Foster Parents Who Beat 2-Year-Old to Death Cry as They Are Found Guilty of Murder

On Thursday, a Georgia jury convicted a 30-year-old woman and her 29-year-old husband of murdering their 2-year-old foster daughter in 2015, according to multiple reports.

Jennifer and Joseph Rosenbaum were both facing 49 counts stemming from the death of Laila Daniel.

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Foster grandparent pleads guilty to child sex abuse

A Franklin County foster grandparent is in prison for sexually abusing five children.

James Horton pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of child sex abuse. Investigators say Horton abused five kindergarten children in the foster grandparent program. As part of the plea deal, Horton was sentenced to seven years in prison.

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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.”

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‘A deeply broken process’: DCFS on how kids in its care end up sleeping in offices

The recent revelation that children under the care of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services had been sleeping in administrative offices may be “merely the tip of a very large iceberg,” a county watchdog says.

Internal emails show DCFS recognized last month that it had a “deeply broken process” that led to children spending the night in office space, sometimes on the floor.

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Couple found guilty in the murder of two-year-old foster child

It was jaw dropping and tearful moment in a Henry County courtroom as a couple learned they were found guilty of murdering a two-year-old toddler.

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Jury being sequestered in trial for foster parents accused in toddler's death

 The jury has officially been sequestered in the trial against a Henry County couple accused of killing their 2-year-old foster child.

Jennifer and Joseph Rosenbaum have been on trial for weeks for the death of Laila Daniel.

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Massachusetts House votes to require more reporting from Department of Children and Families on foster care system; wellness bill passes 156-0

The Massachusetts House on Wednesday passed a bill that would require the Department of Children and Families to report on its efforts to improve the foster care system, in light of a litany of complaints from foster parents.

The Republican/MassLive.com reported earlier this year on a number of foster parents who complained of disrespectful treatment, a lack of information and bureaucratic hurdles from DCF. Parents said they were not given information about children’s medical records or court dates and about what resources were available to help them care for children.

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CYFD and foster parent sued over baby’s death

The state Children, Youth and Families Department and several of its employees, supervisors and an approved foster parent have been named in a lawsuit alleging, among other things, the wrongful death of a child in December 2017.

The lawsuit also alleges negligence and causing the “physical injury, pain and severe emotional distress” of the deceased child’s two siblings.

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Slidell man arrested for sex crimes against juveniles

A Northshore man has been booked on sex crimes against juveniles, according to the Louisiana Attorney General's Office.

Investigators said they received a tip Friday afternoon involving Michael Reynolds. By Friday evening, the AG's Office said Reynolds was arrested on dozens of counts.

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Children in care in Nottingham 'abused by predators'

Hundreds of children were sexually abused by predatory foster carers and residential home staff who were allowed to thrive, an inquiry has found.

Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County councils exposed vulnerable children to repeated rapes and physical abuse, a report said.

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• Nottinghamshire children in care abused for decades – report

Oregon's foster care system will take time to fix

If Oregonians were expecting to see problems in the state's foster care system disappear overnight, they're in for a disappointment. As the Department of Human Services' July report on child welfare demonstrates, some things are improving; others, not so much.


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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.

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California father, son charged with sexual abuse of multiple foster children for years

Police in Antioch, California have arrested a father and son on charges of sexually abusing multiple children under their care for six years.

Simon Mendoza Chavez, 64, and his son Simon Magana Chavez, 31, provided foster care for children between 2011 and 2017.

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• Antioch father, son charged with sexual abuse of multiple foster children for years

Still no verdict for ex-foster parents accused in 2-year-old’s death

Laila Marie Daniel, 2-years-old, died in November 2015. Her foster mother and father, Jennifer and Joseph Rosenbaum, went on trial beginning July 8, 2019, on murder charges in connection with her death. HANDOUT

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Foster dad pleads guilty to child sex crimes in Lauderdale County

One of the suspects in one of the worst child abuse cases ever for the Shoals has pleaded guilty.

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• Former foster parent pleads to 14 counts of abuse

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Former foster family says state not meeting needs of foster children

Thousands of children in Tennessee are in foster care.

But a recent foster family says the Department of Children’s Services (DCS) does not give parents the support they need.

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Foster father, son accused of sexually abusing children, Contra Costa DA says

A foster parent and his son are accused of sexually abusing multiple children in Antioch, the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office said Monday.

The foster father, identified by the district attorney as 64-year-old Simon Chavez, cared for young children for at least 18 years at his home in Antioch.

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• East Bay foster care father, adult son charged with sexually abusing children

Breaking: Murdered GOP AR State Senator Told Sources She Found Child Pornography From Foster Kids On Judge Ex-Husband’s Computer Days Before She Died

Multiple confirmed sources have informed CD Media that murdered Arkansas State Senator Linda Collins-Smith told them she found child pornography made with foster children in care of the Arkansas Department of Human Services on her ex-husband’s, former Judge Phillip Smith, government-provided laptop computer. She was concerned the videos had been made in his judicial chambers where allegedly all cameras had been removed.

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Jury deliberations begin in trial of foster parents accused in death of toddler

Jury deliberations are expected to begin Monday in the controversial Rosenbaum trial, after three weeks of arguments from both sides.

Closing arguments wrapped up Friday with high emotions and raised voices as former foster parents Jennifer and Joseph Rosenbaum stand accused of killing their 2 year-old foster child Laila Daniel in 2015.

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