Social worker sent inappropriate WhatsApp messages to vulnerable mum

A social worker has had his registration suspended after sending inappropriate WhatsApp messages to a vulnerable woman.

Graham James Murphy sent a number of unsuitable messages complimenting the single parent - identified only as ‘service user A’ - on her appearance while carrying out agency work for Flintshire council .

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Report about social worker impersonator was a hoax

On Friday, Smyrna police received a report about a man allegedly impersonating a social worker who told a resident he was at the home to remove a child, but police have determined the report was false.

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FOSTER CARE SIBLINGS “BILL OF RIGHTS” LAW COMING TO MINNESOTA

As part of the ongoing effort at the state capitol to reform Minnesota's foster care system, two state politicians sponsored a "bill of rights" for siblings in foster care.

Representative Ron Kresha of Little Falls and Senator Jerry Relph are the co-sponsors of the bill. The bill establishes a set of rights for foster care children, including the right to be placed with their siblings when possible, and/or to visit them, or to stay in contact.

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Rally wants to keep Montana families in legal limbo together

A rally will be held Aug. 23 at the state Capitol to shed light on what organizers say is a need for new state laws in Montana to keep families together who are caught up in various legal systems.

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Ex-Family Services Worker Admits Pressuring Women Into Sex: AG

A former state assistant family services worker has admitted to using his position to pressure two women he had supervision of into having sex with him, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced on Monday.

Lamont King, 41, of Trenton, pleaded guilty to a second-degree charge of conspiracy to commit a pattern of official misconduct, according to authorities. He faces three years in state prison and will be permanently barred from public employment in New Jersey.

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Chile's stolen children: American woman finds her Chilean mother 36 years after birth

Growing up in Minneapolis, Alisa Clare Cohen constantly wondered whether her birth parents in Chile really abandoned her. Nearly four decades passed before she learned the truth.

"The story that I was told was that my (biological) family had essentially never meant to keep me," Cohen said.

More >> Chile's stolen children: American woman finds her Chilean mother 36 years after birth

5 Lawsuits Against CPS in 1 week - Baby LK's Top 10 CPS Horror Stories of the Week

Here are all the links to the stories used in this video.

# 10. 69-year-old foster caregiver from Gary charged with child abuse of 3-year-old - https://www.nwitimes.com/news/year-old-foster-caregiver-from-gary-charged-with-child-abuse/article_947fa443-b417-516b-9e77-d31f7de28ffb.html#1

# 9. Boys removed from Texas boarding home amid abuse claims -

https://www.nhregister.com/news/texas/article/Boys-removed-from-Texas-boarding-home-amid-abuse-13113190.php

#8. Illegal adoption: 85 childcare institutions to be inspected -

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/illegal-adoption-85-childcare-institutions-to-be-inspected/627183.html

#7. Troopers probe reported false child caseworker incident - http://www.milfordbeacon.com/news/20180722/troopers-probe-reported-false-child-caseworker-incident

#6. Former Wythe DSS worker facing embezzlement charge

https://www.swvatoday.com/news/article_5488d9c4-91e0-11e8-b929-f3c6a1a5e0ff.html

#5. Lawsuit filed against Rockbridge Area Department of Social Services - https://www.virginiafirst.com/news/local-news/lawsuit-filed-against-rockbridge-area-department-of-social-services/1322807489

#4. $15M lawsuit against DHS claims foster parent abuse -

https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/-15m-lawsuit-filed-against-dhs-claims-foster-parent-abused-boys/1327015490

#3. NH settles another child abuse lawsuit -

http://www.unionleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20180720/NEWS21/180729924

#2. County failed repeatedly to stop sexual abuse of foster children, lawsuit alleges - http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-child-abuse-lawsuit-dcfs-20180726-story.html

#1. Jurors blame L.A. social workers for repeated sexual abuse of El Monte girl and award her $45 million -

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-child-abuse-lawsuit-dcfs-20180726-story.html

HHS official who spread Pizzagate conspiracy theory out at agency

A Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) official who in 2016 used social media to spread the "Pizzagate" conspiracy theory is reportedly out at the agency.

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Boys removed from Texas boarding home amid abuse claims

A Central Texas sheriff says eight boys have been removed from a boarding home as investigators determine whether they were illegally used as labor for a lawn care service and moving company.

Burnet County Sheriff Calvin Boyd said during a news conference Friday that investigators had received reports of abuse, human trafficking and other allegations at the Joshua Home near Bertram, northwest of Austin.

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Former Wythe DSS worker facing embezzlement charge

Accused of using grant money to make personal purchases, a former Wythe County social worker has been charged with embezzling public funds.

More >> Former Wythe DSS worker facing embezzlement charge

The grant money was supposed to be used to help keep children out of foster care, according to a prosecutor.

Worker 'left in a zombie state after being bullied and humiliated by her boss who hatched a plan to have her demoted' - before she tragically took her own life

A veteran social worker was 'teased, bullied and humiliated' by her manager in front of her colleagues in the lead up to her suicide, a coroner has found. 

Paula Schubert, 53, worked for the Northern Territory Department of Children and Families for more than three decades before her tragic death in November 2016.

More >> Worker 'left in a zombie state after being bullied and humiliated by her boss who hatched a plan to have her demoted' - before she tragically took her own life

10-Year-Old Boy Crashes Foster Parent's Car During Interstate Joyride

The two boys who wrecked a Lexus sedan were trying to drive to the beach, according to the Fluvanna County Sheriff's Office.

The boy, ages 10 and seven, made a 37-mile trip down Interstate 64 in a vehicle taken from their guardians.

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The Family Reunification Deadline Sheds Light On Another Broken System: Foster Care

Recently, I watched the video of a 1-year-old representing himself in an immigration court. The kid is young and scared. Seeing his face, my first thought is, Why isn’t this kid getting proper representation in a U.S court?

My second thought is, Damn. Family separation is nothing new. It happened to me too.

More >> The Family Reunification Deadline Sheds Light On Another Broken System: Foster Care

$15M lawsuit filed against DHS claims foster parent abused boys

Oregon's Department of Human Services allegedly placed two brothers with a foster parent who was physically, emotionally and sexually abusive, according to a new lawsuit filed against the agency Thursday.

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State under the gun on broken foster care system

The case of seven-year-old Ricky Holland in Michigan gained national attention in 2005 when the boy's adoptive parents claimed he went missing from their Williamston home, near Lansing. The community spent months looking for Ricky, even landing the effort on an episode of "America's Most Wanted." In the end, it was his adoptive parents, Tim and Lisa Holland, who murdered Ricky, with the woman who was supposed to be his mother hitting him with a hammer and his adoptive father, Tim Holland, hiding the child's body in a swamp.

More >> State under the gun on broken foster care system

Is Adoption Legalized Kidnapping?

To the child there may be little difference


More >> Is Adoption Legalized Kidnapping?

Missouri family questions state's child abuse hotline after reporting allegations

A Missouri family questions what really happens when people call the state's child abuse hotline for help.

They reported allegations of abuse and are stunned at the lack of response and investigation. The family says they’ve made repeated calls to the hotline, the social worker assigned and even the county supervisor. More than a month has passed and there has been no investigation.

More >> Missouri family questions state's child abuse hotline after reporting allegations

Reagan no expert on foster care

Note: The Reagan he is talking about is Michael Reagan, the former presidents adopted son who has fallen in with the anti-child abuse nuts and become an outspoken activist against family rights.

This is in response to the editorial commentary by Michael Reagan ("Playing the crying kids game," July 3). In it, Reagan ranted about the huge amount of coverage given to the border crisis of separating families. He claims that the media doesn’t really care about the children. If they did, he says they would give more attention to the “400,000 American children placed in our horrible government-run foster care system.”

Reagan repeats the same mistake far too many of us indulge in far too often: We make pronouncements on important issues — e.g., medicine, religion, education — about which we are unqualified to speak. Reagan’s expertise in his byline is given as ‘political consultant.’ He is not qualified to critique our country’s foster care system. As it so happens, I am qualified.

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Lawsuit filed against Rockbridge Area Department of Social Services

A lawsuit has been filed against the Rockbridge Area Department of Social Services following the death of an infant.

Day Law Group, PCCL claims the department is responsible for the wrongful death of Charlee Ford, a three month old who died on April 16, 2016.

More >> Lawsuit filed against Rockbridge Area Department of Social Services

Jurors blame L.A. social workers for repeated sexual abuse of El Monte girl and award her $45 million

Jurors awarded $45.4 million Thursday to a girl who suffered two years of sexual abuse in an El Monte home where county social workers left her despite evidence showing that an accused molester lived in the house.

The Department of Children and Family Services, jurors found, ignored warning signs of potential abuse and failed to tell police what they knew, leaving the then-7-year-old to be molested by at least four men whom her mother invited into the home.

More >> Jurors blame L.A. social workers for repeated sexual abuse of El Monte girl and award her $45 million

69-year-old foster caregiver from Gary charged with child abuse of 3-year-old

A foster caregiver from Gary was accused of abusing a three-year-old boy in her care.

In September, a supervisor at Northstar Services LLC in Merrillville noticed excessive bruising on the boy’s buttocks and abrasions on his back while helping him go to the bathroom during a supervised visit with his biological mother.

More >> 69-year-old foster caregiver from Gary charged with child abuse of 3-year-old

Illegal adoption: 85 childcare institutions to be inspected

Against the backdrop of the recent cases of alleged illegal child adoption reported from the Missionaries of Charity, a trust founded by Nobel laureate Mother Teresa, in Jharkhand, the Haryana Government has decided to conduct special inspections of 85 childcare institutions in the state.

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State spent $1.3M on child welfare studies, didn't act

Five reviews of the Indiana Department of Child Services cost more than $1.3 million but yielded no state action to address the troubled agency's increasing caseloads.

More >> State spent $1.3M on child welfare studies, didn't act

Our Foster-Care System Shouldn’t Separate Families Either

It’s not just our immigration system; taking children away from their parents should always be a last resort.

More >> Our Foster-Care System Shouldn’t Separate Families Either

Manitoba illegally clawing back cash: Indigenous child-welfare agencies

Indigenous child-welfare agencies in Manitoba say the province is acting illegally and immorally by clawing back money earmarked for kids in care.

Six child and family services agencies are taking the government to court alleging the province has taken more than $255 million in funds.

More >> Manitoba illegally clawing back cash: Indigenous child-welfare agencies

• Minister's words highlighted in child-welfare suit against province

I-Team: Former employee for child abuse hotline says there are system flaws

The I-Team has reported on several specific child abuse cases this year. As with many of these stories, Child Protective Services was involved and the I-Team revealed flaws with these cases.

Now, the I-Team has an exclusive interview with a former employee who says one department at the agency needs to change.

More >> I-Team: Former employee for child abuse hotline says there are system flaws

NH settles another child abuse lawsuit

A 22-month-old boy suffered traumatic brain injury at the hands of foster parents whose license was rushed through by child protection workers, according to records and reports contained in a lawsuit brought by his mother.

Allegations in the 3-year-old case include claims that a private social service agency based in Northfield, the Spaulding Youth Center, ignored proper procedures for investigating the foster home and missed obvious red flags. In doing so, child-protection workers placed the toddler and his days-old sister in a foster home headed by a foster mom with family problems who had previously experienced the death of a baby under her foster care.

More >> NH settles another child abuse lawsuit

Foster case in Shrewsbury highlights red tape, alleged bias in DCF office

Tara Rees knows kids. The longtime owner and director of Skribbles Learning Centers in Northborough, as well as parent to two teenage boys and former Fresh Air Fund host parent, she has dedicated her life to helping children.

But Rees has been struggling to understand why the state Department of Children & Families Worcester East Area Office seems to be punishing rather than helping her godchildren, who are caught in the aftermath of a bitter and complicated divorce.

More >> Foster case in Shrewsbury highlights red tape, alleged bias in DCF office

County failed repeatedly to stop sexual abuse of foster children, lawsuit alleges

When a 6-year-old boy identified as A.G. in court records told his social worker in January 2006 that his foster father was hurting him, she dismissed his request for a new home.

When staff members at a family recovery center saw A.G. acting out sexually in 2007 and told the county they suspected his foster father was abusing him, the county did not intervene.

More >> County failed repeatedly to stop sexual abuse of foster children, lawsuit alleges

Troopers probe reported false child caseworker incident

All three suspects ran away when the victim threatened to call police

Detectives with the Delaware State Police are investigating an incident where three people claimed to be caseworkers from child protective services.

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Maraga to receive report on abuse of adoption process

A report showing how the process of adoption is being abused to facilitate child trafficking is set to be handed over to Chief Justice David Maraga.

A joint meeting between the CJ and Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection Ukur Yatani last week agreed that the report be handed over to the Judiciary for review.

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Brooklyn Park couple charged with murder in death of 3-year-old foster child

Sherrie Dirk, 33, and Bryce Dirk, 31, were indicted late Thursday afternoon by a Hennepin County grand jury on charges of first- and second-degree murder that also include allegations of child abuse, endangerment, neglect and “malicious punishment.”

According to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, the couple’s 3-year-old foster daughter’s weight had plummeted from the 98th percentile to the 13th percentile just weeks before her death. The county attorney’s office said Brooklyn Park police found the girl unresponsive and wrapped in sheets after being called to the home when her father noticed she was not breathing.

More >> Brooklyn Park couple charged with murder in death of 3-year-old foster child

Thousands of Canadian mothers were forced to give up their babies. Some were told to ‘get a puppy’ instead.

Their stories would not seem out of place in an episode of “The Handmaid’s Tale” – pregnant women shuttered away, violently restrained during childbirth, banned from looking at their babies – and, finally, coerced by social workers into signing adoption papers.

More than a half-century after unmarried and largely non-consenting Canadian women were sent to maternity homes to give birth in relative secrecy, a report released Thursday by a Senate committee acknowledges a “disturbing chapter” in Canadian history, when the country’s adoption policies led to hundreds of thousands of unwed mothers being forced to give up their babies for adoption.

More >> Thousands of Canadian mothers were forced to give up their babies. Some were told to ‘get a puppy’ instead.

New Reporting on the Devonte Hart Case Suggests His Biological Family Was Treated Unfairly by the Adoption System Due to Race

In the months that have passed since Devonte Hart, his adoptive parents, and three of his siblings were found dead, details have continued to emerge of the abuse the children suffered and the ways in which it was systematically overlooked by authorities. A 42-page report released in April described in aching detail the multiple run-ins Sarah and Jennifer Hart had with child welfare officials, as well as the lack of action taken after each one. In fact, the Harts were allowed to adopt three of their children, including Devonte, after an allegation of abuse had already been made against them. By the time Jennifer drunkenly drove her gold Yukon SUV off the edge of a 100-foot cliff in northern California, three different state authorities had been made aware of suspected abuse and neglect.

More >> New Reporting on the Devonte Hart Case Suggests His Biological Family Was Treated Unfairly by the Adoption System Due to Race

Case Over Psychotropic Drugs Given To Missouri Foster Kids Now A Class Action

A lawsuit charging Missouri officials have failed to properly oversee the administration of psychotropic medications to children in foster care was certified Thursday as a class action.

Finding that they face “a substantial risk of serious harm,” U.S. District Judge Nanette K. Laughrey certified a class consisting of all children in the state’s foster care system who are receiving psychotropic drugs.

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Hundreds of Texas foster care children denied Medicaid services

A private company that the state has tasked with providing Medicaid coverage to Texas foster children has repeatedly denied requests for critical care, many for children with disabilities.

Between June 7 and July 13, Superior HealthPlan denied medical services to foster children 394 times, according to data the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services provided to the American-Statesman. The agency, which oversees the state’s child welfare programs, started tracking the denials of service last month, in an effort to determine how the denials are affecting foster kids. Foster parents have reported denials from managed care organizations for years.

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DCFS investigators getting 'many different versions' of what happened when 3-year-old boy died in foster home fire

Child welfare officials said Thursday they have been told "many different versions" of what happened when a 3-year-old boy in foster care died in a fire earlier this month, apparently alone in a locked apartment.

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services gave no details, and the disclosure failed to satisfy Judge Patrick Murphy, who has criticized the agency for the slow pace of its investigation into the death of Maqkwone Jones on July 8.

More >> DCFS investigators getting 'many different versions' of what happened when 3-year-old boy died in foster home fire

• Judge unhappy with pace of DCFS investigation 11 days after boy, 3, dies in fire

Ex-Abilene CPS worker convicted in child's death case gets probation

Former Child Protective Services case worker Gretchen Denny was sentenced to 60-days in jail and six years probation for her role in the death of a 22-month-old Abilene girl.

She is expected to turn herself in tomorrow.

More >> Ex-Abilene CPS worker convicted in child's death case gets probation

• Ex-Abilene CPS worker sentenced to 6 years probation, 60 days jail in connection to toddler's death

Why does the State Department make it hard to adopt children from other countries?

Adoption from other countries is down 80 percent since its peak. Why do we make this hard? America is pro-adoption; the State Department should be, too.

More >> Why does the State Department make it hard to adopt children from other countries?

Note: So they can sell more of your kids.

Fake Child Protective Services worker tried taking 3 kids — but dad was armed, Texas cops say

The man who barged into a family’s southeast Texas home over the weekend was a total stranger.

But the stranger claimed to be a Child Protective Services worker during the July 14 encounter — and he demanded the father who lived there to hand over his three children, according to the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office.

More >> Fake Child Protective Services worker tried taking 3 kids — but dad was armed, Texas cops say

Police: Jacksonville teen assaulted after leaving group home

A Jacksonville teenager in the foster system was sexually assaulted in February as he was walking away from his group home in the Panama Park neighborhood on Jacksonville's Northside, authorities said.

The case was highlighted in a viral Facebook video in which the 15-year-old boy describes the attack, his experience in the foster care system and living at Panama Youth Services group home, The Florida Times-Union reports.

More >> Police: Jacksonville teen assaulted after leaving group home

Indiana social service providers turn away Illinois foster kids because of state’s Medicaid delinquencies

Illinois is ramping up efforts to place children under its care in other states to prevent them from having to stay in mental institutions longer than necessary, but some providers in other states won’t take the kids because of Illinois’ poor record of payment.

More >> Indiana social service providers turn away Illinois foster kids because of state’s Medicaid delinquencies

Kanawha CPS worker allegedly involved in missing teen case arrested again

A Kanawha County Child Protective Services worker, who has been charged in a separate case involving a missing teenager, was arrested again Monday.

Dustin R. Kinser, 32, has been charged with domestic battery after police say he went to his mother’s home Monday and “began to yell and rummage through the home looking for a gun,” according to a criminal complaint filed in Kanawha County Magistrate Court. He then allegedly pushed his mother onto a bed, held her down and attempted to grab her phone.

More >> Kanawha CPS worker allegedly involved in missing teen case arrested again

• Child Protective Services employee arrested while out on bail, faces charges in multiple incidents

Foster care expert says system is struggling; children now using social media to cry out for help

Dr. John DeGarmo, a foster parent himself, is also an international expert on the foster care system.

He described the current system as "struggling."

"Foster care is in crisis, due to issues such as these, as well as to the opioid epidemic that is strangling families, migration, the lack of foster parents, and of course human trafficking," he said.

More >> Foster care expert says system is struggling; children now using social media to cry out for help

Lancaster abuse case: Attorney, relatives demand criminal investigation of social workers

An attorney representing the father and other relatives of a 10-year-old Lancaster boy who died from abuse is demanding a criminal investigation of the social workers involved in the case.

More >> Lancaster abuse case: Attorney, relatives demand criminal investigation of social workers

Guest view: When child protection goes wrong

Park County has recently learned that its office of Child and Family Services is scheduled to be closed by the State of Montana. There has been publicly identified resistance to this decision, presented as though it is all bad.

But what might be the rest of the story? While this state agency sometimes saves lives, are there other voices to be heard? Do Child Protection Specialists only protect?

More >> Guest view: When child protection goes wrong

Alleged foster parent rapist back in Florence for court

A foster parent facing more than 70 child sex abuse charges is back in Florence.

Daniel Spurgeon and his wife were originally facing 700 charges together. On Monday he pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect to 76 charges.

More >> Alleged foster parent rapist back in Florence for court

'I was kidnapped and raped' Foster child calls out group home for negligence

A teenager from Panama Youth Services told police he was kidnapped and raped. The same teenager is now on Facebook being critical of the foster care system and the group home.

More >> 'I was kidnapped and raped' Foster child calls out group home for negligence

Troopers: CPS employee charged in connection with missing teen re-arrested

A suspended West Virginia Child Protective Services worker was re-arrested late Monday night, state police say.

More >> Troopers: CPS employee charged in connection with missing teen re-arrested

Kansas Drops Hiring Standards to Attract More Child Welfare Workers

As Kansas rolls out changes to its child welfare system, a decision to loosen requirements for child protection specialists has some child advocates concerned that the state is trading a quantity problem for a quality problem.

The state says it created the new staff classification – unlicensed child protection specialist – in an effort to recruit more child protection specialists, noting that last month there were almost 80 open positions in the state. Applicants aren’t required to be licensed social workers, but must have a bachelor’s degree in a related field.

More >> Kansas Drops Hiring Standards to Attract More Child Welfare Workers

Ask Amy: I Was Accused Of Abuse For Teaching My Child The Facts Of Life

I usually don't post stuff like this, but I think this dad should be filing complaints against this school nurse.  I would.

More >> Ask Amy: I Was Accused Of Abuse For Teaching My Child The Facts Of Life

Congressional panel OKs measure that allows adoption agencies to discriminate same-sex couples prompts outcry from Illinois lawmaker

Note: they call it discrimination.  I call it picking and choosing and setting standards on who they want to sell your children to.

They’re calling it the #LicensetoDiscriminate Amendment, but even that language isn’t strong enough for some Illinois lawmakers.

An amendment to a budget bill recently passed in the U.S. House Appropriations Committee would permit some religious adoption agencies the ability to block placement of children with same-sex couples, local elected leaders said at a news conference in Chicago on Monday.

More >> Congressional panel OKs measure that allows adoption agencies to discriminate same-sex couples prompts outcry from Illinois lawmaker

James Walker: Snatched? Where are the tears for American kids?

When I was 7 years old, my parents went through what I and my siblings were told was legal separation.

We were snatched away from them, kicking and screaming, by a social worker and placed in the Belleville Children’s Shelter in New Jersey while my parents attempted to work out their problems.

More >> James Walker: Snatched? Where are the tears for American kids?

Family Court Bombing: Court Case Is 'Lame', Defence Claims

"The idea that by himself he could have constructed the bombs is absurd"

The lawyer for alleged Family Court bomber Leonard John Warwick said a ‘monster’ was responsible for the infamous string of 1980s crimes, but that isn’t his client.

More >> Family Court Bombing: Court Case Is 'Lame', Defence Claims

10-year-old girl starved, burned, left in trash; grandmother sues Georgia child services

A 10-year-old Georgia girl’s death of apparent starvation could have been prevented had the state’s child protection agency thoroughly investigated repeated complaints about the girl’s abuse and neglect, a lawsuit contends.

More >> 10-year-old girl starved, burned, left in trash; grandmother sues Georgia child services

Baby LK's Top Ten CPS Horror Stories of the Week - July 15th 2018

He's back!!!

Baby LK's Top Ten CPS Horror Stories of the Week. Exposing Child Protective Services, Foster Care and Adoption for what it really is. Little Human Trafficking by government run social service agencies all over the world. This is a new series that I am trying out. Please like and share and comment if you want more.

Here are the links to all of the stories used in this video.

1. https://www.heraldandnews.com/news/inmate-sues-dhs-for-million-claiming-abuse/article_c83a232b-57c2-5d0a-8644-212bbb33df07.html

2. https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/dekalb-county/attorney-dekalb-man-had-void-adopted-10-year-old-then-killed-him/786990041
3. https://www.pnj.com/story/news/crime/2018/07/10/ex-fdle-supervisor-gets-8-life-sentences-child-sex-crimes/769573002/
4. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-dcfs-employee-charged-20180710-story.html
5. http://www.wsfa.com/story/38644488/foster-dad-in-child-sex-crime-case-extradited-to-shoals
6. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-boy-dies-fire-20180713-story.html
7. https://www.registercitizen.com/news/crime/article/Tucson-couple-with-adopted-kids-plead-guilty-to-13060845.php
8. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-foster-parents-of-disabled-children-get-far-more-benefits-than-birth-families-study-1.4008851
9. https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/crime/2018/07/09/former-cyfd-employee-accused-driving-children-while-intoxicated-dui-dwi/764745002
10. https://kfor.com/2018/07/10/former-ok-foster-wishes-employee-charged-with-embezzling-more-than-20k-from-charity/

Separating children from their parents at the border

This is what has been going on at the border over the last week.  This is what I've collected split up into the topics that I see being presented.  There have been hundreds of links all saying the same thing from different sources, and I am working with what they've given me. 

Why are they doing this?

• Border measures part of Trump’s bigger immigration crackdown 
• Detaining immigrant kids lucrative - Yes.  Just like the System Sucks in Child Welfare cases.  They have nothing to do with them being taken, but get to profit by providing services to the kids who aren't in their parents care.
• Detaining immigrant kids is now a billion-dollar industry - And guess whose paying for it.  😁

Who are the families at the border?

• Trump admin hands over names of children under 5 separated at border - 
• One kid separated from his parents may actually be American - and not eligible for reunification - An anchor baby I presume.

Do they even know who the parents are?

• Which Company Will Test the DNA of Separated Families?
• Medical experts worry about testing DNA to reunite families
• The Government Is Reportedly Trying to Make Migrant Women Pay for DNA Testing
• HHS defends decision to shorten family reunification vetting process

Sending the kids back to their parents...

• US cannot reunite dozens of child migrants with their parents
• Feds Start to Reunite Families Separated at Border
• Federal judge declines to ease deadlines for government to reunite separated families
• Reunited immigrant children scooped up into parents’ arms
• As Migrant Families Are Reunited, Some Children Don’t Recognize Their Mothers
• Honduran father seeks release of 2 daughters held in NYC foster care center
• ‘I Want Her Back’: Some Migrant Families Reunite, but Other Parents Grow Desperate
• Separated families are reunited in US, then deported back to Guatemala
• First Wave of Migrant Children Reunited With Parents
• Trump administration says detained parents must decide whether to keep families intact

Ut oh... They didn't do it on time...

• US falls short of deadline to reunite kids, parents
• Trump Administration Will Only Reunite Half of Separated Migrant Kids Under Age Five by Court Deadline
• US has no excuse for delay in reuniting immigrant children with their parents
• Why the government missed the deadline to reunite immigrant families
• US judge criticizes plan to reunify families split at border
• Parents desperate as government misses migrant family reunification deadline

What if they can't reunite all the kids with their parents?

• Gov. Inslee: Trump admin won’t reunite all migrant families, will place some kids in foster care
• Can separated immigrant children just walk out of shelters? Technically, yes.

F****** Liberals...

• Vigil for migrant children held outside youth facility in Bristow
• Watch: Joe Kennedy III details NYC visit with migrant children in foster care
• Top Religious Groups Privately Urged DHS Not To Separate Immigrant Parents And Children - Yep.  It seems that some Religious Groups don't support Trumps policy of splitting up families at the border.  Therefore they must be liberals.
• ACLU: Trump administration should pay counseling for separated families

Foster dad in child sex crime case extradited to Shoals

Daniel Spurgeon, the man indicted on hundreds of child sex abuse charges in Lauderdale County, was extradited from Florida on Friday.

Spurgeon and his wife, Jenise Spurgeon, are accused of multiple sex crimes against foster children who were in their care while they were in the Shoals.

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Judge works out deal to bring family together for funeral of boy who died in foster home fire

When 3-year-old Maqkwone Jones is laid to rest next week, he will be surrounded by a family that has rarely been together for nearly a year.


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Congress Weighs Pilot Program for Predictive Analytics Use in Child Welfare

A new bill introduced by Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) last month would establish a pilot program to test the use of predictive analytics in identifying and protecting children who are at risk of maltreatment.

The bill, “Using Data to Help Protect Children and Family Act,” would set aside $10 million for the Department of Health and Human Services to work with five states or tribes to implement predictive analytics tools. Entities would be required to apply with a description of their research methodology and its limitations.

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All Hail The Whistleblowers: George Dudney Tells His Story On The Trafficking Of Tiny Humans In Foster Care

Instead of listening to media-backed NGOs and their chosen "Elected Ones" who are notorious for highjacking any narrative in dealing with children being separated from parents, distorting it or following those who are into making jest of the tortures of children of "The Poors" (always said with clinched teeth) through their 15 minutes of social media fame, disturbingly reducing the horrors of child welfare into some sensationally manipulated platform, meme or hashtag, just to get Patreon contributors, a vote in an election, or any other forms of questionable intrinsic rewards, why not listen to the children?

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Former CYFD employee accused of driving children while intoxicated

A former New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department employee is accused of child abuse for allegedly driving her children to their father's residence while intoxicated.

Dionna Anderson, 30, is accused of two third-degree felony counts of child abuse and a misdemeanor count of violating protective order, according to court documents.

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Research Shows That Anyone Could Forget Kids in Hot Cars

If parents think they would never forget their child in a hot car, they should think again. It can happen to anyone.

A leading expert in cognitive neuroscience who has studied the role of memory in such tragedies has found that stresses parents face in everyday life can make these memory lapses more likely.

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Tucson couple with adopted kids plead guilty to child abuse

A Tucson couple has pleaded guilty to child abuse after their four adopted children were found living in alarming conditions.

Authorities say the children were allegedly locked in separate rooms for up to 12 hours at a time with no access to food, water, lights or bathroom facilities.

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Police look into claims of teenage girl abused in foster care

Western Australia police are investigating an allegation that a 13-year-old Aboriginal girl has been sexually abused while in the care of a departmental foster carer.

WA’s Department of Child Protection has also been directed by its minister to look into a separate complaint that the same child has been subjected to physical abuse and neglect while in care in the northern mining town of Newman, in the Pilbara region.

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Inmate sues DHS for $8.8 million, claiming abuse

A Klamath Falls man currently in prison for firearm theft has sued the Department of Human Services (DHS) for allegedly allowing his children to live with abusive foster parents.

Korderro Robert Bailey, 28, filed suit July 5 in federal court seeking $8.8 million for abuses he claims happened to his son and step-daughter dating back to 2013.

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Judge scolds DCFS for refusing to discuss death of boy, 3, in foster home fire: 'You tell me how he died, OK?'

A Cook County judge angrily scolded the state's child welfare agency Thursday over the slow pace of its investigation into the fire death of a 3-year-old boy in foster care, losing his temper when officials refused to provide any details.

"You tell me how he died, OK?” Juvenile Court Judge Patrick Murphy said during an often combative hearing. “I failed a kid because I appointed you as a guardian.’’

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• Foster mother of boy who died in fire was investigated by DCFS earlier this year

Program to reunite families disrupted by substance abuse exceeding expectations

When children are removed from the home or face the risk of removal because of parental substance abuse, the experience can be traumatic and have long-lasting effects on both the children and parents. A federally funded project designed to reunify and strengthen families in these situations throughout Kansas has shown success in reducing the traumatic effects substance abuse can have, and it is beginning to show progress in boosting reunification of families over traditional services.

Kansas Serves Substance Affected Families is a federally funded program now in its fourth of five years. The $2.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families is part of a national effort through public-private partnerships to improve well-being, safety and reunification outcomes.

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Poverty grounds for separating kids from their families in Canada

British Columbia is a rich Canadian province. As with most places where money flows freely, not everyone is allowed a taste of privilege.

British Columbia has one of the highest rates of child-poverty in the whole nation. This lack of wealth to buy the basics of life that most of us take for granted has been giving B.C.’s Ministry of Children and Family Development the excuse it needs to remove kids from their parents. The premise for doing so, sounds logical: If you can’t pay to properly feed, clothe and house your child, you’re neglecting your child. The government will step in to do what you can’t and, in the process, take your child away from you. But once you start picking apart the apparatus that serves to ‘protect’ the kids separated from impoverished families, it’s easy to see that provincial government’s methodology is based in cruel madness, masquerading as concern.

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Quebec foster parents of disabled children get far more benefits than birth families: study

Families that foster children with disabilities get paid 70 per cent more benefits by the government than a family that chooses to keep the kids in the home, according to a new study.

The survey by the Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton firm has gotten the attention of families of disabled kids, who are now demanding parity in benefits with foster families.

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Report addresses over-representation of Black and Indigenous children in foster care

The Ontario Human Rights Commission is calling on the provincial government and Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies to address the over-representation of Black and Indigenous children in foster care in Ontario.

According to the OHRC’s report “Interrupted Childhoods: Over-representation of Indigenous and Black children in Ontario child welfare,” while Indigenous children make up 4.1 per cent of Ontario’s population under the age of 15, they account for 30 per cent of the province’s foster children. Overall, the rate of Black children in care was 2.2 times higher than their proportion in the population.

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• Crucial detail left out of Ontario’s new child welfare legislation

A painful reunion at school of horror

The Florida State Reform School — more dungeon than deliverance for much of its 108-year history — has kept chilling secrets hidden behind red-brick walls and a razor wire fence amid the gently rolling hills of rural North Florida.

Established by state lawmakers in 1897 as a high-minded experiment where "young offenders, separated from the vicious, may receive careful, physical, intellectual and moral training," the reformatory instead became a Dickensian nightmare.

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Exclusive interview: the father who nearly lost his child to adoption

Now to an immigration story which has echoes of Donald Trump’s Mexican border policy, only it involves the authorities in the UK. We have been speaking exclusively to a father who was separated from his three-year-old daughter who was nearly put up for adoption while he was detained. They’ve been awarded £50,000 in compensation from the Home Office, which admitted it had breached its own policies.

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Settlement reached in 'illegal adoption' case

Tressa Reeves (nee Donnelly) and her son Patrick Farrell settled a high court action against a catholic adoption agency and the Irish state.

RTÉ reported Ms Reeves sought damages over the alleged illegal adoption of her son by St. Patrick's Guild in 1961.

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Ex-FDLE supervisor sentenced to eight life sentences for abusing four boys

A former Florida Department of Law Enforcement child sex investigator will begin serving eight life sentences for sexually abusing two of his son’s friends and two foster children in his care.

Charles McMullen chose not to say anything to Circuit Judge John Simon before Simon imposed the sentence Tuesday morning in Santa Rosa County Court, instead standing quietly behind his defense attorneys.

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L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services employee charged with distributing child pornography

An employee of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services has been charged with distributing child pornography online, the district attorney’s office announced Tuesday.

Carlos Enrique Castillo, 54, faces five felony counts of distributing child pornography and one felony count of possession of over 600 images of child or youth pornography, according to the criminal complaint. Castillo pleaded not guilty on Tuesday.

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Tasmanian man who indecently assaulted foster child fined and put on sex offender register

The male partner of a Tasmanian foster carer has been fined $886 and placed on the sex offender register for 12 months, for indecently assaulting a child while in his care.

The 57-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was sentenced in the Magistrates Court in Launceston today.

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Will caseworkers face discipline for death of Euclid child? Family speaks out

The Child Welfare Review Panel reviewing how Cuyahoga County Children and Family Services handled the case of 4-year-old Aniya Day-Garrett and their policies completed the case review on June 28, but the results of report will not be released this week according to a county spokeswoman.

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Attorney: DeKalb man had ‘void,' adopted 10-year-old – then killed him

Defense attorney Daryl Queen clasped his hands and spoke to the DeKalb County jury tenderly, like a pastor to a grieving family. He told them about Leon Williams, 44, a former longtime state worker who had a void in his life, who wanted a son and decided he had enough love and patience to handle a 10-year-old with autism, communication issues and myriad mental challenges.

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Underfunding to blame for child protection 'crisis', says report

Well why not just come right out and say it eh?  They want more money.

A former Tory children’s minister has blamed the government’s “woeful underfunding” of local authorities for a crisis in child protection that is putting the safety of vulnerable young people at risk.

The MP Tim Loughton, who served as children’s minister in David Cameron’s coalition government, said pressure on safeguarding services in some areas was so severe that often the only way to guarantee safety for children was to take them into care.

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Former OK Foster Wishes employee charged with embezzling more than $20K from charity

A former volunteer and employee at Oklahoma Foster Wishes is charged with embezzling almost all of the charity's proceeds.

According to Norman police, Stephanie Ann McElhaney was an administrative assistant at the organization when she stole nearly $23,000. She is charged with felony embezzlement.

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Activist group makes recommendations for children's services after death of Aniya Day-Garrett

A committee of activists is recommending several changes to Cuyahoga County children's services following the death of 4-year-old Aniya Day-Garrett earlier this year.

Aniya's death, allegedly at the hands of her mother and mother's boyfriend, sent shock waves through the community, especially after multiple investigations revealed she was not removed from her home despite signs of abuse. At least two day care centers Aniya went too have since been shut down as a result.

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Study: Family Court not equipped to deal with parental alienation

An Auckland mother says her close relationship with her two sons quickly disappeared when her marriage broke up.

It came as a surprise to her, as she had been their primary caregiver and doted on them. The father had been distant from the kids before they broke up in 2015.

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Family Court is clogged with petty cases from spurned exes

An “overburdened” veteran Queens Family Court judge says a law extending Family Court protections to people who aren’t related is clogging his courthouse with cases that take precious time away from more serious domestic violence disputes.

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Up to 30 foster children a day living in motels due to lack of carers

Between 20-30 children in state care are living in motels every day, due to a lack of foster caregivers, according to Oranga Tamariki.

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Scotland’s child abuse inquiry to investigate ‘additional institutions’

The judge leading Scotland’s child abuse inquiry has said a “significant number” of additional institutions are to be investigated by her team.

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Evidence of illegal birth registrations exists in multiple adoption agencies - Dept

Evidence of illegal birth registrations exists in the records of multiple adoption agencies but a full inquiry into the scale of illegal adoptions would be “onerous” and require “massive resources”.

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New Arizona Law Could Reduce DCS Child Removals

In the fall of 2015, the number of Arizona children being removed from their homes by child-welfare workers to protect against abuse or neglect hit a high point. More than 6,800 of them were removed, and the number of children in the system neared 19,000.

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Baby Was Sold at Indian Shelter Tied to Mother Teresa, Police Say

A nun and a charity worker were accused this week of selling a baby at a shelter for unmarried mothers in eastern India run by an organization founded by Mother Teresa.

The police said Thursday that they had arrested the two women, who worked at the Missionaries of Charity-run shelter in Ranchi, the capital of the eastern state of Jharkhand.

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The silent scandal: Children behind closed doors

The plight of children whose parents entered the country illegally has been broadcast daily, and continually, through new stories, blogs and tweets. Pictures of those crying children have seared into our hearts and generated a response from thousands of Americans. One online funding campaign, launched by a couple in Silicon Valley to provide $1,500 to unite one immigrant mother and daughter, garnered more $20 million from 300,000 donors within just several days. 

Yet, far from the media spotlight and headlines, for decades, hundreds of thousands of American children have been suffering without anyone’s notice behind closed doors. Within the massive bureaucracy of the nation’s foster care system, many youths spend their entire childhood without experiencing the stability and security of a “forever family.” On any given day, more than 400,000 children and youths are in the system.

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FOSTER KIDS REUNITE WITH SIBLINGS AT CAMP TO BELONG

Last week, children and teens who live apart from their brothers and sisters were reunited with their siblings at Camp to Belong. Now in its 10th year in Washington state, the camp took place June 25-30 at Miracle Ranch in Port Orchard and is hosted by the Department of Social and Health Services’ (DSHS) Children’s Administration in partnership with Foster Family Connections and Camp to Belong WA.

Most of the roughly 100 campers, who travel to Kitsap County for a weeklong opportunity to make lifelong memories, are currently or have been in foster care. They live in Washington, with a few traveling in from out of state, and they all live apart from their siblings. About half the campers have previously attended Camp to Belong WA and will serve as mentors to those kids who are first-time attendees.

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SURROGACY FEE FEAR Up to £60k is being paid by some desperate Brit couples who choose to have a baby by surrogacy

DESPERATE couples are spending up to £60,000 to have a baby using British surrogate mums, a conference has heard.

The huge sum is more than double the average UK salary of £25,000 and five to ten times what experts say it should cost.

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'Twisted' paedophile former social worker could die behind bars after horrific abuse of young boy

A paedophile former social worker faces dying behind bars after being jailed for 17 years.

James Peter Gavin, aged 82, described as a “twisted and manipulative predator” committed the offences while the victim, a young boy, stayed at foster homes and the former Foxholes Children’s Home in Rochdale.

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New rules for DCF investigators face criticism

Kansas’ Department for Children and Families is facing criticism from some in the child welfare community over its decision to loosen requirements for some staff positions.

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Speaker ‘disturbed’ DCS failed to act on past reports

Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma said Monday that he was “disturbed” after finding out that the state’s child welfare agency failed to take action after five different reviews conducted in recent years found problems at the agency.

The revelation was included in a sixth report on the Department of Child Services, which was released in June by a consultant hired by Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb.

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Negligence charges for former child welfare official after kids abused in foster care

Ontario Provincial Police have taken the unusual step of charging the head of a Children's Aid Society for overseeing an agency that placed 10 children with foster parents who ended up being convicted of sexual abuse.

Bill Sweet, 67, former executive director of the Prince Edward County CAS, was charged in May with 10 counts of negligence causing bodily harm and 10 counts of failing to provide the necessities of life — a charge usually reserved for guardians who neglect children.

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Court hears adoption agency had no record of child's birth

A woman who claims her son was illegally adopted and that she was prevented from finding him, has said the adoption agency through which he was adopted, told her ten years later, they had no record of his birth.

Tressa Reeves gave birth to her son on 13 March, 1961. She did not see him again until January 2013. The court has heard he was given to a family in Carlow without an adoption order and that a new birth certificate was issued for him in a different name and with a different date of birth.

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• Mother and son separated for 51 years take Irish adoption agency to court

Maine’s failed to keep at-risk youth safe. No wonder Long Creek is overwhelmed.

The last time Maine’s system for providing children with mental health services got a comprehensive look was in 1997.

That’s when state officials — at the Legislature’s direction, and with the help of service providers, parents and others — assembled a strategic plan for building up the range of services for children with mental health challenges that they could access without having to check into a hospital or be committed to an institution.

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Nearly all children whose mothers are sent to prison are uprooted from their homes, finds report

The government has been accused of being “blind to the needs” of children whose mothers go to jail as new research shows 95 per cent of them are forced to leave their homes.

A report by the Prison Reform Trust reveals more than 16,000 youngsters were uprooted from their family homes last year because their mothers were sentenced to prison, usually for non-violent crimes.

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American Families Face Increasing Odds Against International Adoption

After 11 months of paperwork and preparation, Natalie Young was ready to jumpstart her potential son’s adoption from Guatemala. All she needed was approval from his birth country.

One day shy of getting the green light to move forward, Young and her family were blindsided.

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100-year-old mother meets daughter taken away for adoption

It was a reunion that many may have thought would never happen. A 79-year-old woman finally met her mother more than half a century after she found out she was adopted.

Joanne Loewenstern, 79, was only 16 when she found out she was adopted. She was told that her birth mother had died after she was born in a Bronx hospital, The Washington Post reported.

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Q&A: Comedian Corey White reveals horrific details of sexual assault in foster care

"I was in and out of foster care until the age of 10. I experienced rape, physical abuse, sexual abuse, starvation. My mother died of a heroin overdose when I was 10 and I was in one particular foster home that was absolutely horrific," White explained.

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