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Thursday, May 08, 2014

Child Protective Services worker arrested for sexual assault in Kanawha County, WV

Child Protective Services worker arrested for sexual assault in Kanawha County, WV

According to a criminal complaint issued by the Kanawha County Magistrate Court, police spoke with the 16-year-old male on Wednesday, May 7, about a possible sexual relationship between him and Brumley, who was the 16-year-old's assigned case worker.  He told police that sexual acts had occurred between him and Brumley over at least the last month.

Judge Rules Children In Alleged Pot House Can Stay With Parents

Judge Rules Children In Alleged Pot House Can Stay With Parents

A judge at the Juvenile Justice Center has ruled that two children who were found inside an alleged marijuana grow house during a raid this week could stay with their parents.

‘TRAGIC NIGHTMARE’ Pelletier family objects to hospital transfer for teen

‘TRAGIC NIGHTMARE’ Pelletier family objects to hospital transfer for teen


The teen at the center of a custody battle triggered by differing diagnoses by two Massachusetts hospitals will be transferred from the Bay State to a facility in her home state of Connecticut, according to Massachusetts officials, but her parents are not welcoming the decision.

Int’l adoptions down, foster care interest grows

Int’l adoptions down, foster care interest grows

Fewer families are bringing home children from other countries.

The U.S. State Department released its 2013 fiscal year report showing 7,094 adoptions from abroad last year.


Lawyer: Fired child welfare employees were 'scapegoats'

Lawyer: Fired child welfare employees were 'scapegoats'

Note: Is this Karma for the way they treated families?

The attorney for five workers fired from Child Protective Services said Wednesday that the report which led to their termination was essentially a pre-determined fix.

I'm sorry for posting this link...

...But you need to learn how the common lowly foster contractor who falls in love with your kid will fight tooth and nail to keep them away from their real families.

Idaho mom fights to bring foster daughter home

A KREM 2 on Your Side investigation revealed possible shortcomings in the Idaho foster care system that allowed a child to be placed with convicted criminals.

Note: BTW... Keeping kids with their families is not a shortcoming.  Even if they're not as perfect as the self-righteous hypocrite of a foster parent.

Account by child welfare worker in death of 2-year-old differs from his written report

Account by child welfare worker in death of 2-year-old differs from his written report

The child welfare worker who checked on a 2-year-old Sanford child the morning that authorities say she was killed by her abusive mother halted a police interview two weeks later on the advice of his attorney.


Four more Lev Tahor kids to be reunited with parents

Four more Lev Tahor kids to be reunited with parents

Four more Lev Tahor children have been ordered to be reunited with their parents after they were placed in foster care following a botched attempt to flee the country contrary to a court order.

Dreams of Forever Homes - The Kind Of Bullshit CPS Tells The Kids

And a major dose of BS at that.

Young boy sees siblings adopted, dreams of his own family

An eight-year-old boy in foster care has watched his younger brother and sister get placed into adoptive homes. He shares the dream of a permanent family to call his own.

Note: It makes me sick that they would separate siblings like that.  It's bad enough that they ripped them away from the parents.  

KPLC 7 News, Lake Charles, Louisiana

Fired CPS share their side of uninvestigated cases

Fired CPS share their side of uninvestigated cases

Five social workers with Child Protective Services who were fired in the wake of a massive cover-up involving thousands of uninvestigated cases of abuse and neglect held a news conference Wednesday to explain their sides of the story.

Wednesday, May 07, 2014

Justina's family: Just let her come home

Justina's family: Just let her come home

Justina Pelletier, 15, was hospitalized in Connecticut with mitochondrial disease, which was being successfully treated with medication. But when her doctor left, she was transferred in early 2013 to a Massachusetts hospital, where a new doctor diagnosed her problem as psychological and withdrew treatment and her condition worsened. After her parents objected to the treatment, the Massachusetts Department of Children & Families won permanent custody from a court.

Foster care agencies call funding proposal a 'crisis'

Foster care agencies call funding proposal a 'crisis'

A proposal to increase pay for foster parents but lower payments to private agencies that provide support to foster families could rock the system yet again.

Graham: Justina ‘reunion’ a political ploy

Graham: Justina ‘reunion’ a political ploy

“Why can’t Justina just come home?”

Of course that’s the question Lou and Linda Pelletier are asking about the daughter taken from them more than a year ago. As a parent, isn’t it the question you’d ask?

Franklin mom warns of fake Child Protective Services caseworkers

Franklin mom warns of fake Child Protective Services caseworkers

A Franklin mother is speaking out and warning others after two women who claimed to be caseworkers with Child Protective Services entered her home and threatened to take her kids.

Brandon police arrest 2 girls in assault against foster parent

Brandon police arrest 2 girls in assault against foster parent

Brandon police were called to a foster home Monday night after a report of two girls assaulting their foster parent.

Former foster parent gets prison

Former foster parent gets prison

Circuit Judge Bill O’Grady told former foster parent Mark Rohrer "this is absolutely horrific" as he sentenced him to 7 years, 11 months to 15 years prison on two counts of criminal sexual conduct (CSC) third-degree.

Tuesday, May 06, 2014

Fired CPS workers say they did nothing wrong

Fired CPS workers say they did nothing wrong

The five CPS workers who were fired after thousands of abuse and neglect reports went unchecked tell 12 News they did nothing wrong and had expected to get their jobs back.

Danish social workers have become the moral agents of the state

Danish social workers have become the moral agents of the state

Social workers in the job centers have gone from being the citizens' advocates to being agents of the state. New research shows that many social workers are positive towards this new role that they have been given.


What happens to children when parents are detained or deported?

What happens to children when parents are detained or deported?

Often left out of the immigration debate is what happens to children when their undocumented parents are detained or deported.

Man accused of sexually abusing teens at group home bound over for trial

Man accused of sexually abusing teens at group home bound over for trial

A man accused of sexually abusing two teens at a group home for troubled youth in Spanish Fork has been bound over for trial.

Happy National Foster Care Month - Waukesha foster father sentenced for possessing child porn

Waukesha foster father sentenced for possessing child porn

A 45-year-old Waukesha man accused last summer of possessing hundreds of images and videos of child pornography was sentenced April 24 to three years prison.

Monday, May 05, 2014

Man who killed foster mom says he's changed

Man who killed foster mom says he's changed

DCF announces plan to return Justina Pelletier to Connecticut, parents unhappy with plan

DCF announces plan to return Justina Pelletier to Connecticut, parents unhappy with plan

A teenager caught in a custody dispute across state lines will be returned to her home state of Connecticut next week according to a Massachusetts official.

New DCF chief promises to keep agency’s child death reports “as open as can be’’

New DCF chief promises to keep agency’s child death reports “as open as can be’’

Mike Carroll pledges a greater emphasis on preventing child deaths and backs off agency’s recent clamp down on information.

Justina Pelletier Closer to Her Family After a Year in Psych Hospital

Justina Pelletier Closer to Her Family After a Year in Psych Hospital

Justina Pelletier, the sick teen who for the past year has been in state custody under psychiatric care at Boston Children's Hospital, will be moved to a therapeutic facility in Connecticut under a plan to reunite her with her family, according to the Massachusetts Department of Health and Human Services.

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