Showing posts with label oklahoma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oklahoma. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 30, 2019

Grandmother Says She Reported Abuse To Oklahoma DHS A Month Before Child's Death

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The grandmother of a 3-year-old girl, who died last year after alleged abuse, said she notified DHS about the abuse, but the agency did no...
Tuesday, July 02, 2019

17-Year-Old Soon to Age Out of Foster Care Pleads to Be Adopted by ‘Anyone Who Will Take Me’

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In just a few short months, a 17-year-old boy named Haven will age out of foster care and be forced to fend for himself. He’s now desperatel...
Friday, June 21, 2019

Former Oklahoma teacher sentenced for raping foster child

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A former Oklahoma science teacher has been sentenced for raping a foster child in her custody. According to an arrest affidavit ...
Sunday, June 16, 2019

Former foster parent gets 8 years for rape of 15-year-old boy in her care

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A former foster care mother was sentenced to eight years in prison for raping a 15-year-old boy. Stephanie Cowan, 34, of Salina pleade...
Saturday, June 15, 2019

Enid foster mother arrested on child abuse complaint

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An Enid woman was arrested Wednesday on a complaint of child abuse after her foster child claimed she hit him. Shannon Carter, 32, was...
Sunday, April 07, 2019

Lawsuit against DHS claims agency 'failed to protect children'

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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, families and former employees are moving forward with a class action lawsuit...
Wednesday, April 03, 2019

Lawsuit against DHS claims agency 'failed to protect children'

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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, families and former employees are moving forward with a class action lawsuit...
Monday, February 25, 2019

Child Welfare Employee Wanted For Stealing From Disabled "Vulnerable Adult"

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An arrest warrant was issued Wednesday for a 33-year-old Child Welfare employee accused of stealing money from a disable person under her ca...
Saturday, January 19, 2019

Oklahoma Fathers' Rights Movement Holds First Meeting

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A new movement in Oklahoma is trying to give fathers a better shot at custody of their kids. The Oklahoma Fathers' Rights Movement say...
Thursday, January 03, 2019

Report: Oklahoma DHS Shows Improvements, But Still Failing To Protect Children

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The new report says DHS shows improvement in reforming the state's foster care system. However, the Co-Neutral report also says DHS is s...
Saturday, October 06, 2018

Study on moms in jail merits policymakers' attention

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AFTER studying practices at the Oklahoma County jail two years ago, researchers with the Vera Institute of Justice noted that roughly fo...
Friday, October 05, 2018

A year after cutting child abuse prevention funds, state OKs new grants

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The Oklahoma Department of Health has restored funding for child abuse prevention after it was cut during the state's budget crisis near...
Friday, September 28, 2018

Interview: How Mothers Jailed in the US Lose Custody of Their Children

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As the number of women locked up in the US grows, Oklahoma has the grim distinction of being the state incarcerating more women per capita t...
Friday, September 21, 2018

Washington County woman found guilty in death of 7-month-old foster son

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On Thursday, a Washington County jury found 44-year-old Tracy Nelson guilty of first degree manslaughter in the death of her foster son i...
Tuesday, September 11, 2018

OKC Mom Speaks Out After Daughter Arrested For Abusing 3 Foster Children

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A foster parent denies abuse allegations made against her daughter by their foster children. Police arrested Tiara Kruta, 21, on Sunday on ...

Metro children say foster mom’s daughter zip tied them when they were bad

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Tied up and starved - those are just some of the allegations of abuse lodged by two boys. The 11- and 12-year-olds told police their foster ...
Friday, August 31, 2018

Oklahoma DHS Disputes Report on Foster Care Reform Efforts

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The Oklahoma Department of Human Services on Thursday took issue with the latest report by monitors that downgraded the agency's progres...
Thursday, August 30, 2018

Oversight panel accuses DHS of failing to protect children, not making good-faith efforts to reform

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The Oklahoma Department of Human Services has failed even to make “good faith efforts” to improve services and protect children in state cus...
Monday, August 27, 2018

Oklahoma Foster Mother Charged After Child Suffers Severe Burns

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A foster mother is charged with multiple counts of child neglect, months after a little girl is hospitalized with 3rd and 4th degree burn...
Sunday, August 26, 2018

Foster mother accused of child neglect after leaving 5 special needs children with teenager

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A foster mother has been charged with neglect after leaving five special needs children with a 15-year-old. One of her foster children suffe...