Foster care in a safe and prosperous environment is important to raise children whose physical and emotional health thrive. Recent press coverage about the health concerns faced by children in Delaware’s foster care system has spotlighted the need for a balance between prescription medication and therapy.
The recent dramatic increase in the number of Arkansas children in foster care is primarily the result of changes in decision-making by officials, a consultant told a state legislative panel Tuesday.
It was midnight when David woke up to find two large men standing over his bed. Without any explanation, they told him to get up, get dressed, and come with them. Still in the confusion of sleep, but also petrified out of his 12-year-old mind, David complied. Plus, the restraint of a large arm meant he couldn't bolt.
A south Bossier Parish man who was a foster parent is accused of having sexual relations with at least three young boys and producing child pornography, Bossier Parish sheriff's officials said Tuesday night in a news release.
The lawyer for survivors of the Sixties Scoop — when indigenous children were taken from their families — says the government’s actions in court contradict what it has said outside court.
The Oregon Department of Human Services has agreed not to house foster children in hotels or its offices unless it is an emergency, according to a settlement reached between the agency and lawyers representing foster children.
A Kansas judge has ruled that a Topeka man who donated sperm so two women could have a baby together isn't legally the child's father and doesn't have to provide financial support.
Social Development Minister Anne Tolley will make no universal apology for the abuse of children in state care saying there is no evidence it was systemic.
A company that places disabled children with foster families put a teenager with a history of sexual abuse in a home, then retaliated against the foster parent when she reported that the youth had molested her grandchild, a lawsuit filed last week alleges.
Earlier this year, a toddler's body was found decomposing at an apartment in Detroit. His mother was later located at a hospital where she had gone for mental treatment. The tragic case lead to charges against two workers from Child Protective Services.
This Morning viewers are divided over the heartrending story of a mum forced to give up her baby daughter when she was just 16 – with some branding her SELFISH.
Troy police investigators have asked the Ohio Attorney General’s Office for advice as they review documents seized from the offices of the nonprofit Isaiah’s Place in Troy as a part of a theft investigation.
I appreciate the work that Senator Nancy Schaefer did too, but maybe it's time to move on and find some legislators that are still alive and in office to try to fix this mess...
Egypt's social solidarity ministry shut down an orphanage in Cairo's Nasr City over reports of abuse against a number of girls, state news agency MENA reported.
The number of U.S. children in foster care is climbing after a sustained decline, with Georgia leading the five states that account for nearly two-thirds of the recent increase. Reasons range from creation of a new child-abuse hotline to widespread outrage over the deaths of children who'd been repeatedly abused. Addictions among parents are another major factor.
Single mothers in India were allegedly duped into selling their newborn babies and smuggling the infants inside biscuit containers to an adoption centre.
The number of U.S. children in foster care is climbing after a sustained decline, but just five states account for nearly two-thirds of the recent increase. Reasons range from creation of a new child-abuse hotline to widespread outrage over the deaths of children who'd been repeatedly abused. Addictions among parents are another major factor.
Here is some devastating information that every american needs to here and take action on. While we are being playing with protests and gender rights, there is so much more corruption behind the curtain of corporate America.
Child Protective Services removed seven adopted children from a home in Richmond this week after allegations of abuse, an agency spokeswoman said Thursday.
A hotline set up for people who were sexually abused while playing soccer in Britain as children has received more than 50 calls in its first few hours, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children says.
Most of the recommendations from a public inquiry three years ago into the death of a five-year-old Manitoba girl in government care have not been implemented, the province's children's advocate said Thursday.
A company that places disabled children with foster families put a teenager with a history of sexual abuse in a home, then retaliated against the foster parent when she reported that the youth had molested her grandchild, a lawsuit filed last week alleges.
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The number of U.S. children in foster care is climbing after a sustained decline, but just five states account for nearly two-thirds of the recent increase. Reasons range from creation of a new child-abuse hotline to widespread outrage over the deaths of children who'd been repeatedly abused. Addictions among parents are another major factor.
The Committee on Juvenile Justice and Family Issues and Human Services held a joint hearing on Monday revealing that there is a connection between sex and human trafficking and the state's foster care system.
Attorneys for the state of Texas have rejected dozens of recommendations made through a court-ordered process to overhaul the state’s beleaguered foster care system, calling such changes unnecessary and ill-advised.
Texas’ Republican attorney general, faced with a mounting crisis in the state’s child welfare system, on Tuesday published a scathing critique of costly, court-ordered reforms meant to improve the conditions of children in the state’s long-term foster care system.
Two foster parents charged with murder after a 2-year-old girl in their care died last year pleaded not guilty in a Henry County courtroom Tuesday morning.
Officials say Windham County’s foster care population has jumped more than 50 percent in the past year, leading to increased pressures on families, social agencies, and schools.
In the United States, there are tens of thousands of children waiting to be adopted. In Arkansas alone, 1,414 children are waiting for a forever home, according to the charity organization Together We Rise. However, when it comes to children needing a temporary foster home, the number more than triples. In Region 8, the problem is getting worse.
More >> Foster care system overwhelmed, children aging out
Jermarro Dantzler, a former group home operator convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy and then conspiring to create a false alibi, was sentenced Monday to 18 years in prison.
A grim reality is adding to the ongoing shortage of foster homes in Texas. State lawmakers are now hearing a third of the children who ran away from foster care this year have not been found — some as young as 11.
In July, an audit blasted the Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) for not doing enough to ensure the safety of kids in foster care. As Stephen Koranda reports, a legislative panel has received an update on what the agency has been doing to respond to the findings.
Three dozen people clustered together around fire pits, wrapped in sleeping bags and sitting on folded cardboard boxes laid across a paved basketball court.
Baltimore County Police say that two juveniles with autism were found in Towson, after being abducted from their foster home in Indiana Borough of Pennsylvania.
Monday, lawmakers at the capitol will tackle a growing issue in Texas, sex and human trafficking. Child advocates say a common victim are children in and out of the Texas foster care system.
Arizona DCS (AZ CPS) need warrants to seize kids. Greg McKay said he was looking at the application of removal on 2-19-2016. More safe kids have been seized for nebulous "Neglect" Under bad caseworker policy from DCS. They teach caseworkers to never obtain the required warrant. Greg McKay, we want a warrant policy and education on emergency exigency to remove kids without a warrant for caseworkers. If you refuse families and many social workers want your to resign as you're too seize happy to function as a Director.
Want Greg McKay to stop seizing safe kids? Let him know! Greg McKay 602.255.2500 gmckay@azdes.gov (Why are emails still at DES? Rebrand coming soon?) Warrant removals don't abolish the seizing organization brand just better the bad policy.
Exigency- Risk of severe bodily harm or worse. -Greg McKay knows "impending danger" is NOT exigency!
Questions? Comments? Call me :) Del McArdle 602.446.1800 delpmca@gmail.com
The family affairs minister has apologised on behalf of the government to generations of young people who were ill-treated while in state care. The ceremony took place at Finlandia Hall on UN Children's Day.
It sounds to me like Angelina Jolie is getting set to join the "Protective Mom's" movement because they cleared Brad Pitt in regards to her child abuse claims which she made in order to get the upper hand in the custody battle.
TMZ released a video showing a clip of actor and filmmaker Angelina Jolie taping a video where she speaks out against crimes against children. You can check out a clip of the video message below.
THE LOSS THAT we suffer after the breakdown of a long-term relationship or marriage, particularly where there are children, can be very close to the emotional loss we suffer when a close friend or family member dies.
The state agency in charge of overseeing day cares and school programs rarely opens investigations into complaints of neglect and abuse – a troubling pattern uncovered by FOX25 Investigates.
Authorities have now ruled the death of a 3-year-old girl earlier this week as a homicide and the grandfather of that little girl has started an online petition asking for the prosecution of Child Protective Services employees for their handling of the case.
Louise Gardner is thankful to her father for his compassion. Molly Hursh is thankful that her son, at 50, “is so open and loving.” Karen Gillespie is thankful that she can “put a light on for other people.”
A child welfare case worker was attacked inside her Newark office building by three clients on Thursday and suffered multiple injuries that sent her to the hospital, a state spokeswoman confirmed Friday.
Police came to deport a family of four on Tuesday night but protests and advice from the child protection services in Reykjavik halted the proceedings. The future for the family is still uncertain.
A FIVE-year-old boy who died while in foster care may have had heroin in his system, according to a toxicology report described by a child protection worker.
Angelina Jolie was reportedly confident estranged husband Brad Pitt would be found "unfit as a parent" by Los Angeles County Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS) after its investigation.
Two Michigan social workers were charged with child abuse and manslaughter for allegedly failing to protect a 3-year-old boy who was found dead in late May after they’d identified the child as “vulnerable” and “at risk” a month earlier.
When the North Carolina family was nominated for the ABC reality show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” the parents spoke of their cramped house of seven children, including five they had just recently adopted.
State leaders say they want to pump more resources into the struggling child welfare system but negotiations over who gets paid what have stalled the process.
The state’s child welfare system continues to struggle with too many abused children, not enough staff to help them and too few foster parents to watch over them.
Foster care advocates in Kansas shared with legislators Wednesday complaints about the privatized system of caring for children in need while calling for resignation of the Cabinet secretary responsible for the welfare of more than 6,700 minors removed from homes.
The four Administration for Children's Services workers who were suspended last month in the wake of 6-year-old Zymere Perkins' beating death have returned to work in lower-level roles.
After reviewing roughly a quarter of the estimated 2,000 cases it expects to receive, Lorne Glass, lead counsel for the Motherisk Commission of Inquiry, said the commission has so far identified 17 where Motherisk tests played a significant role.
Two Child Protective Services' (CPS) employees were placed on administrative leave after a 2-month old baby was kidnapped by his mother and taken to Mexico, a spokesperson with San Diego County confirmed with NBC 7.
The parents of a toddler who suffered abuse and near-starvation while under the care of the Connecticut Department of Children and Families say they plan to sue the agency for up to $20 million.
The French media have been fascinated for some time by England’s use of Forced Adoption, as a country very much in the minority in how they apply this controversial approach to vulnerable families. The latest documentary from France on this topic has been produced by France 5 and is called “England’s Stolen Children”. It airs tomorrow evening, 7.40pm UK time.
Arkansas foster care officials say a proposed $26 million budget increase will allow them to hire hundreds of more staffers over the next two years as they try to cut down caseloads and increase the number of homes available for children in the state's custody.
The VVD and D66 are calling for unmarried fathers to have the same rights as other parents in a newly submitted legislative proposal. According to the parties, many parents do not know about the extra paperwork unmarried fathers have to complete if they want custody of their child, NU.nl reports.
Anne Harreden of Atlanta ordered a birthday cake last month for her son, Jim Moran. But this wasn’t an ordinary celebration – this was the first birthday cake that 48-year-old Jim has ever shared with his family. How this happened is a miraculous adoption story that centers on Worcester, ranges the East Coast and spans back almost half a century.
Two months before Election Day, Donald Trump pledged to fix American child care — starting with the tax code. He proposed allowing parents to deduct the average cost of care from their income taxes, an expense that can annually reach up to to $22,000.
Philadelphia is working to end youth homelessness in the next 100 days, as part of its four-pronged approach to the city's Street Homelessness Challenge. In fact, this is the second iteration of the 100-day challenge, the first of which started in the summer. Austin, Cleveland, and Los Angeles are also engaged in 100-day challenges.
Figures provided by Tusla show 24 allegations of abuse made against foster carers around the country last year were “found to have substance”, while in the first quarter of this year there were another nine allegations — including three in the Cork area alone.
An audit of the Sudbury children’s aid society revealed senior managers charged more than $171,000 of questionable expenses over a two-year period. That is money that would be better used delivering services to kids in care.
A physical education teacher at a Los Angeles middle school has reportedly been fired after he was caught on tape scaring students with racially charged language this week.
THE foster parents of a 14-year-old boy who claimed the State should have paid for orthodontic treatment he needed because of bullying over his protruding teeth have won a High Court challenge.
The state of Connecticut’s Department of Children and Families (DCF) has taken custody of over 860 children since 2011 because parents could not provide or afford “specialized” care for physical or mental conditions, new data shows.
April Dinwoodie, CEO of The Donaldson Adoption Institute, an adoption research and advocacy organization based in New York City, wants us to face some uncomfortable truths about adoption in the U.S.
AN asylum seeker who came to Australia illegally by boat has been charged for allegedly raping a teenage foster-home girl he held captive for one month.
When Keoni-Bush Loo heard his foster parents were abusing his 5 siblings, he knew what he had to do. He reported them, but it left his siblings without homes and families. That's when he gave up his promising football career. He returned home to Hawaii and adopted his 2 youngest siblings to give them a home.
A Tri-City case worker is accused of using a state credit card to remodel her bathrooms and buy clothing and other items, some of which appeared to be pictured in her Facebook posts.
A foster mother and two other women face charges for allegedly promoting prostitution. Police say they forced a teenage girl in their care to prostitute herself to help them pay the bills.
Colette Prévost, who now heads the York Region Children’s Aid Society, charged $99,000 of those expenses, during her time at the Sudbury Children’s Aid Society.
After a late night following the U.S. election results, perhaps you were intending to head straight to your bed yesterday. But it was the wrong evening to switch off and turn in early.
A report by a retired judge has strongly criticized London's Metropolitan Police over a child abuse investigation that saw several prominent people publicly identified as suspected pedophiles.
Disgusting details are being revealed in an arrest report involving a 23-year-old mother who is facing a murder charge in the death of her toddler daughter.
The Texas foster care system is in a crisis. How to settle the crisis has been a question for lawmakers, child advocates, and others. Now, two masters appointed by a federal judge in a class action suit filed against the state agency have issued their recommendations in a formal report.
Bay City police officers were called out to Le Tulle Park on October 23 in response to numerous calls about a man ‘pleasuring himself in front of children’ according to a copy of the call sheet report requested by the Tribune after a phone tip.
A married Christian couple have been prevented from adopting their foster children after learning that a gay couple intended to adopt them. after expressing the view that the children must be raised be a “mummy and daddy” instead of a same-sex couple.
A boy in eastern China was left with horrific scars after being brutally lashed and beaten by his foster mother for not finishing his homework. The 9-year-old was reportedly beaten with a back scratcher, whipped with ropes and kicked repeatedly by the woman.
Note: This is an old story but it just came up again and is a good reminder that foster care sucks everywhere.
A secret operation has been established to check the real ages of Albanian “child” migrants amid fears school staff and social workers are being put in danger.
Six hospital staff in Karnataka have been charged with stealing babies and young children and selling them to childless couples in an illegal adoption racket, police said on Friday.
The leader of Catholics in England and Wales has apologized to young unmarried mothers who say the Church forced them to give up their babies for adoption in the years after the Second World War.
It has been more than two years since a St. Lucie County foster father, Michael Beer, was arrested for the murder of his two-year-old foster son, Trystan Adams.
When finding the links that I post to Legally Kidnapped I often have to sift through tons of bullshit. Occasionally I try to bring some of this to your attention. This is one of those times.
Here is one of the more pathetic examples of pure unadulterated bullshit that you will ever see posted to Legally Kidnapped.
Again, I do apologize for having to show you this. Hold on to your lunch and click on the link below...
My favorite thing to say when anyone asks why I support Hillary Clinton to be our 45th president is, "Because she made me a mom." More to the point, she gave my daughter parents. She gave us all a family. And that is not hyperbole.
My husband and I adopted our daughter in 2004. One thing that has always driven me insane is when people meet her and remark, "Well, aren't you lucky?" Because no, she is not lucky. She is entitled. Every person born deserves at least one good parent. We, her parents, are the luckiest people alive to have the honor of being her mom and dad.
and it only gets worse from there. When you are done reading the above article please watch the following video for deprogramming. A little truth to counteract the BS.
Almost a year after a Corpus Christi federal judge ruled that the Texas foster care system endangers children who are under state care and violates their constitutional rights, two special masters have delivered more than four dozen recommendations for protecting those children and setting that system on the right path.
The death of a juvenile resident at Long Creek Youth Development Center has been reported to the state medical examiner’s office for review but state officials are releasing no additional details.
After deliberating for about an hour and a half, a local jury has acquitted a Somerset man of all charges connected with the alleged abuse of his adopted daughter.
Hotel rooms are sometimes the only alternative available for placing children who need to be immediately out of their homes and into the government's care, Saskatchewan's minister of social services said Thursday in response to questions about the practice.
Philadelphia lawyer Nadeem Bezar is reflecting on the trial that concluded last week, where he represented a little girl who a foster care agency placed—twice—into the home of a sexual predator who violated her.
Cardinal Vincent Nichols has apologised for “hurt” caused to young mothers who say they were pressured into giving up their children in the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
An insider close to Brad Pitt talked to TMZ about the child abuse accusations on how he got verbally abusive and physical with his children on a private plane.
A Northampton mum was wrongly separated from her adopted child for almost five years after faults in a social worker’s assessment, the Local Government Ombudsman has ruled.
A new report was issued by the California State Auditor suggesting that too many children in foster care are unnecessarily taking psychotropic drugs, and many without adequate supervision. [1]
Arraignment for Shureka Weaver, who was booked in at the Montgomery County Jail this morning, has been moved up to Thursday, according to online jail records.
The Archbishop of Canterbury stated he isn’t capable of react to allegations about organisations that, while connected using the Church of England, are separate entities.
Two former Salvation Army officers have been charged with child sex abuse at boys' homes in New South Wales, allegedly committed in the 1960s and 1970s.
The Department of Children and Family Services in Los Angeles, California has opened an internal investigation after an 11-year-old boy was found dead in a closet in his family’s home after the agency investigated the family 6 times without opening a case.
An independent State report into the ‘Grace’ foster abuse scandal has found the HSE failed to properly investigate claims of cover-up, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith and Daniel McConnell of the Irish Examiner.
David Holman was three years old when he met his mom and dad. Born in South Korea, his single mother gave him up, and he’d been living in a foster home. He was available for adoption but considered “hard to place” due to his age and medical condition.
The state Department for Children and Families says officials can’t say for sure if everyone who works with children in private pre-kindergarten programs has undergone required fingerprint-based background checks.
The owners of 16 adult foster care homes throughout the state charged for not turning over payroll taxes to the IRS are saying they were duped by the company they hired to help them when they fell on financial hard times.
Instead of bigger budgets, which result in unecessary child removals, let's radically reduce child protection funding so the focus is only on genuinely at-risk children, writes Gerry Georgatos.
As a state police task force continues tracking down hundreds of Texas children never seen by child-protection caseworkers, even though they were considered at a high- risk for abuse and neglect, the backlog of new cases is climbing almost as fast.
A three-year-old girl whose parents cannot look after her should be brought up by a foster carer rather than a relative, a family court judge has ruled.
An independent State report into the ‘Grace’ foster abuse scandal has found the HSE failed to properly investigate claims of cover-up, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith and Daniel McConnell of the Irish Examiner.
The National Crime Agency is to investigate whether council officials were involved in a criminal cover-up of evidence relating to child sexual abuse in North Wales.
The plan to reverse the high turnover rate and the backlogged caseloads at Texas' embattled Child Protective Services that includes bringing on board hundreds of new workers and a substantial boost in salaries has the early support of Gov. Greg Abbott but a key lawmaker who has been critical of the agency says he still has grave concerns.
A Texas State Senator charged with oversight on the embattled Child Protective Services agency said that one of its foster care facilities “was a brothel.”
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says that nearly 428,000 kids are in foster care nationwide, and the number went up for three straight years between 2012 and 2015. The department also said Arizona has one of the highest growth rates.
