter's Death
Mom Gets 35 Years For Daughter's Death
TaJanay was returned to her mother four weeks before her death by child welfare workers aware of earlier abuse.
TaJanay was returned to her mother four weeks before her death by child welfare workers aware of earlier abuse.
Pair charged with abusing foster child
Pair charged with abusing foster child
A pair of south Alabama foster parents are jailed in lieu of $1.5 million bail after they were accused of trying to kill a 2-year-old in their care.
A pair of south Alabama foster parents are jailed in lieu of $1.5 million bail after they were accused of trying to kill a 2-year-old in their care.
County social services workers complain of inadequate supplies, forms
County social services workers complain of inadequate supplies, forms
A union representing about 600 county workers says that facilities and supplies are inadequate to do their jobs.
A union representing about 600 county workers says that facilities and supplies are inadequate to do their jobs.
Mother, daughters vanish during child abuse investigation
Mother, daughters vanish during child abuse investigation
Authorities are looking for a mother they believe ran away with her two young daughters after social workers showed up at their home to take the children into protective custody, officials said.
Note: Run to Mexico!!!
Authorities are looking for a mother they believe ran away with her two young daughters after social workers showed up at their home to take the children into protective custody, officials said.
Note: Run to Mexico!!!
Board approves plan to protect children from abuse
Board approves plan to protect children from abuse
A state board has approved a new plan designed to protect Oklahoma children from abuse and neglect by identifying programs available for at-risk parents.
Officials hope the plan approved yesterday by the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth will get more communities involved in nurturing families.
A state board has approved a new plan designed to protect Oklahoma children from abuse and neglect by identifying programs available for at-risk parents.
Officials hope the plan approved yesterday by the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth will get more communities involved in nurturing families.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Sacked Baby P social workers to appeal
Sacked Baby P social workers to appeal
Three Haringey social workers who were fired following the death of Baby P are to appeal against their sackings, it emerged today.
Note: ATTN Sacked Social Workers... Hey! You guys f***** up! You suck at your jobs and even if you didn't you are still nothing but low life babystealers! I think you should go to jail for your failing that poor, sweet, innocent child, but that's just me!
Mother: 'I failed Baby Peter'
The mother of Baby Peter has said that she will never forgive herself for her son's death.
Note: Neither will the rest of the UK.
Three Haringey social workers who were fired following the death of Baby P are to appeal against their sackings, it emerged today.
Note: ATTN Sacked Social Workers... Hey! You guys f***** up! You suck at your jobs and even if you didn't you are still nothing but low life babystealers! I think you should go to jail for your failing that poor, sweet, innocent child, but that's just me!
Mother: 'I failed Baby Peter'
The mother of Baby Peter has said that she will never forgive herself for her son's death.
Note: Neither will the rest of the UK.
Child death inquest told of 'chronic failures'
Child death inquest told of 'chronic failures'
A child protection worker has told a coronial inquest that she is still haunted by the chronic failures she experienced while working for the Northern Territory Department of Health and Families.
A child protection worker has told a coronial inquest that she is still haunted by the chronic failures she experienced while working for the Northern Territory Department of Health and Families.
Baby P should not have died
Child protection agencies lacked urgency, thoroughness and insufficiently challenged Baby P's mother over abuse
Baby P mother jailed
The mother of Baby P has been jailed indefinitely for causing or allowing the toddler's death
If this doesn't make you puke I don't know what will.
North American Family Institute
Note: What about the reality?
Note: What about the reality?
CPS Investigating Bryan Police Chief
CPS Investigating Bryan Police Chief
An outside grand jury didn't think he did anything criminal in a domestic dispute, but now another state agency is investigating Bryan Police Chief Ty Morrow.
An outside grand jury didn't think he did anything criminal in a domestic dispute, but now another state agency is investigating Bryan Police Chief Ty Morrow.
Paediatrician Southall loses appeal against GMC
Paediatrician Southall loses appeal against GMC
A paediatrician who was struck off the medical register over his false accusation that a woman drugged and killed her son, lost a High Court case on Friday against the decision.
A paediatrician who was struck off the medical register over his false accusation that a woman drugged and killed her son, lost a High Court case on Friday against the decision.
Utah Supreme Court to consider severing Navajo kids' adoption
Utah Supreme Court to consider severing Navajo kids' adoption
After eight foster placements in nine months, Ella and Anthony finally found a home -- and a new family -- with Ricardo and Suzi Ramos.
But a court battle that pits the state child welfare process against a federal law aimed at protecting the heritage of American Indians threatens to disrupt their young lives once again.
After eight foster placements in nine months, Ella and Anthony finally found a home -- and a new family -- with Ricardo and Suzi Ramos.
But a court battle that pits the state child welfare process against a federal law aimed at protecting the heritage of American Indians threatens to disrupt their young lives once again.
Adoptive father guilty of rape
Adoptive father guilty of rape
What was supposed to be the loving home of adoptive relatives turned out to be dangerous.
On Tuesday, a jury convicted the man who became her father on charges of repeatedly raping her from the age of 10 until she was rescued from the home in 2007.
What was supposed to be the loving home of adoptive relatives turned out to be dangerous.
On Tuesday, a jury convicted the man who became her father on charges of repeatedly raping her from the age of 10 until she was rescued from the home in 2007.
Blinded boy case: Police found drug residue in baby's crib in 2006
Blinded boy case: Police found drug residue in baby's crib in 2006
Most parents would lovingly place a favorite stuffed animal in their baby's crib.
But Angelo Mendoza may have stashed his drug supply where his infant son slept, according to police reports examined Thursday.
Most parents would lovingly place a favorite stuffed animal in their baby's crib.
But Angelo Mendoza may have stashed his drug supply where his infant son slept, according to police reports examined Thursday.
Teen's death continues to spark reform
Teen's death continues to spark reform
It may take a village to raise a child, but it took a child to change an institution.
It may take a village to raise a child, but it took a child to change an institution.
Texas bill could lead to more children being in custody of relatives, not foster care
Texas bill could lead to more children being in custody of relatives, not foster care
Child welfare advocates are pushing for late passage of a bill in the Legislature that they say could put more abused and neglected children in the permanent custody of relatives rather than foster care.
Child welfare advocates are pushing for late passage of a bill in the Legislature that they say could put more abused and neglected children in the permanent custody of relatives rather than foster care.
Baby P's mum 'free in 3 years'
Baby P's mum 'free in 3 years'
FURY erupted today as it emerged Baby P's evil mum could walk free in just over THREE YEARS.
FURY erupted today as it emerged Baby P's evil mum could walk free in just over THREE YEARS.
CPS worker charged with forgery
CPS worker charged with forgery
A Sutter County Child Protective Services employee has been charged with forging a court record and a judge's signature, the Appeal-Democrat has learned.
Sarah J. Powell, 35, will be arraigned June 1 in Sutter County Superior Court, said Assistant District Attorney Fred Schroeder.
A Sutter County Child Protective Services employee has been charged with forging a court record and a judge's signature, the Appeal-Democrat has learned.
Sarah J. Powell, 35, will be arraigned June 1 in Sutter County Superior Court, said Assistant District Attorney Fred Schroeder.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Couple fighting Navajo Nation to keep adopted children
Couple fighting Navajo Nation to keep adopted children
A Salt Lake couple will soon go to the Utah Supreme Court to fight to keep the children they adopted a year and a half ago. The children's biological mother was Navajo, and the tribe is attempting to get them back under the Indian Child Welfare Act.
A Salt Lake couple will soon go to the Utah Supreme Court to fight to keep the children they adopted a year and a half ago. The children's biological mother was Navajo, and the tribe is attempting to get them back under the Indian Child Welfare Act.
Contra Costa child welfare agency slapped in grand jury report
Contra Costa child welfare agency slapped in grand jury report
The Contra Costa County civil grand jury set out in September to examine the county's child welfare agency, but county officials stalled for months and denied access to complete case files, making it impossible for the citizen watchdog body to judge how the agency does its job, according to a report.
The Contra Costa County civil grand jury set out in September to examine the county's child welfare agency, but county officials stalled for months and denied access to complete case files, making it impossible for the citizen watchdog body to judge how the agency does its job, according to a report.
Former CPS supervisor pleads guilty to falsifying a report
Former CPS supervisor pleads guilty to falsifying a report
A former Child Protective Services supervisor took a plea deal Friday for probation for falsely accusing a man instrumental in helping convict child abusers of molesting a child himself.
Note: Ah.. they're all a bunch of criminals.
A former Child Protective Services supervisor took a plea deal Friday for probation for falsely accusing a man instrumental in helping convict child abusers of molesting a child himself.
Note: Ah.. they're all a bunch of criminals.
Child-protection service in disarray
Child-protection service in disarray
Unfortunately, the Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) can no longer be trusted to care for children in home care. As a registered and certified school nurse, I have struggled with this agency on numerous occasions, viewing firsthand this poorly managed child-welfare system. Departments are fragmented, and a tremendous lack of supervisory checks and balances exists. Its workforce is inexperienced, with 80 percent of directcare staff (those who work directly with clients, i.e. therapists, psychologists, etc.) having less than five years' experience, and 25 percent of the casework staff (staff members who arrange for client services) are trainees with less than one year of experience. Children are not visited by DYFS workers regularly, sometimes not for months at a time. Physician referrals are made but not enforced, and cases are closed with uninvestigated complaints of abuse. This is in violation of ethical, professional standards of practice, those principles that express values or standards of conduct.
Unfortunately, the Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) can no longer be trusted to care for children in home care. As a registered and certified school nurse, I have struggled with this agency on numerous occasions, viewing firsthand this poorly managed child-welfare system. Departments are fragmented, and a tremendous lack of supervisory checks and balances exists. Its workforce is inexperienced, with 80 percent of directcare staff (those who work directly with clients, i.e. therapists, psychologists, etc.) having less than five years' experience, and 25 percent of the casework staff (staff members who arrange for client services) are trainees with less than one year of experience. Children are not visited by DYFS workers regularly, sometimes not for months at a time. Physician referrals are made but not enforced, and cases are closed with uninvestigated complaints of abuse. This is in violation of ethical, professional standards of practice, those principles that express values or standards of conduct.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Social Worker Who Had Relationship With Teen Will Learn Fate
Social Worker Who Had Relationship With Teen Will Learn Fate
A North Valley social worker could learn on Thursday whether she'll stand trial for having sex with a minor in her care.
A North Valley social worker could learn on Thursday whether she'll stand trial for having sex with a minor in her care.
Recession Kids Get A Voice In Town Hall
Recession Kids Get A Voice In Town Hall
Note: This is a link and a message that was left in the newsgroup.
Note: I simply copied and pasted this wonderful words of wisdom from Sherri.
Note: This is a link and a message that was left in the newsgroup.
I was completely shocked to hear this report tonight and how one sided against
parents it was. This Network should be shamed into reporting both sides of the
issue. Yes, there are parents who abuse, but there are as many children at risk
of abuse at the hands of CPS and foster homes.
We need to shame, guilt, shove at them the evidence that many of the so called
"services" that are being cut are in many cases used as a scape goat for the
forced services that in many cases are not needed being kept and well funded.
Let me know what you think and let CBS know what we know and experience.
Note: I simply copied and pasted this wonderful words of wisdom from Sherri.
Gov. Gregoire swears in Dreyfus as new DSHS Secretary
Gov. Gregoire swears in Dreyfus as new DSHS Secretary
Note: BFD!
Gov. Chris Gregoire today swore in Susan N. Dreyfus as the Secretary of Department of Social and Health Services. Dreyfus, a Wisconsin executive, has more than a dozen years of leadership experience in both the private and public social services sectors.
Note: BFD!
Gov. Chris Gregoire today swore in Susan N. Dreyfus as the Secretary of Department of Social and Health Services. Dreyfus, a Wisconsin executive, has more than a dozen years of leadership experience in both the private and public social services sectors.