President Donald Trump's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 170 undocumented parents or caretakers in the last 5 months who attempted to retrieve their children from government custody, ICE told INSIDER and the San Francisco Chronicle. Of those arrested, 109 people had no criminal record.
The revelation comes amid record high levels of detainment for undocumented children. In November, over 14,000 undocumented children were being kept in government custody, a first in the United States.
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Tuesday, December 11, 2018
High Court slams Herefordshire council for ‘woeful’ children’s care after failing children ‘on a serious and serial basis’
Herefordshire council has apologised for failing children in two separate cases through its “woeful” children’s services after a High Court judge said he was “appalled” by errors made by the authority’s social workers and managers over a prolonged period of time.
In one case brought against the County of Herefordshire District Council for the care and care planning of two young sisters who were half-sisters, Mr Justice Keehan declared that independent reviewing officers (IROs) had “failed them on a serious and serial basis.”
More >> High Court slams Herefordshire council for ‘woeful’ children’s care after failing children ‘on a serious and serial basis’
In one case brought against the County of Herefordshire District Council for the care and care planning of two young sisters who were half-sisters, Mr Justice Keehan declared that independent reviewing officers (IROs) had “failed them on a serious and serial basis.”
More >> High Court slams Herefordshire council for ‘woeful’ children’s care after failing children ‘on a serious and serial basis’
'Troubling' Video Shows Cops Ripping Baby Out of Mom's Arms
A disturbing video shows a group of police officers trying to pull a 1-year-old child from the arms of his mother, who is lying on the floor of a social services office in Brooklyn.
The NYPD called the video "troubling" and said the encounter was under review.
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The NYPD called the video "troubling" and said the encounter was under review.
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Federal Judge Puts Independent Review of Troubled Psychiatric Hospital on Hold
A federal judge Friday suspended an independent inquiry at a troubled Chicago psychiatric hospital that is set to lose its federal funding.
After pressure from the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois and state lawmakers, the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services had agreed to the review of Aurora Chicago Lakeshore Hospital after multiple allegations of abuse and neglect of children treated at the facility in the city’s Uptown community.
More >> Federal Judge Puts Independent Review of Troubled Psychiatric Hospital on Hold
After pressure from the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois and state lawmakers, the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services had agreed to the review of Aurora Chicago Lakeshore Hospital after multiple allegations of abuse and neglect of children treated at the facility in the city’s Uptown community.
More >> Federal Judge Puts Independent Review of Troubled Psychiatric Hospital on Hold
Sunday, December 09, 2018
No change to how Child Protective Services handles parent marijuana use
While recreational marijuana is now legal in Michigan, many legal questions still surround it, like how its use will be viewed by Child Protection Services.
Michigan Department of Health and Human Service Public Information Officer Bob Wheaton said the new law doesn't change how CPS will handle marijuana use by parents.
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Michigan Department of Health and Human Service Public Information Officer Bob Wheaton said the new law doesn't change how CPS will handle marijuana use by parents.
More >> No change to how Child Protective Services handles parent marijuana use
Aberdeen social worker thrown out of profession after failing to protect a child
A social worker has been thrown out of the profession after he failed to protect a child
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More >> Aberdeen social worker thrown out of profession after failing to protect a child
Report highlights the trauma that thousands of Texas families have experienced with family incarceration
With more than 200,000 people in Texas jails and prisons, and nearly half a million children in Texas who have experienced a parent getting locked up, a new national report highlighted something Texas families are well aware of: family incarceration leads to potentially devastating emotional and financial effects.
Half of American adults — 113 million people in the country — have had a family member incarcerated, according to the report, which was released Thursday by the bipartisan advocacy and policy organization FWD.us and Cornell University.
More >> Report highlights the trauma that thousands of Texas families have experienced with family incarceration
Half of American adults — 113 million people in the country — have had a family member incarcerated, according to the report, which was released Thursday by the bipartisan advocacy and policy organization FWD.us and Cornell University.
More >> Report highlights the trauma that thousands of Texas families have experienced with family incarceration
Home-Schooling Parent In Worcester Was Arrested In Her Home. Now She's Suing
A lawsuit filed last week alleges that the Worcester School Committee and the city's superintendent, as well as the state Department of Children and Families, violated the constitutional rights of a woman and a son she was home schooling.
The lawsuit alleges that police knocked on Josilyn Goodall's door on March 30, saying her son had missed so much school that they were there to confirm the 8-year-old boy — called "A.S." in the suit — was "living and breathing."
More >> Home-Schooling Parent In Worcester Was Arrested In Her Home. Now She's Suing
The lawsuit alleges that police knocked on Josilyn Goodall's door on March 30, saying her son had missed so much school that they were there to confirm the 8-year-old boy — called "A.S." in the suit — was "living and breathing."
More >> Home-Schooling Parent In Worcester Was Arrested In Her Home. Now She's Suing
DCF Secretary Says New Foster Care Agreements Increase Oversight and Costs
The top child welfare official in Kansas says bringing in additional contractors under a new series of grants will cost more but will help put the troubled foster care system on solid footing.
Department for Children and Families Secretary Gina Meier-Hummel says the cost will rise $35 million per year. Kansas will have more contractors and she says that will make it easier to serve the more than 7,000 kids in foster care.
More >> DCF Secretary Says New Foster Care Agreements Increase Oversight and Costs
Department for Children and Families Secretary Gina Meier-Hummel says the cost will rise $35 million per year. Kansas will have more contractors and she says that will make it easier to serve the more than 7,000 kids in foster care.
More >> DCF Secretary Says New Foster Care Agreements Increase Oversight and Costs
Saturday, December 08, 2018
Death of a unicorn: Couple endures emotional crime in bizarre botched adoption
Cruelty has no boundaries, no depth, no shape.
When it is practiced by someone who doesn’t care about the consequences of their actions, cruelty can continue past the point of understanding. In the age of social media and smartphone connectivity, vulnerable people, like the kind who adopt babies, too often have to rely on the perceived kindness of strangers to fulfill their dreams.
More >> Death of a unicorn: Couple endures emotional crime in bizarre botched adoption
When it is practiced by someone who doesn’t care about the consequences of their actions, cruelty can continue past the point of understanding. In the age of social media and smartphone connectivity, vulnerable people, like the kind who adopt babies, too often have to rely on the perceived kindness of strangers to fulfill their dreams.
More >> Death of a unicorn: Couple endures emotional crime in bizarre botched adoption
Outrage Intensifies Over Claims Of Gene-Edited Babies
Ever since a Chinese scientist rocked the world by claiming he had created gene-edited twin girls, international outrage has only intensified.
"Everything that's emerged over the last week only adds to the concern about this having been a deeply unfortunate, misguided misadventure of the most dramatic sort," says Francis Collins, director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. "It was shocking at the time. A week later, it's still shocking."
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"Everything that's emerged over the last week only adds to the concern about this having been a deeply unfortunate, misguided misadventure of the most dramatic sort," says Francis Collins, director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. "It was shocking at the time. A week later, it's still shocking."
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Caregivers for 3600 migrant teens lack complete abuse checks
Nearly every adult working with children in the U.S. — from nannies to teachers to coaches — has undergone state screenings to ensure they have no proven history of abusing or neglecting kids. One exception: thousands of workers at two federal detention facilities holding 3,600 migrant teens in the government's care, The Associated Press has learned.
The staff isn't being screened for child abuse and neglect at a Miami-based emergency detention center because Florida law bans any outside employer from reviewing information in its child welfare system. Until recently at another facility holding migrant teens in Tornillo, Texas, staff hadn't even undergone FBI fingerprint checks, let alone child welfare screenings, a government report found.
More >> Caregivers for 3600 migrant teens lack complete abuse checks
The staff isn't being screened for child abuse and neglect at a Miami-based emergency detention center because Florida law bans any outside employer from reviewing information in its child welfare system. Until recently at another facility holding migrant teens in Tornillo, Texas, staff hadn't even undergone FBI fingerprint checks, let alone child welfare screenings, a government report found.
More >> Caregivers for 3600 migrant teens lack complete abuse checks
Lawsuit: NYPD forced woman to give birth in handcuffs
A lawsuit is claiming the New York Police Department forced a woman to give birth while shackled in handcuffs.
In a lawsuit filed Thursday, the woman she says she went into labor in February in a police holding cell in the Bronx. She says police took her to Montefiore Medical Center where they handcuffed her wrists to the bed and shackled her ankles.
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In a lawsuit filed Thursday, the woman she says she went into labor in February in a police holding cell in the Bronx. She says police took her to Montefiore Medical Center where they handcuffed her wrists to the bed and shackled her ankles.
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Grandparents’ challenge to adoption too late
Grandparents’ objections to an order terminating a father’s parental rights and an adoption order came too late, and their motion for permission to review the adoption file was properly denied by the court for confidentiality reasons. Background The Middlesex Department of Social Services placed children with adoptive parents on April 20, 2016, after the father’s parental rights ...
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Social worker brutally gunned down in driveway
The fatal shooting of a 45-year-old female social worker has left her family, friends and the townspeople shocked and baffled.
In an incident that occurred at Makhado Park in Louis Trichardt, a social worker at the Louis Trichardt Memorial Hospital, Ms Thinavhuyo Muzila, was shot multiple times and killed upon arriving home last Friday at about 21:30. Muzila was parking her vehicle, intending to enter the house, when unknown suspects emerged and shot her, killing her instantly.
More >> Social worker brutally gunned down in driveway
In an incident that occurred at Makhado Park in Louis Trichardt, a social worker at the Louis Trichardt Memorial Hospital, Ms Thinavhuyo Muzila, was shot multiple times and killed upon arriving home last Friday at about 21:30. Muzila was parking her vehicle, intending to enter the house, when unknown suspects emerged and shot her, killing her instantly.
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She Ran Away From Foster Care. She Ended Up in Handcuffs and Leg Irons.
Nevayah still remembers the feel of the handcuffs. They were foreign to her; she had never been in trouble.
A latecomer to New York City’s foster care system, Nevayah had been signed over to the Administration for Children’s Services when she was 16. Rather than enter a group home, she told her caseworker she would prefer to live with her mother in Ohio. Eager to start school, she bought a bus ticket, made it to Cleveland and phoned the agency to let them know that she was safe.
More >> She Ran Away From Foster Care. She Ended Up in Handcuffs and Leg Irons.
A latecomer to New York City’s foster care system, Nevayah had been signed over to the Administration for Children’s Services when she was 16. Rather than enter a group home, she told her caseworker she would prefer to live with her mother in Ohio. Eager to start school, she bought a bus ticket, made it to Cleveland and phoned the agency to let them know that she was safe.
More >> She Ran Away From Foster Care. She Ended Up in Handcuffs and Leg Irons.
Abducted Harrison child found safe, parents arrested
A baby believed to be in danger after being abducted by his troubled biological parents has been located and is safe, officials said Friday.
The endangered missing child advisory was canceled. The child's biological parents and two others were arrested.
More >> Abducted Harrison child found safe, parents arrested
The endangered missing child advisory was canceled. The child's biological parents and two others were arrested.
More >> Abducted Harrison child found safe, parents arrested
Family says it reported charged daycare worker to state a year before arrest
After a daycare worker in McKinney was charged by police for injuring three children, one family told WFAA that it reported that same worker a year ago after their child came home with bruises and scratches.
Jessica Joy Wiese, a former employee at the Joyous Montessori school, now faces an injury to a child charge and was booked into the Collin County Jail on Tuesday.
More >> Family says it reported charged daycare worker to state a year before arrest
Jessica Joy Wiese, a former employee at the Joyous Montessori school, now faces an injury to a child charge and was booked into the Collin County Jail on Tuesday.
More >> Family says it reported charged daycare worker to state a year before arrest
For N.Y.’s Foster Children, Running Away Can Lead to Handcuffs
Nevayah still remembers the feel of the handcuffs. They were foreign to her; she had never been in trouble.
A latecomer to New York City’s foster care system, Nevayah had been signed over to the Administration for Children’s Services when she was 16. Rather than enter a group home, she told her caseworker she would prefer to live with her mother in Ohio. Eager to start school, she bought a bus ticket, made it to Cleveland and phoned the agency to let them know that she was safe.
More >> For N.Y.’s Foster Children, Running Away Can Lead to Handcuffs
A latecomer to New York City’s foster care system, Nevayah had been signed over to the Administration for Children’s Services when she was 16. Rather than enter a group home, she told her caseworker she would prefer to live with her mother in Ohio. Eager to start school, she bought a bus ticket, made it to Cleveland and phoned the agency to let them know that she was safe.
More >> For N.Y.’s Foster Children, Running Away Can Lead to Handcuffs
How the state is using technology to keep social workers safe
Social workers across Georgia can sometimes face hostile, threatening and dangerous incidents and behavior when working in the field.
On Monday, the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services went live with a phased rollout of a new security system by distributing to child-welfare investigators and case managers “panic buttons” that connect to the Click Safe mobile phone application.
More >> How the state is using technology to keep social workers safe
On Monday, the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services went live with a phased rollout of a new security system by distributing to child-welfare investigators and case managers “panic buttons” that connect to the Click Safe mobile phone application.
More >> How the state is using technology to keep social workers safe
Friday, December 07, 2018
Social worker axed for failing to protect child who was ‘allowed to visit crack den with their dad’
A social worker has been thrown out of the profession after he failed to protect a child who was “being allowed to visit a crack den with their father.”
More >> Social worker axed for failing to protect child who was ‘allowed to visit crack den with their dad’
More >> Social worker axed for failing to protect child who was ‘allowed to visit crack den with their dad’
Fractured care system ill-equipped to deal with abuse at Halifax orphanage: report
A new report from an ongoing public inquiry into decades of abuse at a Halifax-area orphanage says a fragmented system of care wasn't equipped to address the needs of children who were vulnerable.
The interim report, released Friday by the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children Restorative Inquiry, says the story of the home illustrates a social system that works in isolation.
More >> Fractured care system ill-equipped to deal with abuse at Halifax orphanage: report
The interim report, released Friday by the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children Restorative Inquiry, says the story of the home illustrates a social system that works in isolation.
More >> Fractured care system ill-equipped to deal with abuse at Halifax orphanage: report
Facebook post re-unites siblings separated by adoption
A Coquitlam man has found a half-sister he didn’t even know he had — and it’s all thanks to social media.
Six months after Rychelle Clairmont-Dipalo posted on Facebook looking for her half-brother who was given up for adoption as a baby, her dream has come true. Shaun Bons, 39, was scrolling through Facebook when he saw the post, which had his birth date and birthplace, and thought ‘what are the odds.’
More >> Facebook post re-unites siblings separated by adoption
Six months after Rychelle Clairmont-Dipalo posted on Facebook looking for her half-brother who was given up for adoption as a baby, her dream has come true. Shaun Bons, 39, was scrolling through Facebook when he saw the post, which had his birth date and birthplace, and thought ‘what are the odds.’
More >> Facebook post re-unites siblings separated by adoption
Judge's order didn't end family separations at border
The Trump administration separated 81 migrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border since the June executive order that stopped the general practice amid a crackdown on illegal crossings, according to government data obtained by The Associated Press.
More >> Family separations at border down, but dozens still affected
More >> Family separations at border down, but dozens still affected
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