LK Report for 8/31/17 - The Orphan Fight Club and More...

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In July, YouTube channel Pear Video uploaded a short documentary featuring Enbo Fight Club in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. The video showed dozens of young boys training at the MMA gym, which was founded by former police officer En Bo. The video also showed two boys cage-fighting in front of an audience.

More >> More orphans and ‘left-behind’ children removed from Enbo Fight Club

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The states of Oregon and Maryland and the cities of Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., all have implemented minimum-wage hikes this summer, and one study shows a positive side effect they might not have anticipated.

More >> Study: Higher Minimum Wage Lowers Child Abuse

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FLORENCE — A Florida woman who was a foster parent in Florence for seven years was indicted Wednesday on 54 charges, including child abuse, strangulation and human trafficking, officials said.

More >> Former foster parent faces 54 charges

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A federal lawsuit claims the state is violating the rights of Michigan foster parents by imposing too many restrictions on firearms in the home.

More >> Grandpa sues over rules for guns in foster homes

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A five-year-old girl white girl who was placed with a Muslim foster family sparking a row about 'cultural appropriateness' has Muslim grandparents, it emerged today.

More >> White Christian girl at centre of fostering row has Muslim grandparents, judge reveals

• Mother of Christian girl in foster care was born to Muslim parents
• Right-wing newspapers accused of stoking anti-Muslim sentiment in foster case

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A FOSTER father accused of molesting a child had his carer accreditation approved by Child Safety three months after the abuse was said to have started.

More >> Foster father facing child abuse charge for 'massaging' boy

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“Bra tops n butt cheeks! Somebody come look at this!!” the caption read above a photo of a young woman in a pink short set that had pink sheer draping on either side as if to make a skirt.

“From the back! I took it for you!” read the caption of another photo of the same woman that was taken from behind. A grateful commenter responded, “Good work!!!!”

More >> Lawyers for Child Welfare and Legal Aid Under Scrutiny for Facebook Posts

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A North Newton couple accused of abusing three Peruvian orphans they adopted have been convicted in the case.

More >> Couple accused of beating, starving adopted children convicted of abuse

LK Report for 8/30/17 - Don't Burn Down The Group Home!

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Three-year-old Braxton Slager might have been drugged the day before he drowned in his foster family's backyard swimming pool, an inquest has heard.

More >> Toddler who drowned in a backyard pool while in foster care may have been DRUGGED the day before he died
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INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Supreme Court says it can’t force the state Department of Child Services to abide by caseload limits that are required by law.

More >> Indiana high court says it can’t enforce DCS caseload limits

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Emma Ketteringham of the Bronx Defenders wrote a powerful piece about poverty and parenthood in the New York Times last week.

More >> The ongoing criminalization of parenthood (and poverty) 
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Chinese prosecutors have confirmed the arrest of a young man who was photographed molesting his foster sister recently at the Nanjing South Railway Station.

More >> Man arrested for public groping of his underage foster-sister
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One of my closest friends is in a very unhappy marriage with a man she says is emotionally and verbally abusive. He has refused to seek help for his anger issues.

He has always wanted children, although my friend is lukewarm on the idea.

They now have the opportunity to adopt a 4-year-old girl, whose mother is battling mental illness and poverty.

More >> Ask Amy: A ‘monstrous,’ deceptive adoption plan turns friend away

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CINCINNATI -- A teenage boy named Gage just celebrated his second birthday in a row in the custody of Hamilton County Children’s Services.

More >> Lost boy: One teen's two-year wait in the child welfare system

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A five-year-old girl who was placed in the foster care of two Muslim households has been reunited with her family after a court ruled she could live with her grandmother.

More >> Christian girl fostered in Muslim home can rejoin family, judge rules

• ‘Flawed system’ of foster care in Britain

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DENVER (AP) — A federal appeals court panel has found that a Denver city social worker can be sued for violating the constitutional rights of a boy when she recommended that he be placed in his father's custody despite knowing that the father was a convicted sex offender.

More >> Son, abused by father, can seek damages from social worker
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A Waldorf teenager remained in custody after his arrest Monday on a charge of first-degree arson from a house fire last week in St. Mary’s, a blaze that court papers allege he started by putting a television on a stove.

More >> Waldorf teenager charged with arson at St. Mary's group home

• Another So. Md. Teen Arrested for Arson of a Group Home

LK Report for 8/29/17 - Blaming Parents First

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A Bronx mom whose young son was malnourished because the rats in their apartment kept eating their food had her kids taken away. The city then gave the foster care family $1000 a month to feed the children.

This story of government obtuseness and cruelty appeared in a recent New York Times op-ed by Emma S. Ketteringham, managing director of the family defense practice at the Bronx Defenders. As she noted, the problem, in this case, was not negligence or abuse, it was poverty.

More >> Why Child Protective Services Should Stop Blaming Parents First

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I’ve been contemplating writing on this for a while now, but I’ve held back. I work a lot on this in therapy but I’ve never written it down for everyone else to read. I’m trying to be brave and hopeful that there will be no retaliation. It is a real fear.

More >> Why Taking Care of My Own Mental Health Is Difficult as a Foster Care Caseworker

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WILKES-BARRE — A federal judge on Monday threw out a lawsuit a domestic violence victim filed alleging Luzerne County Children and Youth Services improperly took away her children.

More >> Federal judge dismisses claim against county CYS

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This isn’t supposed to happen. Child welfare agencies are supposed to take children out of abusive situations, not put them into ones.

Arizona’s Department of Child Safety wrongly took a little girl away from her parents and placed her with a foster parent who ran a pornographic pedophile ring and committed sexual misconduct against a minor. They also placed her with a woman who burnt her over 80 percent of her body with scalding water.

More >> AZ Child Welfare Agency Takes Child From Loving Family, Places Her in Horrifically Abusive Foster Care

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Half a million children live in foster care in the US. More than 100,000 are waiting to be adopted. The good news is that attitudes toward foster children are changing. Growing numbers of people who want to adopt say they’d consider adopting a foster child, according to a survey conducted for the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.

More >> Your Call: What will it take to improve the foster care system?

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TAMPA — The death of a 17-month-old toddler who was weeks away from a possible adoption led to a rash of arrests and questions about the foster care system.

More >> Eight months after child's death, fate of foster mom still hangs in the balance

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FORT COLLINS, Colo (CBS4) – CBS4 is examining the issues around “Aging Out”, the point when a teenager leaves the foster care system in Colorado.

More >> Foster Parent: ‘The Outcomes I Have Seen Haven’t Been Great’

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The children’s rights watchdog is to investigate reports that a five-year-old Christian girl was left distressed after being placed in foster care in two Muslim households in east London.

More >> Council to be questioned after placing Christian girl with Muslim foster carers

• The Tower Hamlets foster child story sums up a rotten borough
• Council to be questioned after placing Christian girl with Muslim foster carers
• An obsession with diversity should NEVER trump a child's right to a happy foster home, writes DR TAJ HARGEY
• Family of Christian girl put in foster care with Muslim family begged to let her stay with grandmother

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A damning internal report by the NSW Department of Family and Community Services (FACS) has found it misused its power when it placed a toddler in temporary foster care, where he drowned in an unauthorized backyard pool in 2014.

More >> Braxton Slager: FACS misused power to place toddler in overcrowded foster care, report finds

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More and more children, under the age of 6, are currently taking psychiatric drugs. And doctors don’t care how harmful the side-effects are to so many of these beautiful young minds. They don’t care that drugging up a young child can cause serious brain-damage and even death. They don’t care that most of these young children will grow up on drugs, which will cause everything from little to no impulse control and violent behavior to brain tumors.

More >> More Than A Million Children Under The Age Of 6 Are On Psychiatric Drugs In America

LK Report for 8/28/17 - Child Trafficking by Social Worker

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FRANKLIN TWP. -- Police are asking for the public's help in locating a teen runaway.

More >> Help sought in locating teen who ran away from group home

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My social media news feed contained two stories this week that were sad in different ways. In the first story, a woman had her kids taken away by the Division of Children and Family Services (DCFS) because when the toddler was screaming about being in time-out, someone overheard the screams and reported abuse. She eventually got her children back, but not for several months, during which her newborn almost died from mistreatment. There was never any evidence of abuse or neglect by the children’s parents.

More >> Why the state hurts parents and kids — and how to make it stop

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A white Christian child was taken from her family and forced to live with a niqab-wearing foster carer in a home where she was allegedly encouraged to learn Arabic.

More >> Christian child forced into Muslim foster care

• Christian girl has 'crucifix necklace removed by Muslim foster carer and is asked to learn Arabic'
• Five-year-old Christian girl 'made to live with strict Muslim foster family by London council'
• Christian girl was forced into foster home where ‘nobody spoke English’
• Christian child 'begs' not to be sent back to Muslim foster family in UK

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A foster carers' backyard pool where toddler Braxton Slager drowned was "distinctly green in colour", installed without approval and was not up to Australian standards, an inquest into the child's death has heard.

More >> Toddler in foster care drowned in 'dank and green' pool, inquest hears

LK Report for 8/27/17 - The Foster Care and Adoption Info that CPS doesn't want you to know...

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An ongoing conversation on Reddit.com.  Worth the read or perhaps you have some advice for this CPS Victim.

More >> New York - I've been visited by CPS 8 times, to enquire about a child I don't have. At what point it becomes harassment or stalking?
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LANSING, MI - Michigan parents could see more joint custody and substantially equal parenting time under a bill the House of Representatives is considering.

More >> Michigan parents could get more joint custody, shared parenting time under House bill
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State officials have found that San Joaquin County is failing to properly care for its foster youth — from inadequate visits by social workers to poor monitoring of psychotropic drugs — with problems extending far beyond an emergency shelter where hundreds of abused and neglected children have been arrested and jailed for minor misdeeds.

More >> State demands fixes in San Joaquin foster care system
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Local foster dad charged with murder of a toddler

More >> Foster dad charged with murder

LK Report for 8/26/17 - Don't pimp out the foster child!

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Early in March, Felicia Hickson seemed to be unraveling. She complained of hearing helicopters overhead. Neighbors saw her standing in the open window of her North Philadelphia home looking up at the sky. She also had been using drugs, again.

More >> DHS took away two of her kids. She jumped from a window with the third in her arms.

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Most foster parents will tell you that saying goodbye to a foster child is one of the hardest parts of being a foster parent. And as hard as this process is for you, it’s also an emotional and confusing one for your foster child, but there are a few things you can do to help with the transition.

More >> How Can I Help My Foster Child Reunite With Birth Parents?

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For years we've been keeping an eye on Florida’s foster care system, a system where kids can too easily get lost in the paperwork.

More >> Lawsuit alleges agencies failed to mention foster teen's past

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California is moving forward with a pair of initiatives designed to increase its supply of foster parents while grappling with sweeping reforms to its foster care system.

More >> Needing Foster Homes, California Seeks to Relax Rules on Criminal Convictions

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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. - Three people were arrested Thursday for trying to pimp out a 16-year-old foster child in southwest Miami-Dade, authorities said.

More >> 3 accused of trying to pimp out foster child in southwest Miami-Dade

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The state of New York scattered my sister, my three brothers and me to what seemed like the four corners of the earth when my mother went to prison. Incarceration has been a family affliction — my mother followed in her mother’s footsteps, and my brother Sequan Prude followed her. Mom struggles to this day to bring us together.

More >> America must do more to help family members of incarcerated

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When the Tobiassons believed their 6-year-old adopted son needed discipline, authorities said, they would put him in a small room in the basement, often in the pitch dark, with only a mattress and blanket.

More >> An adopted 6-year-old was locked in a basement and forced to eat carrots, police say

LK Report for 8/25/17 - Think it's bad what they do to the parents? You should see what they do to the kids!

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LAS VEGAS - Police say Daevon Branon-Banks died last week in the care of his foster parents. He was 1-years-old.

Craig Dickens initially told police that Daevon fell from his crib. But, that wasn't true. Officers say Dickens later admitted to throwing Daevon to the floor multiple times when he was drunk. "He had a special light about him. He was an angel," said Ramona Branon, Daevon's grandmother. "I really think he was an angel sent from God."

More >> Foster father charged in toddler's death

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Thousands of Aboriginal children from the Stolen Generation were given criminal records, an SBS investigation has found.

According to SBS, state government policies designated being an Indigenous child "in need of protection" as criminal.

More >> 'Stolen Generation' children were given criminal records

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VENTURA, Calif. - An Oxnard man is facing multiple counts of lewd acts with a child following an investigation by the Ventura Police Department.

More >> Oxnard man accused of sexually abusing a foster child for years

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A judge has raised the "tragic probability" that missing boy William Tyrrell is dead in legal documents that reveal the child was in foster care at the time of his disappearance.

More >> Missing boy William Tyrrell, in foster care when he vanished, is probably dead: court

• REVEALED: Missing toddler William Tyrrell was in FOSTER CARE when he was abducted from his foster gran's home - as Supreme Court judge admits the three-year-old is 'probably no longer alive'

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CLEARWATER — The couple thought they were doing the right thing when they fostered a young teenage boy at their Clearwater home.

More >> Two girls sexually abused after agencies failed to disclose foster teen's history, lawsuit says

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Tragic ignorance! Many non-indigenous mothers “really thought that indigenous women didn’t mother properly"

More >> Stealing Children: A Look at Indigenous Child Removal Policies

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Homicide suspects Jennifer and Joseph Rosenbaum of McDonough appeared in Henry County Superior Court recently on charges stemming from the Nov. 17, 2015 death of their foster child Laila Daniel, 2.

More >> Charges added in Henry County foster child death case

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CROWN POINT — A hearing for a Gary woman alleged to have suffocated her 1-year-old foster child has been rescheduled from Monday to Sept. 11

More >> New hearing date set for foster mother charged with murder of 1-year-old
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Since mid-2016, more than 130 Oregon children have spent at least one night as "unplaced foster youth" — meaning they had no foster family to go home to.

But a soon-to-be opened temporary housing program is looking to change that.

More >> No more hotels? New housing coming for 'unplaced' Oregon foster youth
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In June, the Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury released two reports related to the outcomes of at-risk youth in our county child welfare system. The reports, "Child Welfare In Humboldt: Getting the Door Open" and "Responding in Time to Help Our 'At Risk' Children,'" allege that the three agencies most responsible for protecting local children, the Humboldt County Office of Education, the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office and the Department of Health and Human Services, are not working efficiently together. Much of the blame fell on DHHS's Child Welfare Services which — due to a number of factors — has allegedly failed to respond to and follow up on complaints from mandated reporters.

More >> DHHS, Sheriff, Respond to Grand Jury Reports on Child Welfare

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LK Report for 8/23/17 - The prosecutor almost cooked the baby but it's OK because he works for the court.

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On a too-regular basis the public is shocked by revelations of children who are not adequately protected by the child welfare system, or are harmed in its care. Programs are criticized, responsible ministers pilloried and, inevitably, more public money is poured into the child welfare system.

More >> Why child welfare is always in crisis
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ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — She was 12, and seeking an abortion after being sexually assaulted and impregnated by her stepfather.

More >> Child Welfare System Failed 12-Year Old Impregnated By Stepdad: Report
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HARRISON COUNTY, Ohio — Harrison County Prosecutor Owen Beetham spent much of Thursday morning talking about a case of a parent leaving a child in a car.

More >> Prosecutor admits mistake by leaving daughter in car

Note: Of course any other parent who didn't work for the state would have been arrested.   In this case, however, he will get off scott free.
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Thousands of children are being denied time with their fathers, due to prison rules that tie entitlement to family visits to male inmates’ behavior, a charity claims.

Barnardo’s has written to the Prisons Minister, Sam Gyimah, calling for a change to ‘unfair’ rules, which the charity claims “punish” children whose fathers haven’t demonstrated “positive and motivated behavior”.

More >> ‘Unfair’ Prison Rules ‘Punish’ Children For Their Father’s Behaviour, Claims Barnardo’s
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CHARLESTON —Department of Health and Human Resources Secretary Bill Crouch said the state is experiencing a child welfare crisis.

In a Tuesday presentation to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability, Crouch said the DHHR is experiencing a record number of child protection referrals and removals from the home.

More >> DHHR Secretary says W.Va. Experiencing child welfare crisis
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A couple has been awarded compensation of $3.25m (£2.53m) after their adopted baby son was murdered by his birth father, weeks after he regained custody of the child.

More >> Couple forced to hand adopted son back to biological parents, father murders baby weeks later

• Iowa Couple Adopts A Baby, Then Is Forced To Give Him Back To Birth Parents, Five Weeks Later 

LK Report for 8/21/2017 - Devil Worshipers Don't Like CPS Either and More...

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Note: Remember the number 1 CPS Rats out there are teachers.

The end of summer and the start of a new school year is an exciting time for most children. But for some, the beginning of school could reveal a dark secret when signs of abuse and neglect these children have suffered over the summer are noticed by teachers, staff and other parents.

More >> Beginning of School Year May Reveal Child Abuse, Neglect

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A Gwinnett County child once on the national missing and endangered children’s list returned home Tuesday.

Roberto Vasquez told Channel 2 Action News he hired lawyers, convinced judges in three states his former fiancee moved around frequently and he deserved custody of their son, Kayden. But after winning the custody battle last fall, the boy’s mother absconded with him.

More >> Father hires private investigator to find son after winning custody in court

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The family of deceased baby Kody Smart has launched a $750,000 lawsuit against Niagara Region Children’s Aid Society after it gave custody of the child to his grandfather — convicted child abuser Brian Matthews.

More >> Dead tot's family sues Niagara CAS

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The leader of a group that once held an event described as a Satanic "black mass" at the Civic Center has filed a lawsuit against a school district alleging that his family has been subjected to a barrage of harassment because of their "alternative non-Christian-based religion."

More >> Devil worshiper files lawsuit against Putnam City Schools

• Metro School District Sued By Known Devil Worshiper

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George Sheldon was a big man in Florida — a prominent lawyer, former state legislator, state and federal child services director and an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for attorney general in 2014.

More >> Jim Dey: Former DCFS leader's wounds self-inflicted
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A couple have been awarded compensation of $3.25m (£2.53m) after their adopted baby son was murdered by his birth father, weeks after he regained custody of the child.

More >> Couple forced to hand adopted son back to biological parents, father murders baby weeks later
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An investigation into the Department of Children and Families uncovered deep rooted problems that may be contributing to kids dying while in DCF care

More >> Lawmaker responds to DCF investigation

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A false Child Protective Services report led to the arrest of an Alpena County woman.

According to the Michigan State Police, on Monday, August 14, troopers were given the report of a possible false child protection services report to investigate.

More >> Alpena Woman Arrested After Filing False Child Abuse Report

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A Contact 5 and Palm Beach Post joint investigation into the Department of Children and Families uncovered deep- rooted problems that may be putting children at risk.

More >> Problems at DCF: State lawmaker reacts to Contact 5/ Palm Beach Post investigation
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Psychiatry: An Industry of Death (FULL VERSION)

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LK Report for 8/18/17 - Missed Chances and Disappearing Children

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She was a 15-year-old girl passing herself off as a 22-year-old woman named Angelica Cortez working in an internet cafe who ended up murdered in a garage in south Bakersfield on a beautiful spring day this past April.

More >> LOIS HENRY: Child protective services took Stacy Duke to keep her safe, then let her slip away
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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A West Texas judge has decided to return 10 children to their parents pending results of a child welfare investigation 10 months after they were placed in foster care.

More >> Judge returns 10 children to parents pending welfare probe

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In May 2008, a formal child abuse complaint was lodged with the state alleging that David Packer was hurting his then-6-year-old adopted daughter, Grace.

More >> Missed chance to save Grace Packer? 2008 abuse complaint surfaces

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The state’s Children, Youth and Families Department is partnering with McDonald’s to make the toughest moments in a child’s life a little happier.

More >> McDonald’s providing Happy Meals to kids in CYFD custody

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A grandfather has lost a 'heart-rending' family court battle to care for his four-year-old grandson even though his love for the child 'shone through'.

More >> Grandfather loses fight for custody of his orphaned four-year-old grandson as judge rules he can't cope with the boy's 'challenging' behaviour

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Iowa couple Rachel and Heidi McFarland adopted baby Gabriel in 2014. Within three months of bringing him home, they were forced to give him up. A month after that, he was dead. The McFarlands will now receive $3.25 million in a malpractice suit against their adoption lawyer, WHO-TV reports. 

More >> This Couple Got $3.25 Million After Their Adopted Son Was Killed by His Biological Father

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The corporate incentives and tax breaks at the State Capitol during former Gov. Bobby Jindal's tenure had a real cost, in putting at risk the lives of Louisiana's most vulnerable children.

More >> Our Views: Damning audit of children services

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PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - A Panama City woman was charged for making a false report of child abuse according to Panama City police.

More >> Panama City woman charged with false reports of child abuse
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Sen. Louis P. DiPalma today issued the following statement in response to the Providence Journal’s investigation “Danger in R.I. group homes,” which highlighted instances of serious failures to protect children and young adults in state care at some of the Rhode Island facilities that house them.

More >> SENATOR DIPALMA CALLS FOR SWIFT ACTION TO PROTECT CHILDREN IN STATE CARE

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LINCOLN - Four reports from Omaha and one from Holdrege of a woman posing as a child protective services employee seeking admission into homes have been received by the Department of Health and Human Services in the last two weeks.

More >> Woman falsely posing as child protective services employee reported in Holdrege

• Nebraska agency says woman posing as child services worker

LK Report for 8/16/17 - Suing CPS and More...

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A woman who works for Child Protective Services has been arrested after she was allegedly caught with heroin in her possession and admitted to regularly smoking methamphetamine with her 14-year-old son.
More >> Child Protective Services worker accused of smoking meth with 14-year-old son

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LINCOLN, Neb. - Four reports from Omaha and one from Holdrege have been received regarding a woman posing as a child protective services employee seeking admission into homes, the Department of Health and Human Services said. More >> Woman posing as Child Protective Services worker tries to enter homes -------------------- While she sought custody of her newborn son during her treatment for methamphetamine addiction and mental health counseling, she got to raise him herself. More >> Can giving babies back sooner to parents in drug treatment be best? A court is trying it. ---------------------- As the nation's opioid crisis has deepened, the number of drug treatment centers for pregnant women has grown. But experts and advocates say there aren't enough services for pregnant women to meet the demand, and many don't offer the drugs doctors would normally use to treat addiction because they are concerned about the effects they might have on a fetus. And some laws requiring that babies going through withdrawal be removed from their mother's care can be a deterrent to seeking help, they said. More >> Pregnant women addicted to opioids face tough choices -------------------- A SOCIAL worker has been struck off after he allegedly told a highly vulnerable child to self harm. David Steare was alleged to have told the youngster to ‘only cut’ herself on alternate days at set times, with her mother there to treat her wounds. More >> Social worker struck off after allegedly telling vulnerable child to self-harm --------------------- South Africa’s child protection system is failing its children‚ says World Vision South Africa. “Despite comprehensive law and policy regulations‚ the lack of inter-sectoral collaboration has led to very low cross-referrals between social services and the SAPS‚” the humanitarian and child advocacy organisation said on Wednesday. More >> SA child protection system failing its children – World Vision SA ---------------------- Raising the minimum wage by $1 per hour would result in a substantial decrease in the number of reported cases of child neglect, according to a new study co-authored by an Indiana University researcher. More >> Raising the minimum wage would reduce child neglect cases ----------------------- DES MOINES, IOWA  --  Iowa jurors awarded Heidi and Rachel McFarland $3.25 million, saying they believe Des Moines adoption attorney Jason Reiper failed to file crucial adoption paperwork in a timely fashion, which ultimately led to the loss of their child. More >> Ankeny Couple Awarded Millions in Adoption Malpractice Lawsuit ------------------------ ASHLEY — A local mother filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging Luzerne County Children and Youth Services put her two children into a home where they were physically and sexually abused by an adopted child. More >> Woman says CYS put her children in abusive home

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A 19-year-old who says she suffered years of abuse at the hands of her adoptive mother filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging assault, battery, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress and outrageous conduct.

More >> Iowa teen files civil suit against mother convicted of abuse
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TOPEKA (TNS) — Kansas is asking that reports of child abuse and neglect be made by phone for now because of computer problems.

More >> DCF taking reports by phone due to computer issues
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The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state's child welfare agency cannot vaccinate children placed temporarily in its custody when the parents object.

More >> Court: State can't vaccinate kids in temporary custody

• Conn. Supreme Court: DCF Can't Mandate Vaccinations Over Parental Rights

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The British Columbia Court of Appeal has determined that a child’s Indigenous heritage does not attract a “super-weight” over other factors in adoption in a decision the birth mother plans to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.

More >> B.C. court rules Indigenous heritage doesn’t override child’s best interest in adoption
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Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea holds a very strong opinion in regards to removing music education from schools. The bassist sat down with Rolling Stone to give his thoughts on politicians looking to cut funding for such programs, stating: "It's child abuse. It's just plain wrong."

More >> RHCP’s Flea says removing music education from schools is “child abuse”

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A SENIOR Catholic priest has argued lifting the seal of confession and forcing clergy to report admissions of child sex abuse would make children more vulnerable.

More >> Senior priest claims breaking confessional seal could make children more vulnerable

LK Report for 8/14/17 - Poor CPS, Overworked and Underfunded. Waaaaaa! Boo hoo...

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WENTWORTH — A Reidsville man who allegedly shot into the car of a Rockingham County social worker has filed a $23 million federal lawsuit against Sheriff Sam Page, the sheriff’s department and department of social services.

Neal alleged in the complaint that his children were unlawfully placed with the foster care system and that law enforcement entered his home without a search warrant or proper documentation, causing mental and emotional distress. 

He is seeking $14 million for violation of his and his children’s constitutional rights. He is also asking for $5 million in punitive damages for the intentional infliction of emotional distress and $4 million for the mental and emotional damages caused in their removal from their home.  

More >> Reidsville man charged with shooting at social worker files lawsuit against Sheriff Page
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TAMPA — If Florida's overburdened child welfare system has an epicenter, it's Hillsborough County.

An average of 3,600 children were in foster care in the county during 2016, the most in Florida. Hillsborough also has among the highest number of child abuse investigations and removal rates.

More >> Hillsborough loses big as state fails to divide child welfare money by need
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BATON ROUGE - Auditors examining the Department of Children and Family Services’ oversight of its Foster Care Program found that the Department struggles with high caseloads and staff turnover, which affects employees’ ability to ensure the safety and well-being of children in foster care, the Legislative Auditor said in a report released today. In addition, auditors found that the Department did not ensure required background checks were performed for prospective foster care providers and that some foster care providers had previous valid cases of abuse or neglect.

More >> Report: DCFS high caseloads hamper ability to operate foster care program

• High turnover, caseloads in Louisiana foster care program

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Australia - Priests who fail to tell police about suspected child sexual abuse should face criminal charges, even when they learn of abuse during a confidential religious confession, Australia's most powerful investigative authority recommended on Monday.

More >> Australian inquiry: Priests should report abuse confessions
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ROYAL COMMISSION RECOMMENDS: Making failure to report child sexual abuse in institutions a criminal offence.

More >> Abuse inquiry's failure to report offence

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Oklahoma - A thief wiped out a warehouse full of donations for foster children. Luggage With Love, a nonprofit, had just put in a warehouse in Pottawatomie County to serve even more kids.

More >> Burglar Steals $4,000 Worth Of Donations For Oklahoma Foster Children
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NEWPORT, RI—A story about abuse and exploitation of children inside Rhode Island group homes included a recent incident at a home for girls on Girard Avenue. According to the Providence Journal, an employee allegedly enticed two 15-year-old girls to go outside and fight. When they did, a female arrived and assaulted them, as the employee had pre-arranged. He since has quit his job with Child and Family Services. The girls suffered minor injuries, and police are investigating, the Journal said.

More >> Newport Group Home Employee Arranged Fight, Assault On Two 15-Year-Old Girls
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SACRAMENTO — State officials have ordered Sacramento County to shut down its foster care intake office by the end of next month, calling for an end to an illegal operation where abused and neglected children are poorly supervised, sleep on the floor, and are often preyed upon by human traffickers.

More >> State orders troubled Sacramento foster care office to close

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RACINE — The grandmother of the 3-year-old Racine boy shot to death last month is pleading with the county to return his two young brothers to her after removing them from her home last week.

More >> Grandmother fights to keep brothers of shot 3-year-old together
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Centralia’s Kiwanis Vocational Home, open from 1979 to 1994, was intended to be a safe place for wayward boys, a state-licensed foster home where 11- to 17-year-olds could get an education and job skills in a “family atmosphere,” according to a 1986 Chronicle article.

More >> Sexual Abuse, Fraud and Negligence Alleged at Closed Centralia Home for Boys

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NSW - A foster carer admitted pulling an eight-year-old boy's hair, tying his hands with a skipping rope, then strapping him to a pole while he was "squealing like a pig".

More >> Foster carer banned for tying up boy with skipping rope while he squealed 'like a pig'

LK Report for 8/12/17 - Our Foster Care Journey and More...

Here are today's headlines.  

Check back later.  You never know when I might update this post.

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The Long Island foster dad acquitted of sexually abusing eight mentally impaired boys in his care has slammed Suffolk County and two investigators with a $100 million lawsuit for “destroying . . . his reputation.”

More >> Foster dad acquitted of heinous abuse sues over ‘destroyed’ reputation

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A video from a brand new foster parent who just got her first stolen child.   

HE IS HERE | Our Foster Care Journey

Know thy enemy people.  They think they're doing God's work.  They get that warm fuzzy feeling. They believe everything that the nice social worker tells them.

Then they get the rug ripped out from under them.  This just hasn't happened to her yet.

BTW, this is one of the most interesting types of foster care providers.  A child may have been abused, and she smiles because he's in her care.  A child was ripped away from his parents and she smiles because he is like a new pet.  She will hug him and hold him and love him and squeeze him and call him George...

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The great-grandparents of three children are suing Wayne County Children and Youth Services, alleging they were wrongly denied adoption subsidies because they adopted the siblings through a private arrangement.

More >> Great-grandparents sue Wayne County over adoption subsidy

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A gag order in the case of a Hawaii island toddler who died while in foster care goes against protecting the child and the family.

More >> Former social worker pushes for change after toddler dies while in foster care

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A mother refused to allow social workers to interview her young children and had suggested they were racist, the Dublin District Child Care Court heard on Friday.

More >> Mother ‘would not let social workers interview children’

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Saskatoon, Canada - Jacqueline Maurice's book The Lost Children: A Nation's Shame chronicles her struggle as a victim of the Sixties Scoop, the practice of removing Indigenous children from their families.

More >> Survivor seeks stories of the Sixties Scoop for new anthology

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McDONOUGH — Jennifer and Joseph Rosenbaum now face 39 total criminal charges in the death of 2-year-old foster child Laila Daniel, up from their original seven-count indictment.

More >> New charges in foster child death focus on Jennifer Rosenbaum

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A 7-year-old Gwinnett County girl was mistakenly pulled out of class Tuesday afternoon and driven to the state Division of Family and Children Services office in Rockdale County after a name mix-up, the district said.

More >> Gwinnett school releases wrong girl to child services after name mix-up

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The 50-year-old Sugar Grove man convicted of sexually assaulting his foster son suggests Kane County Judge D.J. Tegeler issued an "excessive" 45-year prison sentence as punishment for the crime, according to court documents.

More >> Man convicted of sexually assaulting foster child claims sentence 'excessive'

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Spanking isn’t abuse if there isn’t evidence that a child was harmed, the Utah Supreme Court says.

The court’s ruling, released Wednesday, reversed an earlier finding by a juvenile court, which said that hitting a child with “any object” constituted abuse. 

A couple — who weren‘t identified in the case — had spanked their four children with belts, and the state put the children into custody of the Division of Child and Family Services in February 2016.

More >> Spanking a child isn’t abuse unless there’s proof of harm, Utah Supreme Court says

• Utah Court OKs Spanking

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During the past few years, foster parents around the country have come forward to say they were told to give up their guns—or give up carrying them on their person for self-defense—as a way of complying with the foster care requirements for their particular state.

More >> Foster Families Torn Apart By Anti-Second Amendment Regulations