Operation Sunshine: Foster care not much fun; camp could be
Any chance to spend time in a safe, loving environment would greatly help Jeff recover from everything he has endured.
The 14-year-old has moved from one foster home or orphanage to another more than 20 times in his young life. He also has witnessed severe domestic abuse against others in his home and been the victim of severe emotional abuse. Because of these experiences, he has great difficulty making friends and feeling comfortable around adults.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
DSHS leader backs change to state foster care system
DSHS leader backs change to state foster care system
New Department of Social and Health Services Secretary Susan N. Dreyfus told foster care experts Monday that she will embrace a 2004 lawsuit settlement as a way to improve the system.
New Department of Social and Health Services Secretary Susan N. Dreyfus told foster care experts Monday that she will embrace a 2004 lawsuit settlement as a way to improve the system.
Assault, car theft at foster facility
Assault, car theft at foster facility
A 60-year-old woman working at a foster care facility was bound and assaulted by two juveniles who lived there before they took her car late Monday, police said.
The two suspects, 16 and 17 years old, were still at large Tuesday.
A 60-year-old woman working at a foster care facility was bound and assaulted by two juveniles who lived there before they took her car late Monday, police said.
The two suspects, 16 and 17 years old, were still at large Tuesday.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Dear Readers
I got an email that I would like to share with you all, from our beloved alisonegypt from the UK.
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Hi,
Thought you might be interested in these as I could not upload them to your
site.
Also see Link:- http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article6188481.ece
This is his response to the Data Protection Act regarding parents getting their
Social Services files & Family Court documents.
Regards Alison Stevens - PAIN.
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Rt. Hon Jack Straw
Ministry of Justice
102 Petty France London SW1H 9AJ 29
April 2009
Dear Mr Straw RE:
Data Protection Act and the release of files by Social Services Last week, the Children Schools and Families Select Committee published its report on its Inquiry into Looked After Children. In our submission of supplementary evidence to the Committee following our oral evidence on 30 June 2008 we commented that: “A particular feature of the imbalance within proceedings between parent and local authority is the advantage gained by the latter in failing to release documents. Recurring themes in our cases either involve obstructions to Data Protection Act requests for social services files or local authority reports and other documents not being delivered on time to read.”
HYPERLINK "http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmchilsch/111/8063006.htm"
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmchilsch/111/8063006.htm
Parents are entitled to request from social services departments all information on them under section 7(1) of the Data Protection Act 1998. Local authorities are obliged to send the requested files within 40 working days but in our work advising and supporting parents in public law proceedings we find that this limit is often not adhered to and in some cases files do not get released at all before hearings. Evidence is gathered from a variety of sources before children are taken from their parents in the family courts. Tracking down and obtaining these documents can be very difficult because they are held by various bodies and must be applied for in different ways. We feel that parents should be entitled to their files within the statutory time limit and not just social services files but all files; from health visitors, GPs, different hospitals, ambulance trusts, psychologists, paediatricians, to name but a few. We therefore call on you as Justice Secretary to force, in particular, social services and individual courts to comply with the Data Protection Act as we have found in our work that children are being taken into care unnecessarily as a consequence of these files being withheld. Yours sincerely Alison Stevens Chair On behalf of PAIN
Parents Against INjustice
PAIN 10 Greensward,
East Goscote,
Leicester LE7 3QW
Tel: 0116 260 2855
Mobile PAIN Helpline: 07906 44 1056
Website www.parentsagainstinjustice.org.uk Email: enquiries@parentsagainsinjustice.org.uk
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Here is the reply.
Jack Straw's Reply
I got an email that I would like to share with you all, from our beloved alisonegypt from the UK.
----
Hi,
Thought you might be interested in these as I could not upload them to your
site.
Also see Link:- http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article6188481.ece
This is his response to the Data Protection Act regarding parents getting their
Social Services files & Family Court documents.
Regards Alison Stevens - PAIN.
----
Rt. Hon Jack Straw
Ministry of Justice
102 Petty France London SW1H 9AJ 29
April 2009
Dear Mr Straw RE:
Data Protection Act and the release of files by Social Services Last week, the Children Schools and Families Select Committee published its report on its Inquiry into Looked After Children. In our submission of supplementary evidence to the Committee following our oral evidence on 30 June 2008 we commented that: “A particular feature of the imbalance within proceedings between parent and local authority is the advantage gained by the latter in failing to release documents. Recurring themes in our cases either involve obstructions to Data Protection Act requests for social services files or local authority reports and other documents not being delivered on time to read.”
HYPERLINK "http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmchilsch/111/8063006.htm"
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmchilsch/111/8063006.htm
Parents are entitled to request from social services departments all information on them under section 7(1) of the Data Protection Act 1998. Local authorities are obliged to send the requested files within 40 working days but in our work advising and supporting parents in public law proceedings we find that this limit is often not adhered to and in some cases files do not get released at all before hearings. Evidence is gathered from a variety of sources before children are taken from their parents in the family courts. Tracking down and obtaining these documents can be very difficult because they are held by various bodies and must be applied for in different ways. We feel that parents should be entitled to their files within the statutory time limit and not just social services files but all files; from health visitors, GPs, different hospitals, ambulance trusts, psychologists, paediatricians, to name but a few. We therefore call on you as Justice Secretary to force, in particular, social services and individual courts to comply with the Data Protection Act as we have found in our work that children are being taken into care unnecessarily as a consequence of these files being withheld. Yours sincerely Alison Stevens Chair On behalf of PAIN
Parents Against INjustice
PAIN 10 Greensward,
East Goscote,
Leicester LE7 3QW
Tel: 0116 260 2855
Mobile PAIN Helpline: 07906 44 1056
Website www.parentsagainstinjustice.org.uk Email: enquiries@parentsagainsinjustice.org.uk
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Here is the reply.
Jack Straw's Reply
Oklahoma Judge Who Sentenced Child Rapist To 1 Year Under Fire
Oklahoma Judge Who Sentenced Child Rapist To 1 Year Under Fire
A District Judge Tom Bartheld may be forced to step down from his position as an officer of the court, after he sentences a man who admitted to raping and sodomizing a four year old girl over several months to only one year in jail.
A District Judge Tom Bartheld may be forced to step down from his position as an officer of the court, after he sentences a man who admitted to raping and sodomizing a four year old girl over several months to only one year in jail.
Action Alert: Dear Abby Changes Column in Response to Our Protest over Fathers v. Foster Care–Commend Her
Action Alert: Dear Abby Changes Column in Response to Our Protest over Fathers v. Foster Care–Commend Her
Dear Abby's response implied that if the mother isn't taking care of her children properly, putting them in foster care is an equally viable option as placement with their father.
Note: What a twit she is.
Dear Abby's response implied that if the mother isn't taking care of her children properly, putting them in foster care is an equally viable option as placement with their father.
Note: What a twit she is.
Children in horror house were once in care of CAS
Children in horror house were once in care of CAS
Three children who heard the screams and yells from the basement where Katlin Cousineau was being tortured with a blow torch were once under the care of the Children's Aid Society, a jury heard yesterday.
Three children who heard the screams and yells from the basement where Katlin Cousineau was being tortured with a blow torch were once under the care of the Children's Aid Society, a jury heard yesterday.
Child-abduction suspect tagged on I-69 with aid of OnStar
Child-abduction suspect tagged on I-69 with aid of OnStar
A man wanted in Detroit in the abduction of three children was arrested in Fort Wayne early Monday, undone by his own GPS.
Note: So why does CPS get them?
A man wanted in Detroit in the abduction of three children was arrested in Fort Wayne early Monday, undone by his own GPS.
Note: So why does CPS get them?
San Antonio Child Protective Svcs Continues It’s Freefall; Little Girl Suffers/Dies Horribly
San Antonio Child Protective Svcs Continues It’s Freefall; Little Girl Suffers/Dies Horribly
Police arrested a 31-year-old woman who was the legal guardian of her best friend’s children when one child, a 22-month-old girl, died last year. Sarah Mascorro Sifuentes is in Bexar County Jail in lieu of $100,000 on a charge of injury to a child by omission in connection with the death of Cyleste Gonzales on Oct. 26, 2008.
Police arrested a 31-year-old woman who was the legal guardian of her best friend’s children when one child, a 22-month-old girl, died last year. Sarah Mascorro Sifuentes is in Bexar County Jail in lieu of $100,000 on a charge of injury to a child by omission in connection with the death of Cyleste Gonzales on Oct. 26, 2008.
UPDATE: Missing girl found, unharmed, in own home
UPDATE: Missing girl found, unharmed, in own home
A five-year-old Muncie girl was found, unharmed, in her own home Monday morning about an hour after her family had reported her missing.
A five-year-old Muncie girl was found, unharmed, in her own home Monday morning about an hour after her family had reported her missing.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Times investigation: As L.A. County spun its wheels, children died
Times investigation: As L.A. County spun its wheels, children died
For at least 18 years, Los Angeles County has repeatedly received urgent and sometimes gruesome reminders that its agencies don't share vital information about potentially abused or neglected children, according to a Times investigation.
For at least 18 years, Los Angeles County has repeatedly received urgent and sometimes gruesome reminders that its agencies don't share vital information about potentially abused or neglected children, according to a Times investigation.
Former officer sentenced in child porn case
Former officer sentenced in child porn case
A former Missoula police officer has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison on a child pornography charge.
A former Missoula police officer has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison on a child pornography charge.
YK Dad and his Brainwashed Child
Yellowknife child services may be brainwashing my son. Using the fact that 3 year olds are parrots, they're getting him to say some nasty things.
10-Year-Old Arrested for Fighting With Sister
10-Year-Old Arrested for Fighting With Sister
Siblings are so much fun—especially when they get along. But even if they do "play nice," there's bound to be the occasional spat here and there. Sometimes those fights can get physical with a slap, a pinch ... some wrestling around on the ground. How do you discipline your children when they fight?
Would you call the police?
Siblings are so much fun—especially when they get along. But even if they do "play nice," there's bound to be the occasional spat here and there. Sometimes those fights can get physical with a slap, a pinch ... some wrestling around on the ground. How do you discipline your children when they fight?
Would you call the police?
Foster parents battle Hardin social workers
Foster parents battle Hardin social workers
When her son and daughter-in-law were jailed last year on methamphetamine charges -- leaving their two children behind -- Patricia Schroer and her husband, Richard, both state-certified foster parents, tried to open their Valley Station home to the boys.
When her son and daughter-in-law were jailed last year on methamphetamine charges -- leaving their two children behind -- Patricia Schroer and her husband, Richard, both state-certified foster parents, tried to open their Valley Station home to the boys.
Social services cut dying mother's time with children
Social services cut dying mother's time with children
The woman, who suffers from a terminal brain disorder, has had her visiting time reduced by social services because of concerns about her failing health.
Note: What kind of a sadistic f*** could do such a thing and still sleep at night? Oh yeah, a Social Worker. Duh!
The woman, who suffers from a terminal brain disorder, has had her visiting time reduced by social services because of concerns about her failing health.
Note: What kind of a sadistic f*** could do such a thing and still sleep at night? Oh yeah, a Social Worker. Duh!
California's locked-up children languish without mental health services
California's locked-up children languish without mental health services
The lengthy detention of a mentally ill 11-year-old boy in Santa Clara County's juvenile hall has raised alarm among national juvenile justice experts. But while the jailing, recently reported by the Mercury News, is rare, it reveals a far more common problem: Counties throughout California struggle each day to find appropriate places for juvenile offenders with severe psychiatric problems.
The lengthy detention of a mentally ill 11-year-old boy in Santa Clara County's juvenile hall has raised alarm among national juvenile justice experts. But while the jailing, recently reported by the Mercury News, is rare, it reveals a far more common problem: Counties throughout California struggle each day to find appropriate places for juvenile offenders with severe psychiatric problems.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Investigators: Attorney ignores slew of experts in Poca's case
The KING 5' Investigators expose more problems in the case of "Poca," the 4-year-old child abruptly taken from her foster parents. We look at the attorney assigned to advocate for Poca in court. KING 5's Susannah Frame looks into whether he's done what's really best for her.
5-month-old boy's skull fractured, grandmother searches for answers
5-month-old boy's skull fractured, grandmother searches for answers
Denise Manning feared for her 5-month-old grandson's safety, and said so in a letter to child welfare officials. Lethargic and anemic, the baby had been hospitalized with an unexplained bruise under his chin.
Denise Manning feared for her 5-month-old grandson's safety, and said so in a letter to child welfare officials. Lethargic and anemic, the baby had been hospitalized with an unexplained bruise under his chin.
Employee sounds alarm on records left after fire
Employee sounds alarm on records left after fire
Hundreds of social services clients in the Shiprock area could be at risk for identity theft after a fire burned a building where the records are stored.
Hundreds of social services clients in the Shiprock area could be at risk for identity theft after a fire burned a building where the records are stored.
4 kids safe after their cart slips into pond
4 kids safe after their cart slips into pond
Four small children escaped injury when a cart carrying them fell into a duck pond.
Note: Hey, shit happens, right?
Four small children escaped injury when a cart carrying them fell into a duck pond.
Note: Hey, shit happens, right?
UK Social Services child abuse of Joseph De Ridder
Part 1
UK Social Services child abuse of Joseph De Ridder. Please watch all the evidence we have. CPS / Social Services removed Joseph De Ridder from his loving home.
We need your help and ideas! Pass these videos to EVERYONE you know!
We need people from USA & UK. Please tell us what can be done.
To contact Roger the father
http://www.youtube.com/user/rogercaro...
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
UK Social Services child abuse of Joseph De Ridder. Please watch all the evidence we have. CPS / Social Services removed Joseph De Ridder from his loving home.
We need your help and ideas! Pass these videos to EVERYONE you know!
We need people from USA & UK. Please tell us what can be done.
To contact Roger the father
http://www.youtube.com/user/rogercaro...
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
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