CHEYENNE – A local man was sentenced Thursday to at least 18 years in prison for sexually abusing a teenage foster child.
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GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — A critic of Montana’s child protection agency is charged with using Facebook to stalk one of its caseworkers in violation of a restraining order.
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Bennington police say a foster mom bit her 9-year-old foster child.
Anna Livingston is now charged with domestic assault and cruelty to a child under 10.
More >> Foster mom accused of biting foster kid
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Suppose, hypothetically, you could gather in one room 333 former foster children. Now, suppose you asked how many of them had been abused while in foster care. Does anyone seriously believe that only one of those 333 former foster children would raise her or his hand?
More >> Abuse in Foster Care: Research vs. the Child Welfare System’s Alternative Facts
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(CNN) -- The Michigan ACLU filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday on behalf of two same-sex couples who allege discrimination when they sought to foster and adopt children.
More >> Michigan ACLU alleges state bias against same-sex foster, adoptive couples
- Michigan Tolerates Faith-Based Adoption Agencies, the ACLU Sues
- ACLU Challenges Michigan’s Religious-Freedom Adoption Rule
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The Arizona Supreme Court unanimously ruled Tuesday that same-sex couples have the same parental rights as parents in opposite-sex relationships — including financial support and child custody.
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EAST MONTPELIER, Vt. – Prosecutors say no charges will be filed in the drowning death of a Vermont toddler who was in foster care.
More >> No charges filed in drowning death of toddler in foster care
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A couple is suing several members of the sheriff's department, the Board of Supervisors and Arizona Department of Child Safety employees claiming that their two sons were temporarily removed from their home because the parents refused to cooperate in a criminal investigation into break-ins and illegal parties.
More >> Parents sue DCS, sheriff's department over removal of sons in party probe
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A state-funded group home that is supposed to help South Florida children with disabilities has racked up a history of complaints including child abuse and neglect, police and state records show.
More >> Children with disabilities abused at group home, complaints allege
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Kansas Department for Children and Families secretary Phyllis Gilmore says the state agency tasked with overseeing the child welfare system is trying to increase the number of foster parents it has to take care of kids. Some children have had to stay overnight in foster care contractors’ offices while they wait for a home. (December 2015 file photograph/The Capital-Journal)
- Dozens of Kansas foster kids stayed in offices overnight
- Foster kids staying in contractors' offices
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A MAN accused of raping young foster children in his mother's care is facing dozens of additional charges, with police now interviewing four children under the age of 10 in an unfolding scandal.
More >> Man accused of raping foster children faces more charges
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