No matter how absurd or unbelievable the CPS/DCFS social worker’s claim(s) may seem, please understand that the social worker is dead serious, and most likely presumes – no… most likely BELIEVES that you are guilty as accused. Even if the social worker doesn’t admit that s/he is at your home to take your children, often times that IS EXACTLY why they are there. It is our experience, over 20+ years, that the majority of CPS social workers develop a cynical view of life and assume that you are UTTERLY GUILTY until YOU PROVE that you are not: the opposite of the way the “justice system” is supposed to operate.
More >> 10 Things You Should do if CPS or DCFS is Investigating You
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Social worker could be struck off after faking evidence in child case
A social worker has appeared before a professional disciplinary panel after she was found by a judge to have fabricated evidence to bolster the case for removing a child from the mother’s care and then lied in court about having done so.
Linda Fraser, who works for Bristol city council, could be struck off if the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) concludes that her fitness to practise has been impaired by her conduct.
More >> Social worker could be struck off after faking evidence in child case
Linda Fraser, who works for Bristol city council, could be struck off if the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) concludes that her fitness to practise has been impaired by her conduct.
More >> Social worker could be struck off after faking evidence in child case
CBD oil reduced toddler’s seizures. Still, state threatened to take away child, mother says
The parents of a 20-month-old girl say Indiana child welfare authorities threatened to take the child away from them because they chose to treat her epilepsy with a legal cannabis extract.
More >> CBD oil reduced toddler’s seizures. Still, state threatened to take away child, mother says
Judge ordered to reconsider baby’s placement
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has instructed a Blair County judge to reconsider his decision to keep a newborn child in a foster home rather than placing the baby with his father.
Judge Timothy M. Sullivan in May supported a decision by Blair County Children, Youth & Families to place a 3-month-old child in foster care.
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Judge Timothy M. Sullivan in May supported a decision by Blair County Children, Youth & Families to place a 3-month-old child in foster care.
More >> Judge ordered to reconsider baby’s placement
Hoover foster mom charged with aggravated child abuse now out on bond
Hoover foster mom charged with aggravated child abuse now out on bond
More >> Hoover foster mom charged with aggravated child abuse now out on bond
More >> Hoover foster mom charged with aggravated child abuse now out on bond
Indian woman harassed after false ID in Sherin Mathews case
An Indian-origin woman, whose name closely resembles to that of Sherin Mathews's mom, has received a barrage of unwanted attention on social media in a case of mistaken identity after the three-year-old Indian girl was found dead.
More >> Indian woman harassed after false ID in Sherin Mathews case
Monday, October 30, 2017
Jamilia Hodge’s trial for murder of foster child set for February 2018
CROWN POINT — A foster mother charged with the murder of her 20-month-old foster child will go on trial Feb. 5 in Lake County Criminal Court.
Jamilia Shenese Hodge, 32, faces multiple charges including murder, aggravated battery and neglect of a dependent resulting in death and other felonies, in connection with the death of Emma Salinas. The child was pronounced dead by the Lake County coroner’s office at 12:54 p.m. May 5 at Hodge’s Gary residence.
More >> Jamilia Hodge’s trial for murder of foster child set for February 2018
FBI investigates North Dakota woman accused of running adoption scam
WOODWORTH, N.D.—Moms across the country are blaming a North Dakota woman for destroying their sense of safety and their hope to grow their family.
The Stutsman County Sheriff's Office is investigating Woodworth native Betty Jo Krenz.
More >> FBI investigates North Dakota woman accused of running adoption scam
Fostering Change: One man’s story of abuse in the Alberta foster care system
Michael Matthews’ earliest memory is from when he was three years old. He was abandoned by his parents and along with his brother and sister, he was left alone in a Calgary garage. There was no food and no one to care for them.
Police found them and that marked the beginning of Matthews’ life in foster care.
More >> Fostering Change: One man’s story of abuse in the Alberta foster care system
Police found them and that marked the beginning of Matthews’ life in foster care.
More >> Fostering Change: One man’s story of abuse in the Alberta foster care system
Canada seeks to compensate indigenous taken from families
Colleen Cardinal often wondered why her parents turned bright red in the sun but she grew dark along with her sisters. The puzzle was solved when she was a young teen, and the woman she had thought of as her mother disclosed that she had been picked out of a catalog of native children available for adoption.
More >> Canada seeks to compensate indigenous taken from families
More >> Canada seeks to compensate indigenous taken from families
SA smacking ban will do more harm than good, says NZ group
Johannesburg - Family First NZ, a leading family group in New Zealand, is warning South African families that a smacking ban will do more harm than good by criminalising good parents, and harming children and families, with little effect on the real issue of child abuse.
More >> SA smacking ban will do more harm than good, says NZ group
More >> SA smacking ban will do more harm than good, says NZ group
California: CPS and cops rip child from home at night as parents use CBD OIL for her epilepsy
Husband and wife Joe and Maria Selva were having a quiet night at home in the Bay area (California) this past Saturday, October 28th (the day after Maria’s birthday) when they heard a bang at their door.
More >> California: CPS and cops rip child from home at night as parents use CBD OIL for her epilepsy
Sherin’s body sent to funeral home by US authorities: report
Houston, Oct 30 (PTI) US authorities have sent the body of 3-year-old Sherin Mathews to a funeral home but a medical report on how the Indian girl, adopted by an Indian-American couple, died is yet to come out, according to a media report.
The cause of Sherin’s death is still pending, a spokesman for the police department in Richardson city, Texas, told Fox News.
More >> Sherin’s body sent to funeral home by US authorities: report
The cause of Sherin’s death is still pending, a spokesman for the police department in Richardson city, Texas, told Fox News.
More >> Sherin’s body sent to funeral home by US authorities: report
Should Local Authorities be Liable When Foster Parents Abuse Their Foster Children?
Should Local Authorities be Liable When Foster Parents Abuse Their Foster Children?
More >> Should Local Authorities be Liable When Foster Parents Abuse Their Foster Children?
More >> Should Local Authorities be Liable When Foster Parents Abuse Their Foster Children?
Boy Rescued From Allegedly Abusive Foster Mom After Mouthing ‘Help Me’ to Officer
A New Mexico woman is facing charges after allegedly abusing her foster child, according to reports.
Hope Graciano, of Farmington, is accused of beating an 11-year-old boy because he didn’t get a math problem correct, and he received two black eyes and a skull fracture, KRQE reported.
More >> Boy Rescued From Allegedly Abusive Foster Mom After Mouthing ‘Help Me’ to Officer
Children in out-of-home care are being short-changed, expert warns
The State does not always deliver on its responsibility for the wellbeing of children in out-of-home care, according to the director of the President’s Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society.
“This is not to say that all children leave out-of-home care with issues,” Ruth Farrugia said. “There are those children who come out of the system equipped to face the world as adults.
More >> Children in out-of-home care are being short-changed, expert warns
“This is not to say that all children leave out-of-home care with issues,” Ruth Farrugia said. “There are those children who come out of the system equipped to face the world as adults.
More >> Children in out-of-home care are being short-changed, expert warns
Children Services lawsuit sues major drug companies over opioids
MANSFIELD - Richland County Children Services has filed a lawsuit accusing several major prescription drug companies of intentionally misleading the public about the dangers of opioids to sell more painkillers as they raked in “blockbuster profits.”
More >> Children Services lawsuit sues major drug companies over opioids
More >> Children Services lawsuit sues major drug companies over opioids
Sunday, October 29, 2017
Foster mom beats 11-year-old with bed frame over incorrect math homework: Prosecutors
New Mexico police arrested a woman they believe abused her foster child over an extended period of time.
According to the Farmington Daily Times, 53-year-old Hope Graciano faces a total of four felony charges — including one first-degree count — associated with her alleged abuse of the 11-year-old victim.
More >> Foster mom beats 11-year-old with bed frame over incorrect math homework: Prosecutors
Body of 3-year-old Sherin Mathews released, officials decline to confirm to whom
The body of Sherin Mathews, the 3-year-old Indian girl reported missing from outside her home since October 7, was found in Richardson, Texas as her father was arrested for the second time and charged with causing injury to a child.
More >> Body of 3-year-old Sherin Mathews released, officials decline to confirm to whom
More >> Body of 3-year-old Sherin Mathews released, officials decline to confirm to whom
Teenage Girl Accuses Foster Youth Case Manager of Rape
A former case manager that worked with foster youths who had been neglected or abused was accused of raping a 16-year-old girl in June.
Morris Leroi Brinker was working as a case manager with the Children’s Law Center of California who regularly represent abused, neglected or abandoned children in Los Angeles and Sacramento counties. He was in charge of the victim’s case at the time during which the alleged crime took place.
More >> Teenage Girl Accuses Foster Youth Case Manager of Rape
Morris Leroi Brinker was working as a case manager with the Children’s Law Center of California who regularly represent abused, neglected or abandoned children in Los Angeles and Sacramento counties. He was in charge of the victim’s case at the time during which the alleged crime took place.
More >> Teenage Girl Accuses Foster Youth Case Manager of Rape
Paxton Sues Feds Over Native American Adoption Law
Suit calls Indian Child Welfare Act preventing non-Native Americans from adopting Native American children unconstitutional.
More >> Paxton Sues Feds Over Native American Adoption Law
More >> Paxton Sues Feds Over Native American Adoption Law
Saturday, October 28, 2017
SHERIN MATHEWS CASE: INNOCENT WOMAN HAVING NAME SIMILAR TO DEAD TODDLER'S MOTHER HARASSED ON FACEBOOK
Chennai: Martin Niemoller's `First they came for the Socialists...'is widely used in social media, for anything and everything which netizens these days feel culpable for being caught being silent at a time when craze for instant justice is the trend.
More >> SHERIN MATHEWS CASE: INNOCENT WOMAN HAVING NAME SIMILAR TO DEAD TODDLER'S MOTHER HARASSED ON FACEBOOK
Poverty linked to children in care
That is according to professor of social work at Huddersfield University, Bríd Featherstone, whose UK-based research — the Child Welfare Inequalities Project — has found that it is “primarily the poorest people in our society” that the child protection system is dealing with.
“In every country [England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales] we found a statistically significant link between deprivation and your chances of coming into care.”
More >> Poverty linked to children in care
“In every country [England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales] we found a statistically significant link between deprivation and your chances of coming into care.”
More >> Poverty linked to children in care
Surrogate mother forced into custody battle to keep own biological baby
A surrogate mother has been forced into a bitter custody battle for her son after she unknowingly gave birth to her own biological baby while also carrying the other couple’s child.
More >> Surrogate mother forced into custody battle to keep own biological baby
Teen Pregnancy Among Foster Care Youth in Travis County Still A Growing Problem
(Austin, TX)—In the U.S., there are more than 428,000 children in the foster care system on any given day, and more than 30,000 of those children live in Texas. Many youth in the foster care system experience feelings of neglect, abandonment, physical and/or mental illness, as well as addiction, which tremendously affects their physical and emotional wellbeing. Compounding these complex challenges is the high risk of teen pregnancy faced by foster care youth.
More >> Teen Pregnancy Among Foster Care Youth in Travis County Still A Growing Problem
More >> Teen Pregnancy Among Foster Care Youth in Travis County Still A Growing Problem
Actually, Social Media Is Ruining Parenting
A few weeks ago, a mom named Alex McDaniel, wrote a seemingly benign joke on Twitter: "3-year-old for sale. $12 or best offer." Soon after the tweet, Child Protective Services showed up at her doorsteps with concerns over human trafficking. McDaniel is known for documenting the cute things her son does and says, but apparently a stranger didn't find this particular comment all that cute. There's a multitude of reasons why social media is actually ruining parenting, and McDaniel's story is just one example. Parents are using social media in seemingly harmless ways without realizing that not everyone gets their jokes or cares about everything they have to say.
More >> Actually, Social Media Is Ruining Parenting
More >> Actually, Social Media Is Ruining Parenting
Friday, October 27, 2017
Police: Baby girl suffered broken arms, legs; Hoover foster mother jailed
HOOVER, Ala. — On October 27th Hoover Police officers arrested a foster mother on aggravated child abuse charges after a baby girl in her care suffered broken bones.
CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ABUSES MOM OVER TWITTER JOKE
Internet jokes… Some fail, some are hits, and some, well somewhere in between. For Alex McDaniel, making a decent parenting joke on Twitter got her investigated by Child Protective Services. The Mississippi mom found herself in a human trafficking investigation, no seriously. Her funny-ish parenting joke triggered an actual human trafficking investigation. McDaniel claims to have been quoting her three year old son on Twitter for a while now and cracking jokes about the circus of parenthood.
More >> CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ABUSES MOM OVER TWITTER JOKE
Woman jailed for brutally assaulting foster child after appearing in Parkes District Court
A 31-year-old Parkes woman was sentenced to seven years’ jail today in Parkes District Court after assaulting a five-year-old foster child in her care.
More >> Woman jailed for brutally assaulting foster child after appearing in Parkes District Court
More >> Woman jailed for brutally assaulting foster child after appearing in Parkes District Court
Foster parents facing child abuse charges in Missouri
MOUNT VERNON, Mo. – A judge has found sufficient evidence for a southwest Missouri foster care couple to stand trial on charges that they abused a toddler in their care.
More >> Foster parents facing child abuse charges in Missouri
More >> Foster parents facing child abuse charges in Missouri
Mom fights to have 10-year-old daughter with cerebral palsy released from immigration detention
After undergoing gallbladder surgery Tuesday, federal agents refused to release Rosa Maria Hernandez back to her parents, sending her instead to a children's shelter in San Antonio, Texas, that her family said is not equipped to care for her, according to the attorney representing the mother.
"It’s painful for me to know that my daughter is there and I can’t help her," Felipa De La Cruz said today through a translator. "I would like to have her near me so I could be the one who is helping her and supporting her right now when she needs me the most."
"But it’s difficult -- when I start to think about her, I start to get sad and I start to become desperate," De La Cruz added through tears on a call with reporters.
More >> Mom fights to have 10-year-old daughter with cerebral palsy released from immigration detention
Foster kids sleep in hotels and offices as 15 more beds disappear
South King County principal Melissa Pointer is worried about her student.
"I tried so many times not to cry,” she said, her voice breaking. “Because when I think about the fact that there's literally 15 days for him and he doesn't know where he’s going to go, that just breaks my heart."
More >> Foster kids sleep in hotels and offices as 15 more beds disappear
"I tried so many times not to cry,” she said, her voice breaking. “Because when I think about the fact that there's literally 15 days for him and he doesn't know where he’s going to go, that just breaks my heart."
More >> Foster kids sleep in hotels and offices as 15 more beds disappear
Conditions are dire within Kentucky's child welfare system. It was re-accredited anyway
Conditions are dire within Kentucky's child welfare agency, with caseloads soaring beyond acceptable national standards, according to a recent report by a legislative committee.
Turnover is high among social workers, and their numbers have been outpaced by the surging number of children removed from homes because of abuse or neglect, said the report by the state Legislative Research Commission. At least half the workers say their caseloads have become "unmanageable," and the agency doesn't have enough money to hire additional staff even as reports of child abuse and neglect have doubled in the past six years.
More >> Conditions are dire within Kentucky's child welfare system. It was re-accredited anyway
Turnover is high among social workers, and their numbers have been outpaced by the surging number of children removed from homes because of abuse or neglect, said the report by the state Legislative Research Commission. At least half the workers say their caseloads have become "unmanageable," and the agency doesn't have enough money to hire additional staff even as reports of child abuse and neglect have doubled in the past six years.
More >> Conditions are dire within Kentucky's child welfare system. It was re-accredited anyway
Case manager who worked with abused foster youths accused of raping teenager; authorities seek other victims
Orange County prosecutors sought public help on Thursday in finding potential victims of a former case manager for a group that provides legal services to abused or neglected foster youths charged with the statutory rape of a teenage girl.
More >> Case manager who worked with abused foster youths accused of raping teenager; authorities seek other victims
More >> Case manager who worked with abused foster youths accused of raping teenager; authorities seek other victims
Bihar orphanage suspects foul play behind Sherin's death
Patna, Oct 27 (PTI) The orphanage in Nalanda district of Bihar, from where Sherin Mathews was adopted in June last year, today suspected foul play behind the death of the three-year-old Indian girl recently.
Babita Kumari, the secretary of the Mother Teresa Orphanage and Children's Home, claimed that there were discrepancies in the reported statements of Wesley Mathews, Sherin's adoptive father, and said she was suspicious that the child might actually have been killed.
More >> Bihar orphanage suspects foul play behind Sherin's death
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PATNA: An inquiry into the adoption process by which three-year-old Sherin was handed over to US Indian couple Wesley and Sini Mathews has found that everything was in order, with all rules followed under the aegis of the Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA).
Babita Kumari, the secretary of the Mother Teresa Orphanage and Children's Home, claimed that there were discrepancies in the reported statements of Wesley Mathews, Sherin's adoptive father, and said she was suspicious that the child might actually have been killed.
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PATNA: An inquiry into the adoption process by which three-year-old Sherin was handed over to US Indian couple Wesley and Sini Mathews has found that everything was in order, with all rules followed under the aegis of the Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA).
- Foster father spills beans, tells police Sherin choked on milk and died
- Dad Arrested In Death of 3-Year-Old Now Says She Choked On Milk
- Child's Body ID'd as Missing Texas Toddler; Father Arrested
- DAD OF INDIAN KID: I ‘DUMPED’ BODY
- 3-year-old Texas girl's death shows what's wrong with the adoption system in India
- Indian 3-Year-Old's 'Grieving' Foster Mother Denies Role In Her Death
- Sherin Mathews' Father Transferred to Dallas County Jail Under Suicide Watch
- Tragic Case of Sherin Mathews: ‘Mother Under Investigation’, Say Police, as Indian American Dad Recants Statement and Community Mourns
- 'Perfect for the family': how Sherin Mathews' foster mother described her...
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday sought a thorough probe into adoption process of the three-year-old Indian American girl Sherin Mathews who has died in Texas,
Sushma Swaraj tweeted that she has requested Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi "for a thorough investigation into the adoption process of Baby Saraswati SherinMathews who has been killed by her foster father Wesley Mathews in the US".
Farmington woman accused of beating, starving foster child
FARMINGTON, N.M. (KRQE) – A Farmington foster mom has been arrested in an especially horrendous case of child abuse.
Hope Graciano is accused of beating an 11-year-old foster child with a bed frame because he didn’t get a math question right. The boy was left with a skull fracture, and two black eyes so swollen he couldn’t even see out of them.
More >> Farmington woman accused of beating, starving foster child
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
They found her dead - LK Report for 10/24/2017
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COPS have found a body believed to be that of a missing three-year-old girl, who vanished after her dad allegedly made her stand outside as a punishment.
More >> Body of missing girl, 3, found two weeks after dad ‘made her stand outside when she didn’t drink her milk’
- A dad said he banished his 3-year-old as punishment. Police may have just found her body.
- Police may have found body of Texas 3-year-old whose dad said she went missing after she was banished to alley
- Child’s body found near missing 3-year-old Texas girl’s home
- Indian American parents of missing Sherin Mathews to appear in court for custody of biological child
- Sister of Missing Sherin Mathews to Stay in Foster Care for 3 More Weeks
- Sister of Girl Feared Dead to Stay in Foster Care for Now
- Affidavit: Father now says Sherin choked on milk, admitted to removing her body from home
- Missing Texas girl's dad arrested, charged with felony
- Father Of Missing Indian Girl In US Arrested, Body Still Not Identified
CHILDREN IN THE for-profit foster care system are dying at alarming rates, but the deaths are not being investigated, and autopsies are not even being attached to the now-closed case files, a two-year investigation has found.
More >> CHILDREN ARE DYING AT ALARMING RATES IN FOSTER CARE, AND NOBODY IS BOTHERING TO INVESTIGATE
Foster children will be able to sue a local authority for abuse which happened under their care following a landmark ruling by the Supreme Court.
More >> Councils liable for abuse suffered by foster children after landmark Supreme Court decision
- Councils face rise in claims after Supreme Court rules on foster abuse liability
- Landmark ruling finds councils are liable for abuse in foster care
Maryanne Godboldo, the Detroit mother who faced down a SWAT team to protect her daughter from a dangerous psychotropic drug, has died, The Detroit News reports.
More >> Parent Champion Godboldo Has Died
A mother is demanding answers after her daughter's head was shaved.
Denise Robinson's 7-year-old daughter Tru resides at Little Heroes Group Home in Dracut, a facility for children ages 5 through 11 who have suffered trauma, including abuse or neglect.
More >> 7-year-old girl's head shaved in Massachusetts group home
OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — A foster parent has been charged with murder in connection to the death of a 2-month-old.
The 5-year-old girl was found dead in the bathtub with shallow water framing her cherubic face and open eyes.
More >> Child deaths spike after DCFS privatizes 'intact family services'
PROVIDENCE, R.I — A 26-year-old Uber driver from Providence was charged Friday with trying to impersonate a social worker to sign out a female student from Portsmouth High School, according to the Portsmouth Police Department.
More >> High school student calls Uber, driver poses as social worker to sign her out
DEL CITY, Okla. — A Del City foster mother is denying accusations that she beat and starved four children.
Those four children were removed from the home. After the mother, Melvalena Grant, was booked Tuesday, KOCO 5 learned that she fostered 23 children since 2013.
More >> DHS opens investigation into Del City foster mother accused of beating, starving children
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Wednesday, October 18, 2017
1 Foster Care Firm = 86 Dead Foster Kids and much much more - LK Report for October 18th 2017
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At least 86 children died in a 10-year period while in the custody of a giant for-profit foster care company, according to an investigation by the US Senate Committee on Finance. In only 13 of those deaths did the company, The Mentor Network, conduct an internal investigation, the committee found.
More >> Senate Finds 86 Children Died In Care Of Giant For-Profit Foster Care Firm
NORTH FULTON COUNTY, Ga.
Alpharetta police say they arrested a mother after they found her driving drunk with a toddler in the car.
Channel 2’s Mike Petchenik obtained dash cam video of Alpharetta police conducting a field sobriety test on 45-year-old Stacy Clubb.
More >> Foster mom accused of driving drunk with child inside car
The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee have come together to introduce a bill that would publicize more information about private foster care providers.
More >> Wyden And Hatch Push Bill To Make Foster Care System More Accountable
In a rare move, a San Diego federal judge reversed a jury verdict that had cleared county social workers of fault for their conduct in an investigation into child abuse allegations against a family.
U.S. District Court Judge Roger Benitez also concluded that a longstanding county policy allowing investigators to interview children at their school without the consent of parents or a court order was at fault.
More >> In rare move judge reverses jury verdict, rules county violated family's rights
MEDINA COUNTY, Texas - A woman who lived with a foster parent accused of child sexual assault is defending him, saying she believes he’s innocent.
Selena Puente was 17 when she ended up in Miguel Briseno’s home in 2009.
More >> Woman raised by foster parent accused of sexually assaulting children defends suspect
- Investigators digging deeper into allegations of foster parent sexually abusing kids
- Foster father may have sexually assaulted five girls — and dozens more
- Sheriff: S.A.-area man accused of sexually assaulting 5 foster children took in 180+ girls
- South Texas man accused of sexually assaulting children fostered nearly 200 girls
- Former foster daughters react to arrest of S.A.-area man accused of sexually assaulting 5 girls
- Texas Sheriff Calls Out CPS After Foster Dad who Took in 180 Girls is Accused of Sex Abuse
- Former foster daughters react to arrest of S.A.-area man accused of sexually assaulting 5 girls
The state’s dwindling number of psychiatric facilities for children has advocates and legislators concerned foster kids that need serious mental health care aren’t getting it.
More >> Mental health options for foster kids declining
Kim was 15 when she was bundled into the back of a lorry and trafficked from Vietnam to Russia. Cramped up alongside other young people, they travelled for months until they reached the UK. Kim was traumatised yet held out hope of earning money for a better life. These dreams were destroyed.
More >> Case study: Victim fled foster home to repay ‘debt’ to people smugglers
A Michigan judge says he was not aware he had awarded joint legal custody of a boy to a father accused of raping the boy’s mother when she was 12.
More >> Judge was unaware he gave joint custody to father accused of raping the then-12-year-old mother
The Richardson police and Federal Bureau of Investigation sleuths are on an extensive search in Texas for a 3-year-old Indian girl who went missing on October 7 after her foster father allegedly asked her to stand outside the house late in the night as a punishment for not drinking milk.
More >> Father of missing Texas girl, 3, did laundry before reporting daughter gone
- Police Clueless on 3-year-old Indian Girl's Disappearance in US
- Drones Being Used In Search Of Missing Indian Child In Texas
- Indian girl missing in US: Texas police use drones to find her
A 17-year-old girl found shot to death in Atlanta on Sept. 21 told police three months before she went missing that she was raped at an apartment in north Columbus.
The Ledger-Enquirer received the 13-page case report after submitting an open records request to the Columbus Police Department.
More >> Months before she was killed in Atlanta, foster girl told police she was raped in Columbus
TONGANOXIE, Kan. — The Tonganoxie Police Department has arrested Rigoberto Reyes Rangel, also known as Rico Rangel, as a person of interest in a case of three adolescent girls who ran away from their foster home in August.
More >> Man arrested; three missing Tonganoxie foster children found safe
- Search for missing foster girls from Tonganoxie ends happily
- 3 missing Kansas foster children found safe; man released
They say they are now safe. But in reality, they are in foster care. Therefore they are not necessarily safe.
Cape Town - A father accused of raping, sodomising and “sexually grooming” his now teenage foster child was granted R500 bail in the Khayelitsha Magistrate’s Court yesterday, with strict conditions that he stays at a different address for the duration of the case.
Additional bail conditions include that the couple don't communicate with witnesses and don’t go to Town Two in Khayelitsha.
More >> Foster dad accused of sexual grooming in New Zealand, rape gets bail
Fountain says, he didn't know Davis was a foster parent, but witnessed possible child neglect a few weeks ago, with other children. He claimed to have notified the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) of his concerns.
"I was totally blown off and told they would handle it and 5 weeks later this is what we got," Fountain said of the now tragic situation. News 9 has also learned there were several referrals on the foster home, prior to baby Jacob being placed with the family.
More >> Foster Parent In Jail On Murder Complaint Of 10-Week-Old
- Family Speaks After Child Dies In Foster Care
- OK man arrested after shaking 10-week-old foster child
A woman who was abused by foster parents has won a landmark court case which will have "far-reaching" implications for local authorities.
More >> Woman who was abused by foster parents wins historic legal battle with 'far-reaching implications'
A man who allegedly forced foster children to eat frozen vomit, stand with their noses against a wall for hours and repeatedly go to school in pyjamas has been refused a Working with Children Check Clearance.
The horrific ongoing abuse was put before the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal, which on Wednesday said the man, now a medical practitioner, poses a risk to children.
More >> Abusive foster dad can't work with kids
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- Manitoba's child welfare crisis to be tackled through law, funding changes
- Bill would bar parents’ testimony against their kids in nearly all cases
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- How to stop record numbers of children going into care? Help their mothers
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- Judge to say Wednesday if Sandusky gets new sex abuse trial
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- Safeguarding foster children from radicalisation
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Thursday, October 12, 2017
The Mystery of the Missing Foster Kids of Kansas and Texas - LK Report for 10/12/17
The Mystery of the Missing Foster Kids of Kansas
More >> 3 sisters missing from Tonganoxie foster home raise concerns about state oversight
- DCF responds after report of 70-plus children missing from Kansas’ foster care system
- Kansas foster parents, lawmakers react to missing DCF kids
- 70-Plus Children Missing From Kansas' Foster Care System
- For Kansas Foster Care Task Force, Report Of Missing Children Latest Concern
- The Latest: Official says Kansas works to find foster kids
- Official says Kansas works to find missing foster kids
- How did 70-plus children go missing from the Kansas foster care system?
- More than 70 foster kids are missing in Kansas—and lawmakers just found out
Foster Care $600 bucks a night!!!
Workers’ earlier posts had offered an “exceptional cost placement” for the teens. That’s code for payments that can top $600 a night — more than the base rate foster parents get for a whole month of care — as an incentive for foster parents to take a child.
More >> Short-term foster care costs taxpayers millions
Who says they don't do it for the money?
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Families in both Oregon and Kentucky are seeking to adopt a 4-year-old girl from southern Oregon, causing the states to dispute which has jurisdiction over her.
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"I would lie to family and friends that I was okay," Stewart said.
More >> Sixties Scoop continues: Advocates say B.C.'s child welfare system plagued by racial inequity
Tiahleigh Palmer's mother has welcomed a court's refusal to cut the sentence of the foster brother who sexually abused the slain schoolgirl, saying he needs to take responsibility for what he has done.
A 10-week-old baby is on life support and Oklahoma City police are investigating possible child abuse or neglect. The baby was at a foster home when EMSA was called.
The Mystery of the Missing Foster Kid from Texas
A three-year-old Indian girl with developmental issues has been missing in the US state of Texas after her foster father allegedly told her to stand outside alone late in the night as punishment for not finishing her milk, media reports said.
More >> Adopted Indian girl goes missing after late night punishment for not finishing milk
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- FBI raids Kochi man's house in US after 3-year-old foster daughter goes missing...
- FBI searches home of missing 3-year-old Indian girl in US
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- CPS removes sister of missing 3-year-old, father released on bond
SANDUSKY, Michigan -- A judge who granted a convicted rapist joint custody rights to a child born after his sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl on Tuesday issued a stay on his ruling, reports say.
More >> Michigan judge stays order giving rapist joint custody of child
Late last month, the department of Health and Human Services published its 2018-2022 draft strategic plan, opening it up for comment through the end of October.
More >> The Trump Administration Just Officially Endorsed Anti-Contraception Junk Science
Minutes after Andrew Sucher allegedly pummeled and kicked a state child welfare investigator outside his parents' western Illinois home, his mother telephoned 911 and said he had beaten the worker because he felt the agency was harassing him.
More >> 911 calls add to details about attack on DCFS investigator
DEVINE, Texas - A Medina County foster parent was arrested Wednesday on charges of sexually assaulting multiple children in his care.
Miguel Briseno, 58, faces three counts of sexual assault of a child.
More >> Foster parent accused of sexually assaulting children in Bexar, Medina counties
- BCSO: 58-year-old man sexually assaulted multiple foster children
- Investigators digging deeper into allegations of foster parent sexually abusing kids
- Foster parent accused of sexually assaulting children in Bexar, Medina counties
DOMESTIC worker Anna Mahlangu, 62, cried bitterly in the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, after she was found guilty of murdering her 13-year-old foster child by setting her alight.
More >> Foster mom convicted of killing girl, 13
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Tuesday, October 10, 2017
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Kerry Duval, 25, and Adam Chelton, 26, are part of a national campaign Families Against Forced Adoption.
More >> Couple stage protest over 'forced adoptions'
LUZERNE COUNTY - (WBRE/WYOU) Some lawmakers in Harrisburg are pushing for tougher laws when it comes to protecting first responders, including Child Protective Service caseworkers.
The effort was prompted, in part, by a firebombing at the offices of Luzerne County Children and Youth Services offices earlier this year.
More >> Harrisburg to increase protection for CPS caseworkers
A judge has ordered that a convicted sex offender in Michigan receive joint custody of an 8-year-old child he fathered after raping the child’s mother when she was only 12-years-old.
More >> CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER AWARDED JOINT CUSTODY OF VICTIM’S CHILD
Child welfare workers have removed Shantell’s three children from her care at various times, beginning in July 2016, following reports from hospital staff and social workers that her “developmental delays” and “mental delays” could hinder her ability to parent. With the help of lawyers, Shantell’s children were returned to her by November 2016, but the ordeal spurred her to join a class-action lawsuit filed last week against New York City for violating the rights of parents who have intellectual disabilities.
More >> Disabled Parents Sue New York City Over Child Removals
A federal lawsuit has said that York County’s child services agency “disregarded a substantial risk of serious harm” when it placed a young boy in the care of a "known" and convicted pedophile who had the "right to adopt".
More >> Child Protection Services Gave Boy to Known Pedophile Who ‘Had Right to Adopt'
A three-year-old Indian girl with developmental issues has been missing in the US state of Texas after her foster father allegedly told her to stand outside alone late in the night as punishment for not finishing her milk, media reports said.
A two-year-old girl who police believe was mistreated by her foster mother died in hospital in Plzeň on Monday, the Czech News Agency reported. The woman, who is 25, has been in custody since Saturday and could face up to 12 years in prison if found guilty of grievous bodily harm.
More >> INFANT ALLEGEDLY MISTREATED BY FOSTER MOTHER DIES
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Three sisters, all under age 16, have been missing from a Tonganoxie, Kan., foster home for 45 days.
More >> ‘We just want them to come home.’ Three young Kansas sisters missing from foster home
A Khayelitsha mother and her husband, who has been charged with sodomising, raping and sexually abusing his now 16-year-old foster daughter between 2007 and 2013, will remain in Pollsmoor Prison before his next bail hearing.
The parents of two daughters, as well as their foster child, who is the victim, have applied for bail at Khayelitsha Magistrate’s Court citing chronic medical conditions.
More >> Couple charged over rape, abuse of foster daughter apply for bail
A Seminole, Oklahoma, couple was found guilty of killing their 9-year-old foster son—despite the fact that his body was never found.
More >> Foster parents beat 9-year-old son to death; boy’s body remains missing a DECADE later
Monday, October 09, 2017
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Dr. Lanre Falusi knows firsthand the anxiety families face when the future of their child’s health insurance is in jeopardy. A pediatrician at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., Dr. Falusi recently had a routine visit from a seven-year-old patient with asthma. For the last few months this little girl has been fairly stable thanks to her daily controller and rescue medication covered through D.C.’s Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). But she often has tough winters and her mother was trying to plan ahead having heard CHIP’s future funding was uncertain. “That was her question: ‘If I don’t know if she’s going to have insurance, can I get a prescription for extra medication and save it just in case?’ . . . She was in crisis planning mode for her daughter’s health and she wanted to stockpile the medication. It was really disconcerting to me that that’s what we’re asking parents to start doing. States are dealing with an incredible amount of uncertainty about their funding – and maybe they are used to doing that – but the fact that we’re asking families now to do that around their children’s health is inappropriate and unconscionable to me.”
More >> Congress Is Holding CHIP And Children Hostage
A five year old Christian girl who was removed from her Muslim foster family was in “warm and appropriate care”, a court heard on Monday.
Known as AB in court, the child was placed into the care of a Muslim family, attracting media attention amid allegations that she was made to speak Arabic and remove her crucifix.
More >> Christian foster child “misses” foster carers, new report claims
The Board of Supervisors voted this week to formally appoint a new director to run Los Angeles County’s child welfare agency.
Bobby Cagle, the director of the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services, will take office Dec. 1.
More >> Shakeup at County DCFS
PETALING JAYA: When Nizha (not her real name) was assigned to live with foster parents after spending most of her 18 years at welfare department homes, she thought that her life would change for the better.
However, she found it had become worse as she spent two years being abused and treated like a slave by the couple, who were both medical doctors.
“Living with my foster family after coming out of the welfare home turned out to be more painful than being thrown out by my original family when I was young,” she said.
More >> Former welfare child recalls slave-like abuse at foster home
Rochester, N.Y. — We are now hearing from a former Monroe County Child Protective Services worker who said she resigned in part because of the death of Brook Stagles.
The union representing social workers in Nova Scotia says employees are being overworked and facing burnout on the job.
According to the Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union (NSGEU), child protection social workers are dealing with unmanageable workloads.
More >> N.S. child protection social workers overworked, facing burnout: union
GRAFTON—One woman is behind bars, following an investigation the past week.
Jaymi McIe, 34, of Grafton, has been charged with felony concealment of a minor child from a custodian, following an investigation and search on October 3.
More >> Woman arrested after concealing minor in state’s care
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — A employee with the Department of Children and Families is facing charges of falsifying records in a child abuse investigation.
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Authorities are investigating after a child died in hospital after drowning at a Jay foster care nonprofit's property.
Four-year-old Isabella Lee Gamez died Oct. 1, three days after she was found at the bottom of the pool at My Father's Arrows.
More >> DCF investigating after child drowns at Jay foster care nonprofit
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