State agency admits problems in how it reviews child abuse cases

A new report shows that Georgia's child protection agency has identified serious problems in how the agency investigates reports of child abuse and neglect.

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Muslim teenager 'should watch TV to avoid radicalisation', court hears

A Muslim teenager feared to be in danger of being radicalised and travelling to Syria to become a Jihadi bride should be watching more television, a family court judge has been told.

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100k Bond Granted For Foster Mom Charged With Murder Of 2 Year Old

$100k bond granted for foster mom charged with murder of 2-year-old, A judge granted bond for the henry county foster mom charged with murder in the death of a 2-year-old girl. laila marie daniel died last month while in the care of her foster mother, jennifer rosenbaum. tuesday, a judge granted rosenbaum a $100,000 bond..

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Broken bonds: When the state severs family ties

Now Thornhill must visit the baby she bathed after birth and nuzzled to sleep at his Rutland foster home, as long as the toddler’s foster mother gives her permission to see him.

 

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Hassan to seek no-bid contract for DCYF review

Four months after announcing plans to do so, Gov. Maggie Hassan has yet to initiate an independent, comprehensive review of the state's much-criticized child protection services system.

Four months after announcing plans to do so, Gov. Maggie Hassan has yet to initiate an independent, comprehensive review of the state's much-criticized child protection services system. - See more at: http://www.unionleader.com/article/20160214/NEWS0621/160219594/0/FRONTPAGE#sthash.SxKXpCAF.dpuf

Four months after announcing plans to do so, Gov. Maggie Hassan has yet to initiate an independent, comprehensive review of the state's much-criticized child protection services system. - See more at: http://www.unionleader.com/article/20160214/NEWS0621/160219594/0/FRONTPAGE#sthash.SxKXpCAF.dpuf

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Hassan to seek no-bid contract for DCYF review

 

 

Foster mom accountable for death of girl, 2, family of mother says

With the cause of death still a mystery in the case of a little girl who died last summer in an Auburn foster home, the family of Avalena Conway Coxon say they want answers.

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Why Ontario’s Children’s Aid Societies are destroying Family Day.

Every year in Ontario we are all expected to celebrate Family Day and every Family Day the Children’s Aid Societies of Ontario use this holiday to promote themselves as being there to keep families together and protect Ontario’s Children.

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Adoption bill aimed at protecting faith-based agencies, supporters say

When Bill Williams, his wife and another couple founded the child-placing agency Compass Nebraska in 2007, their Christian faith was key to their mission.

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Britain takes 'thousands of migrant children' into care

MP accuses British care system of becoming a 'Pied Piper' for Eastern European children

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Texas lowers childcare standards for private migrant detention centers

Two for-profit detention centers housing hundreds of children in Texas will not need to meet the state’s childcare standards starting next month, after the state’s Health and Human Services Commission lowered its standards on Friday.

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Dramatic spike in foster children overwhelming state agencies

A surprising spike in the number of Alaska children in foster care appears rooted both in a heroin epidemic and a more aggressive response by a state agency to reports of endangered children, state officials say.


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FEDS PUSH NEW PLAN FOR HOME VISITS TO CHECK ON PARENTS

The federal government is seeking to create a new bureaucracy that would intervene in family life and could even see state-appointed monitors conduct routine home visits to assess a child’s well-being.

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RI Attorney General 'outraged' over comments from DCYF

During a taping of 10 News Conference Friday, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin said he was "outraged" over recent comments made by the Department of Children, Youth, and Families related to reporting sexual abuse of children.

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Why Hillary Clinton's Argument For Keeping Children From Coming To The U.S. Doesn't Work

During a spat with presidential rival Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) over what to do with thousands of migrant children fleeing Central America, Hillary Clinton said on Thursday it was important to make it loud and clear why they shouldn’t bother coming.

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Register or shut down, govt tells orphanages

Bengaluru: Childcare institutions not registered under the Juvenile Justice Act will soon face the music, with the state women and child welfare department gearing to blacklist and book them for illegal detention of children.

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Ex-CPS worker accused of identity theft

A former Child Protective Services worker is facing felony identity-theft charges for opening credit-card accounts with information stolen from at least six people with whom he worked custody cases, Brazoria police said.

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Whistleblowing helpline on child protection failures due to go live

A new whistleblowing service allowing employees to raise the alarm about child protection failures will go live on Monday.

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• Child protection whistleblowing helpline set to go live
• Whistleblowing helpline to act on fears of child abuse to go live

New family category takes aim at shortage of Kansas foster parents

Removing regulations on some families looking to take in children in need of care could help solve the state’s shortage of foster families, proponents say. But it also could jeopardize millions in federal foster care funding.

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Four girls assault workers at group home in Cumberland

Cumberland City Police say they arrested four underage girls for assault early Thursday morning.

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Court rejects deceived dad who sought custody long after deadline

A Nebraska man who says he initially was unaware he was a child’s biological parent and who later went to court to gain custody lost that battle Friday in the Nebraska Supreme Court.

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sought custody long after deadline

‘Profoundly wicked’ Stretton ex-social worker ran regime of abuse and terror at children’s home

‘SADISTIC’ social workers who ran a ‘regime of terror’ at a now-demolished children’s home, subjecting youngsters to physical and psychological abuse, have been jailed.

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Judge criticises independent social worker for ‘face value’ assessment of abusive father

A judge has criticised an independent social worker for failing to properly fulfil the role of expert witness in a care proceedings case.

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Woman, 30, accused of attacking DCF caseworker

Woman, 30, accused of attacking DCF caseworker

A Gainesville woman was arrested over the weekend after deputies say she hurt a caseworker from the Florida Department of Children and Families and threatened to stab her if she ever saw her again.

Nonprofit to pay back $392K to state child welfare agency

Nonprofit to pay back $392K to state child welfare agency

A Providence nonprofit organization will pay back more than $390,000 to the Department of Children, Youth and families as part of an agreement.

Manitoba 'politicking with our children's lives' by changing how kids in CFS are counted, says activist

Manitoba 'politicking with our children's lives' by changing how kids in CFS are counted, says activist

It's a hard statement to make when talking to relatives and neighbours, but often in cases of child welfare in Manitoba, parents are forced to choose between the forceful route of apprehension or the more "gentle" route of voluntary placement — to tell them your kids were voluntarily placed in CFS.