An evangelical Christian nonprofit that is South Carolina's largest adoption agency and only places children with Christian families recently announced its decision to expand its foster program to include Catholics.
Earlier this month, Miracle Hill Ministries announced that it was officially clarifying that Roman Catholics who affirm the nonprofit’s statement of faith can serve as foster parents or employees.
More >> Evangelical foster care agency expands program to include Catholics amid lawsuit over state funding
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Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Insurer wins coverage dispute over foster child’s death
A foster care agency’s insurer has prevailed in coverage litigation over the murder of a 4-year old girl by her foster mother.
Foster care agency The Baby Fold, based in Normal, Illinois, placed Kianna Rudesill in the care of Joshua and Heather Lamie in 2010, according to Friday’s ruling by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago in Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co. v. The Chicago Trust Co., as administrator of the Estate of Kianna Rudesill, and The Baby Fold.
More >> Insurer wins coverage dispute over foster child’s death
Foster care agency The Baby Fold, based in Normal, Illinois, placed Kianna Rudesill in the care of Joshua and Heather Lamie in 2010, according to Friday’s ruling by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago in Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co. v. The Chicago Trust Co., as administrator of the Estate of Kianna Rudesill, and The Baby Fold.
More >> Insurer wins coverage dispute over foster child’s death
Saturday, May 25, 2019
Child welfare providers request $30 million from Illinois for rate increases
Community-based child welfare providers are asking the state for $30.7 million in emergency funding to combat low wages, high employee turnover rates and inadequate resources which have caused some of them to cut programs or close.
Representatives of several of those private providers, which serve more than 80 percent of children and families in the state’s child welfare system, held a news conference Thursday calling on lawmakers to include the money in the fiscal year 2020 budget which could be passed by May 31.
More >> Child welfare providers request $30 million from Illinois for rate increases
Representatives of several of those private providers, which serve more than 80 percent of children and families in the state’s child welfare system, held a news conference Thursday calling on lawmakers to include the money in the fiscal year 2020 budget which could be passed by May 31.
More >> Child welfare providers request $30 million from Illinois for rate increases
Saturday, March 23, 2019
Foster carers could receive an extra £200 a month for each child placement
The council also hopes increasing the number of in-house carers will cut its ballooning children’s services budget – which is currently facing a £5.7m shortfall
More >> Foster carers could receive an extra £200 a month for each child placement
More >> Foster carers could receive an extra £200 a month for each child placement
Child adoption agency in Osaka shut down over profit motivation
City authorities here decided not to grant a private online adoption agency a license on grounds it offered its services for profit and engaged in other unlawful activities.
The March 19 decision followed skepticism expressed by experts about the group's activities and is the first known case of a license being denied since the permit system was introduced a year ago.
More >> Child adoption agency in Osaka shut down over profit motivation
The March 19 decision followed skepticism expressed by experts about the group's activities and is the first known case of a license being denied since the permit system was introduced a year ago.
More >> Child adoption agency in Osaka shut down over profit motivation
Friday, February 22, 2019
State rep 'blown away' over billing practices of child services
A lawmaker who chairs the House Child and Family Law Committee said he was “blown away” to find out that the state bills parents who receive help from the state for their children, charging for everything from foster care to expensive incarcerations at the Sununu Youth Services Center.
On Sunday, the New Hampshire Sunday News reported the long-standing practice of billing families. Nearly 4,000 accounts are active, and three parents spoke of receiving bills they had not expected when they agreed to services such as Children in Need of Services (CHINS).
More >> State rep 'blown away' over billing practices of child services
On Sunday, the New Hampshire Sunday News reported the long-standing practice of billing families. Nearly 4,000 accounts are active, and three parents spoke of receiving bills they had not expected when they agreed to services such as Children in Need of Services (CHINS).
More >> State rep 'blown away' over billing practices of child services
Friday, February 08, 2019
Former head of foster care agency found guilty of embezzling nearly $1 million
A federal jury Thursday found Mary Holden Ayala guilty of stealing nearly $1 million from an Oregon foster agency that she had led as president and executive director.
Ayala, 59, who ran the private foster care agency Give Us This Day from 2008 through 2015, was found guilty of multiple counts of theft, money laundering and filing false personal income tax returns after an eight-day trial before U.S. District Judge Marco A. Hernandez.
More >> Former head of foster care agency found guilty of embezzling nearly $1 million
Ayala, 59, who ran the private foster care agency Give Us This Day from 2008 through 2015, was found guilty of multiple counts of theft, money laundering and filing false personal income tax returns after an eight-day trial before U.S. District Judge Marco A. Hernandez.
More >> Former head of foster care agency found guilty of embezzling nearly $1 million
Wednesday, November 07, 2018
Daniel L. Hatcher: Scott Walker confiscates millions from disabled and orphaned foster children
A Charles Dickens novel has come to life. Gov. Scott Walker’s administration has been partnering with a private company to search for foster children who are disabled or have dead birth parents — in order to take their money for state revenue. The state is even confiscating veterans’ benefits from foster children whose parents died in the military.
Contract documents obtained by public records request explain the practice. A 2011 contract signed with MAXIMUS Inc. shows that Wisconsin has collaborated with the company to maximize revenue obtained from foster children. In part of the contract focused on Milwaukee County, MAXIMUS has helped the state increase the number of children classified as disabled and to locate children with deceased birth parents — not to provide more services to the children, but so the state can take their resources.
More >> Daniel L. Hatcher: Scott Walker confiscates millions from disabled and orphaned foster children
Contract documents obtained by public records request explain the practice. A 2011 contract signed with MAXIMUS Inc. shows that Wisconsin has collaborated with the company to maximize revenue obtained from foster children. In part of the contract focused on Milwaukee County, MAXIMUS has helped the state increase the number of children classified as disabled and to locate children with deceased birth parents — not to provide more services to the children, but so the state can take their resources.
More >> Daniel L. Hatcher: Scott Walker confiscates millions from disabled and orphaned foster children
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Australian foster care scheme promises $75k salary for carers
The South Australian government is considering a move that would offer people a tax-free $75,000 salary to give up their careers and become foster carers for the state's most troubled children.
More >> Australian foster care scheme promises $75k salary for carers
More >> Australian foster care scheme promises $75k salary for carers
Sunday, October 21, 2018
Abusive parents risk losing adoption subsidies after change in state policy
New rules approved this month would allow the state to recoup adoption subsidies from parents who are abusing or not supporting children in their care.
Iowa’s Department of Human Services drafted the rules after a Reader’s Watchdog report last year showed parents like Mark and Misty Ray of Perry and Nicole and Joseph Finn of West Des Moines still qualified to receive subsidies even after being accused of horrific abuse.
More >> Abusive parents risk losing adoption subsidies after change in state policy
Iowa’s Department of Human Services drafted the rules after a Reader’s Watchdog report last year showed parents like Mark and Misty Ray of Perry and Nicole and Joseph Finn of West Des Moines still qualified to receive subsidies even after being accused of horrific abuse.
More >> Abusive parents risk losing adoption subsidies after change in state policy
Saturday, September 08, 2018
Putnam: Bungled payments from DHHS for foster children frustrate mom, day care owner
A Clinton County day care owner says she’s had it with late and missing payments from the state and will end her longtime practice of caring for kids while their foster parents are at work.
Cindi Brown of St. Johns said the state owes her about $3,000 for care for two foster children dating back to February.
More >> Putnam: Bungled payments from DHHS for foster children frustrate mom, day care owner
Cindi Brown of St. Johns said the state owes her about $3,000 for care for two foster children dating back to February.
More >> Putnam: Bungled payments from DHHS for foster children frustrate mom, day care owner
Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Relatives get $600 less than foster parents to care for a child. Should that change?
Ceci Soto took in her two little nieces after the state removed them from her sister's care. She didn't want the girls living in a foster home with a stranger.
Soto, a 20-year-old single mother with a toddler of her own, receives $90 a month from the state — $45 for each of her nieces.
More >> Relatives get $600 less than foster parents to care for a child. Should that change?
Soto, a 20-year-old single mother with a toddler of her own, receives $90 a month from the state — $45 for each of her nieces.
More >> Relatives get $600 less than foster parents to care for a child. Should that change?
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
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.
More >> Underfunding to blame for child protection 'crisis', says report
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.
More >> Underfunding to blame for child protection 'crisis', says report
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Kentucky foster mom says state not properly funding disabled children
Kim Saylor is a 60-year-old foster mother from Madison County, but a recent lack of payments has led her to get into a dispute with the state, as she is not being compensated to keep the children she was asked to care for.
"They are a ward of the state," Saylor says, "The state is their guardian."
More >> Kentucky foster mom says state not properly funding disabled children
More: She wants a raise.
"They are a ward of the state," Saylor says, "The state is their guardian."
More >> Kentucky foster mom says state not properly funding disabled children
More: She wants a raise.
Saturday, January 20, 2018
CFS system short $104M: report
OTTAWA — The federal and provincial governments have underfunded Indigenous children and young adults in CFS care by $104 million a year, research obtained by the Free Press shows.
For these 8,115 First Nations wards, the 26 per cent shortfall amounts to an average $12,814.42 gap between what governments provide and what agencies say they need to do their jobs properly. They also want another $45 million to reduce the number of children entering the system.
More >> CFS system short $104M: report
For these 8,115 First Nations wards, the 26 per cent shortfall amounts to an average $12,814.42 gap between what governments provide and what agencies say they need to do their jobs properly. They also want another $45 million to reduce the number of children entering the system.
More >> CFS system short $104M: report
Monday, November 20, 2017
Foster families keep getting child welfare payments despite broken adoptions
Lawrence Booker had been living apart from his adoptive family for about two years when he learned they might still be receiving money for his care — money that could have gone a long way toward helping him instead.
The situation Booker faced — a disrupted or broken adoption — is common enough that one New York children’s legal advocacy organization found that, at one point, roughly 20% of its voluntary placement foster care clientele had experienced it.
More >> Foster families keep getting child welfare payments despite broken adoptions
The situation Booker faced — a disrupted or broken adoption — is common enough that one New York children’s legal advocacy organization found that, at one point, roughly 20% of its voluntary placement foster care clientele had experienced it.
More >> Foster families keep getting child welfare payments despite broken adoptions
Monday, November 13, 2017
Advocates worry that attempt to remove adoption credit could resurface in GOP tax plan
WASHINGTON — When Sara Horner adopted her son, Rylan, in 2013, her husband, Justin, had just left his career as a college track coach to start a real estate career.
More >> Advocates worry that attempt to remove adoption credit could resurface in GOP tax plan
More >> Advocates worry that attempt to remove adoption credit could resurface in GOP tax plan
Thursday, November 09, 2017
How much does it cost to adopt a child in Canada?
When Heidi Pritchard Payne brought home her son from South Africa nine years ago, people shocked her with one question repeatedly: how much did you pay for the child?
Pritchard Payne, who now works with Adopt4Life , an organization for adoptive parents in Ontario, says that while adopting internationally was costly, it should never be thought of as “paying for a child.”
“You’re not paying for the child, you’re paying for the process,” says Pritchard Payne. “It’s a big commitment, if that’s the route you want to go.”
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.
The 60's Scoop
"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
- Parents of missing 3-year-old Texas girl no longer cooperating with police
- 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
- Police Say Missing Girl’s Parents Being Uncooperative
- 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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Sunday, June 04, 2017
Feds spent $707Gs on legal fees after child welfare decision
The federal justice minister’s office says it spent $707,000 in legal fees following a landmark human rights tribunal decision on First Nations child welfare.
More >> Feds spent $707Gs on legal fees after child welfare decision
More >> Feds spent $707Gs on legal fees after child welfare decision
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