A group of Illinois parents has been in the news recently for taking advantage of a legal loophole in order to get their kids college financial aid: The parents are giving up custody of their kids in order to game the system. As a mom who’s currently engaged in a difficult custody battle of my own, these parents are rubbing salt in my wounds. Not only are they taking for granted the very thing that so many of us parents fight long and hard for — custody of our children — but they are relinquishing it in order to get financial breaks they don’t deserve.
Similar to the college admissions scandal a few months ago — during which rich Hollywood parents used bribery to get their not-necessarily-deserving kids into college — here we are again, faced with the sobering reality of class warfare. But how did we get here? How did college admission and aid become a war? Why can’t the privileged check themselves and give the financial assistance to vulnerable families who truly need it?
More >> I’m a Mom Fighting for Custody — & the Parents Giving it Up for College Aid Make Me Sick
Showing posts with label child welfare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label child welfare. Show all posts
Sunday, August 04, 2019
DCF declines to pursue case after witness claims to see child punished at restaurant
The Department of Children and Families has declined to pursue a case after a witness called police about what was viewed as excessive force used on a child at a restaurant in The Villages.
The witness called law enforcement on the evening of July 27 after she saw a man remove his three-year-old daughter from Chili’s restaurant on Avenida Central, according to an incident report from the Lady Lake Police Department. The father later admitted to police he had spanked the child in the parking. The witness claimed the father had spanked the child so hard she was finding it hard to catch her breath, the report said.
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The witness called law enforcement on the evening of July 27 after she saw a man remove his three-year-old daughter from Chili’s restaurant on Avenida Central, according to an incident report from the Lady Lake Police Department. The father later admitted to police he had spanked the child in the parking. The witness claimed the father had spanked the child so hard she was finding it hard to catch her breath, the report said.
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Saturday, August 03, 2019
School-lunch debt cleared; N.E. Pa. superintendent ‘appalled and upset’ by district’s foster-care threats to parents
As of Thursday, no family in the Northeastern Pennsylvania school district that attracted national attention for its efforts to collect student lunch debt.
More >> School-lunch debt cleared; N.E. Pa. superintendent ‘appalled and upset’ by district’s foster-care threats to parents
More >> School-lunch debt cleared; N.E. Pa. superintendent ‘appalled and upset’ by district’s foster-care threats to parents
Foster care providers fear loss of funding due to Family First Act
A successful foster care provider in Saline County is fighting for kids he serves.
For 19 years, Second Chance Youth Ranch has housed foster children and supported foster families.
“We provide the support, the knowledge, the wisdom,” said Perry Black, founder of the non-profit organization. “We take off a lot of those responsibilities of the families. We help them with budgeting, planning, safety factors, transportation. We provide the house and the utilities.”
Illinois DCFS: Agency didn't track kids sleeping in offices
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has acknowledged it didn't track how many children were forced to sleep in its offices until recently.
The agency reports 16 children were forced to sleep in DCFS offices between May 6 and June 28 of this year. It says it didn't track those numbers before May 6.
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The agency reports 16 children were forced to sleep in DCFS offices between May 6 and June 28 of this year. It says it didn't track those numbers before May 6.
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IN DEPTH: Incarcerated parents learn to live away from their children while remaining relevant to families
Marcus and Jasson Jr. can’t wait to wrestle with their dad.
The brothers sat with their grandmother, Kim Howell, on July 3 inside the family’s living room in Portage. It was a fairly normal evening, and just earlier that week, they had spoken to their father, Jasson Howell Sr.
More >> IN DEPTH: Incarcerated parents learn to live away from their children while remaining relevant to families
The brothers sat with their grandmother, Kim Howell, on July 3 inside the family’s living room in Portage. It was a fairly normal evening, and just earlier that week, they had spoken to their father, Jasson Howell Sr.
More >> IN DEPTH: Incarcerated parents learn to live away from their children while remaining relevant to families
A police officer tried to report suspected child neglect to the state’s 24-hour hotline. He was told to leave a message and wait up to 4 days for a callback.
A small police department in the northwest suburbs had received several calls about a local family, raising the possibility that young children might be living in a dangerous home.
Concerned citizens began contacting the McCullom Lake Police Department in March to relay a number of allegations: The children were playing alone in the street and on the roof of the house, a baby strapped into a car seat was left unattended on the front porch and someone inside the home threatened to beat the children, according to police reports obtained by the Tribune in a public records request.
More >> A police officer tried to report suspected child neglect to the state’s 24-hour hotline. He was told to leave a message and wait up to 4 days for a callback.
Concerned citizens began contacting the McCullom Lake Police Department in March to relay a number of allegations: The children were playing alone in the street and on the roof of the house, a baby strapped into a car seat was left unattended on the front porch and someone inside the home threatened to beat the children, according to police reports obtained by the Tribune in a public records request.
More >> A police officer tried to report suspected child neglect to the state’s 24-hour hotline. He was told to leave a message and wait up to 4 days for a callback.
Voices for Children report shows racial disparity in calls to Nebraska abuse/neglect hotline
A report by Voices for Children in Nebraska shows children of minority groups are more likely to be the subject of maltreatment reports to the state's child abuse/neglect hotline.
The report, "Equality Before the Law: Race and Ethnicity in the Front End of Nebraska’s Child Welfare System," examined calls to the child abuse and neglect hotline and the immediate child welfare system response.
More >> Voices for Children report shows racial disparity in calls to Nebraska abuse/neglect hotline
The report, "Equality Before the Law: Race and Ethnicity in the Front End of Nebraska’s Child Welfare System," examined calls to the child abuse and neglect hotline and the immediate child welfare system response.
More >> Voices for Children report shows racial disparity in calls to Nebraska abuse/neglect hotline
US asylum laws foster child trafficking at southern border, Utah Sen. Mike Lee says
Left unchanged, U.S. asylum laws will continue to let human traffickers bring children across the southern border and sell them as sex slaves, Sen. Mike Lee told a U.S. Senate committee Thursday.
"Children are brought to the border by cartels who know the U.S. government will essentially complete the trafficking route for them at the end of the road by releasing the child into the interior, in some cases to sponsors who claim to be relatives but in fact are only the final link in the trafficking chain," he said.
More >> US asylum laws foster child trafficking at southern border, Utah Sen. Mike Lee says
"Children are brought to the border by cartels who know the U.S. government will essentially complete the trafficking route for them at the end of the road by releasing the child into the interior, in some cases to sponsors who claim to be relatives but in fact are only the final link in the trafficking chain," he said.
More >> US asylum laws foster child trafficking at southern border, Utah Sen. Mike Lee says
- Doctors call for investigation after 3 migrant children in custody die of flu
- These Horrifying Family Separation Cases Have All Happened Since Trump “Ended” the Policy
- 'Timely Action Is Critical': Doctors Call On Congress to Investigate Children's Deaths In Migrant Detention Centers
- ‘Why did you leave me?’ In new testimonies, migrants describe the ‘torment’ of child separation
Department of Children doesn't know identity of 37 childcare facilities at 'critical' level of risk
THE DEPARTMENT OF Children has said it does not know the identity of the 37 childcare facilities which Tusla has identified where critical levels of non-compliance are occuring.
The agency’s Director of Quality Assurance Brian Lee told the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs yesterday that 37 facilities are on the highest level of risk on Tusla’s risk register.
More >> Department of Children doesn't know identity of 37 childcare facilities at 'critical' level of risk
The agency’s Director of Quality Assurance Brian Lee told the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs yesterday that 37 facilities are on the highest level of risk on Tusla’s risk register.
More >> Department of Children doesn't know identity of 37 childcare facilities at 'critical' level of risk
Friday, August 02, 2019
Texas pediatrician on border crisis: ‘Kids don’t go in cages’
Over a 13-year career as a pediatrician in Texas, Dr. Marsha Griffin has visited every government facility that could hold newly arrived migrant children in the Rio Grande Valley.
She visited U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities during the 2013 and 2014 surge in unaccompanied minors arriving from Central America, when the agency retrofitted a warehouse in McAllen, Texas, into its largest detention center for unauthorized immigrants. Over the past 12 months, she has been visiting the facilities again – including a new temporary CBP facility in Donna, Texas, amid another surge in unaccompanied minors and families from Central America.
More >> Texas pediatrician on border crisis: ‘Kids don’t go in cages’
She visited U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities during the 2013 and 2014 surge in unaccompanied minors arriving from Central America, when the agency retrofitted a warehouse in McAllen, Texas, into its largest detention center for unauthorized immigrants. Over the past 12 months, she has been visiting the facilities again – including a new temporary CBP facility in Donna, Texas, amid another surge in unaccompanied minors and families from Central America.
More >> Texas pediatrician on border crisis: ‘Kids don’t go in cages’
- Advocates: 'Horrible deja vu' in continued family separation
- ACLU says Trump admin has separated over 900 migrant children in past year
- Editorial: The Trump administration is using any excuse it can find to separate migrant families
- US has taken nearly 1,000 child migrants from their parents since judge ordered stop to border separations, ACLU says
- Booker on detention facilities for unauthorized border crossings
- N.C. shut down a group home last year. The US just gave it a contract to house migrant children
- Lindsey Graham to change rules, break ties with Democrats to curb asylum seekers at US border
- Her toddler died weeks after leaving ICE custody. She's suing a private prison company for $40 million
After boy’s death, family sues L.A. County’s child welfare agency for $50 million
Even years later, tears still flow easily for Maria Barron when she describes her efforts to rescue her nephew, Anthony Avalos, from his abusive Antelope Valley home.
She had been a constant presence in Anthony’s life — potty training, consulting with his teachers in preschool, hearing his boyhood dreams about being a fireman. Before his death at age 10, the boy confided in her and her husband about the abuse, too.
More >> After boy’s death, family sues L.A. County’s child welfare agency for $50 million
She had been a constant presence in Anthony’s life — potty training, consulting with his teachers in preschool, hearing his boyhood dreams about being a fireman. Before his death at age 10, the boy confided in her and her husband about the abuse, too.
More >> After boy’s death, family sues L.A. County’s child welfare agency for $50 million
Independent Report Finds Shortcomings in RI DCYF
An independent report on Rhode Island's child welfare agency has found serious shortcomings.
The Providence Journal reports that the Public Consulting Group Inc. report found that the Department of Children, Youth and Families failed to meet the target outcomes in 12 of 20 performance areas. The report covers the second half of 2018.
More >> Independent Report Finds Shortcomings in RI DCYF
The Providence Journal reports that the Public Consulting Group Inc. report found that the Department of Children, Youth and Families failed to meet the target outcomes in 12 of 20 performance areas. The report covers the second half of 2018.
More >> Independent Report Finds Shortcomings in RI DCYF
Thursday, August 01, 2019
Parents giving up legal rights to their children to get more financial aid exposes deep flaws in U.S. college system
Just months after the college admissions scandal, more evidence has surfaced of the lengths well-off parents will go to get ahead in the college process.
Dozens of parents in the suburbs of Chicago transferred guardianship of their high-school-age children to relatives or friends and then used the new legal status to declare their children as independent for purposes of qualifying for federal, state and institutional financial aid, according to reports ProPublica and The Wall Street Journal published this week.
More >> Parents giving up legal rights to their children to get more financial aid exposes deep flaws in U.S. college system
Dozens of parents in the suburbs of Chicago transferred guardianship of their high-school-age children to relatives or friends and then used the new legal status to declare their children as independent for purposes of qualifying for federal, state and institutional financial aid, according to reports ProPublica and The Wall Street Journal published this week.
More >> Parents giving up legal rights to their children to get more financial aid exposes deep flaws in U.S. college system
Marcia Lowry, With New Secret Funding Source, Resumes Lawsuit Against New York City Foster Care
A nonprofit law firm representing a group of New York City foster youth has resumed long-running litigation against the city’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) and the state agency that oversees it.
A Better Childhood (ABC), along with its white-shoe litigation partner Cravath, Swaine & Moore, has delivered a nearly 300-page filing to a federal courthouse in lower Manhattan, with new evidence and allegations of money grabbing by nonprofit foster care agencies, frequent protocol violations, and too-frequent abuse of children, many of whom are staying too long in foster care in violation of federal law.
More >> Marcia Lowry, With New Secret Funding Source, Resumes Lawsuit Against New York City Foster Care
A Better Childhood (ABC), along with its white-shoe litigation partner Cravath, Swaine & Moore, has delivered a nearly 300-page filing to a federal courthouse in lower Manhattan, with new evidence and allegations of money grabbing by nonprofit foster care agencies, frequent protocol violations, and too-frequent abuse of children, many of whom are staying too long in foster care in violation of federal law.
More >> Marcia Lowry, With New Secret Funding Source, Resumes Lawsuit Against New York City Foster Care
ACLU Says Trump Admin Has Separated 900 Migrant Children Despite Court Order
The American Civil Liberties Union told a judge Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s administration has separated more than 900 migrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border since June 2018, despite a court order for the government to slow down the practice.
In its 200-plus-page filing, the ACLU alleges that the government has separated 911 children by way of a loophole the court allowed for children whose parents had a criminal history or showed signs of disease or neglect.
More >> ACLU Says Trump Admin Has Separated 900 Migrant Children Despite Court Order
In its 200-plus-page filing, the ACLU alleges that the government has separated 911 children by way of a loophole the court allowed for children whose parents had a criminal history or showed signs of disease or neglect.
More >> ACLU Says Trump Admin Has Separated 900 Migrant Children Despite Court Order
Former Waukesha County juvenile social worker indicted for possession and distribution of child pornography
A former juvenile social worker for the Waukesha County Department of Health and Human Services has been indicted on suspicion of possession and distribution of child pornography.
A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Bernard J. Trokan, 53, of Hartland on July 23, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
More >> Former Waukesha County juvenile social worker indicted for possession and distribution of child pornography
A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Bernard J. Trokan, 53, of Hartland on July 23, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
More >> Former Waukesha County juvenile social worker indicted for possession and distribution of child pornography
Foster dad gets 10 years for child-sex abuse
A Winnipeg man who sexually abused three foster children over the course of nearly a decade has condemned his victims to a "lifetime of trauma and pain," a judge said Tuesday.
"There are no adjectives to properly describe the court's repugnance, repudiation and rejection of your vile and depraved acts," provincial court Judge Ray Wyant told the 49-year-old man, before sentencing him to 10 years in prison.
More >> Foster dad gets 10 years for child-sex abuse
"There are no adjectives to properly describe the court's repugnance, repudiation and rejection of your vile and depraved acts," provincial court Judge Ray Wyant told the 49-year-old man, before sentencing him to 10 years in prison.
More >> Foster dad gets 10 years for child-sex abuse
MAJOR ZUCK-UP Facebook risks hindering child abuse and terrorism investigations by hiding online messages, warns Priti Patel
FACEBOOK has been warned by the new Home Secretary that its plans to hide online messages risks police investigations into child abuse and terrorism.
Priti Patel told the tech giant that increasing users’ privacy by making their chats secret will hinder detectives as they try to track down paedophiles and extremists.
More >> MAJOR ZUCK-UP Facebook risks hindering child abuse and terrorism investigations by hiding online messages, warns Priti Patel
Priti Patel told the tech giant that increasing users’ privacy by making their chats secret will hinder detectives as they try to track down paedophiles and extremists.
More >> MAJOR ZUCK-UP Facebook risks hindering child abuse and terrorism investigations by hiding online messages, warns Priti Patel
New Zealand rocked by Māori protests on child removals and use of sacred land
Māori leaders are staging two major protests in New Zealand, straining relations with the Labour coalition government and drawing accusations that Jacinda Ardern – who is visiting the remote Pacific territory of Tokelau – is a “part-time prime minister”.
On Tuesday, hundreds of activists marched on parliament house in Wellington, as well as other New Zealand cities, calling for an overhaul of the government’s child welfare agency, Oranga Tamariki [Ministry for Children], amid a series of controversial cases in which Māori children and newborns were taken into state care.
More >> New Zealand rocked by Māori protests on child removals and use of sacred land
On Tuesday, hundreds of activists marched on parliament house in Wellington, as well as other New Zealand cities, calling for an overhaul of the government’s child welfare agency, Oranga Tamariki [Ministry for Children], amid a series of controversial cases in which Māori children and newborns were taken into state care.
More >> New Zealand rocked by Māori protests on child removals and use of sacred land
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