Friday, July 03, 2009
State neglecting responsibility to protect children
State neglecting responsibility to protect children
Parents who abuse their children have betrayed the most fundamental of human and social contracts.
Parents who abuse their children have betrayed the most fundamental of human and social contracts.
Aged-out foster child faces possible homelessness
Aged-out foster child faces possible homelessness
A severely disabled teen, whose parents kept him here illegally, faces homelessness -- or worse -- on his 18th birthday.
A severely disabled teen, whose parents kept him here illegally, faces homelessness -- or worse -- on his 18th birthday.
Holiday holds different meaning for foster youth
Holiday holds different meaning for foster youth
Independence is a recurring theme throughout our lives, beginning with our very first steps. We celebrate our 18{+t}{+h} birthdays amidst plans for high school graduation, college enrollment, military enlistment or employment. These and other important life choices are made with the support and guidance of loving families.
Not so for Suzi. At 18, she was escorted to the door of a foster care facility, suddenly homeless. Sadly, Suzi had "aged out" of the foster care system, a harsh reality facing foster youth who are not adopted before their 18th birthdays. The traumatized teens, victims of abuse, neglect or abandonment, are handed notebooks containing their important personal papers and sent into the world ill-equipped, frightened and vulnerable. Carli, also among about 800 youth who age out of Florida's foster care system each year, says "It's like becoming an instant adult - I felt so alone."
Note: Yes, Foster Care Providers are such good caring people when the money is cut off.
Independence is a recurring theme throughout our lives, beginning with our very first steps. We celebrate our 18{+t}{+h} birthdays amidst plans for high school graduation, college enrollment, military enlistment or employment. These and other important life choices are made with the support and guidance of loving families.
Not so for Suzi. At 18, she was escorted to the door of a foster care facility, suddenly homeless. Sadly, Suzi had "aged out" of the foster care system, a harsh reality facing foster youth who are not adopted before their 18th birthdays. The traumatized teens, victims of abuse, neglect or abandonment, are handed notebooks containing their important personal papers and sent into the world ill-equipped, frightened and vulnerable. Carli, also among about 800 youth who age out of Florida's foster care system each year, says "It's like becoming an instant adult - I felt so alone."
Note: Yes, Foster Care Providers are such good caring people when the money is cut off.
Policeman with 5,000 child abuse images and rape videos is jailed
Policeman with 5,000 child abuse images and rape videos is jailed
A pervert police officer who downloaded over 5,000 sickening images of child abuse, including four movies of a young girl being raped, has been jailed for three years.
A pervert police officer who downloaded over 5,000 sickening images of child abuse, including four movies of a young girl being raped, has been jailed for three years.
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Austin Knightly
Austin Knightly was stolen by NH DCYF and is now up for sale.
This is a picture of our grandson Austin, which DCYF had taken to look for adoptive parents, even though we were told not to worry about a thing. That the worker was advocating for Austin to be placed in our home, where we would have custody of him before adopting him. Just another lie by the almighty DCYF. After many made up excuses, we were denied placement, even though Austin spent the first three years of his life with us and the next three years visiting us every day, where he also staid weekends. Austin is now considered "Special Needs", since being taken from his mother by DCYF and is on psychiatric medication. He has suffered dearly and tried to hang himself when first placed in foster care. All he wants is his grandfather, but all DCYF wants is money. Being special needs and on psychiatric medication, makes Austin worth more to DCYF. If he is not returned, I fear the next time he try's to commit suicide, he will succeed. We will never give up on our grandson, illegally taken by DCYF and kept from us through illegal practices. Austin we love you.
Mother watches over Alta. boy badly hurt in foster care
Mother watches over Alta. boy badly hurt in foster care
A mother’s kisses and quiet prayers mark the bedside vigil for a 15-month-old boy hospitalized this week with serious injuries suffered while in foster care.
Hooked up to machines to help him breathe, the thin, unresponsive child is a shadow of the chubby baby boy his biological mother saw two months ago.
A mother’s kisses and quiet prayers mark the bedside vigil for a 15-month-old boy hospitalized this week with serious injuries suffered while in foster care.
Hooked up to machines to help him breathe, the thin, unresponsive child is a shadow of the chubby baby boy his biological mother saw two months ago.
Alberta official cited for contempt of court
Alberta official cited for contempt of court
A high-ranking director in Alberta’s department of Children and Youth Services has been cited for contempt of court after he failed to return a child to his foster mother after being ordered to do so by the province’s top court.
A high-ranking director in Alberta’s department of Children and Youth Services has been cited for contempt of court after he failed to return a child to his foster mother after being ordered to do so by the province’s top court.
Audit: CPS is missing deadlines on complaint invstigations
A new report finds Child Protective Services is missing deadlines to investigate complaints of abuse in group homes and treatment centers.
MP's fears at child risk register
MP's fears at child risk register
A Somerset MP has raised concerns about the safety of data held for the government's new child register scheme.
A Somerset MP has raised concerns about the safety of data held for the government's new child register scheme.
DCF Kicked Out Of Its Westside Office
DCF Kicked Out Of Its Westside Office
The Florida Department of Children and Families was told suddenly to vacate its Westside office, catching the agency and those who show up for food stamps or other service scrambling for where to go.
The Florida Department of Children and Families was told suddenly to vacate its Westside office, catching the agency and those who show up for food stamps or other service scrambling for where to go.
Mother of baby thrown from car sues DCF, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
Mother of baby thrown from car sues DCF, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
The mother of a baby who was thrown from a car onto Interstate 275 says she's suing the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office and the Florida Department of Children and Families.
The mother of a baby who was thrown from a car onto Interstate 275 says she's suing the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office and the Florida Department of Children and Families.
Therapy not helping abuse victims
Therapy not helping abuse victims
Residential and play therapy experts have hit out at a government-funded report that says their work is failing to improve outcomes for child victims of physical abuse.
Residential and play therapy experts have hit out at a government-funded report that says their work is failing to improve outcomes for child victims of physical abuse.
Victim Testifies Foster Parent Molested Him
Victim Testifies Foster Parent Molested Him
A 25-year-old man testified Tuesday that a man who took him in from a shelter when he was 13 molested him every night for months until he told the defendant he wanted it to stop.
A 25-year-old man testified Tuesday that a man who took him in from a shelter when he was 13 molested him every night for months until he told the defendant he wanted it to stop.
State orders audit of Marin family court
State orders audit of Marin family court
Prodded by Sen. Mark Leno and other lawmakers, the state Joint Legislative Audit Committee voted Wednesday to investigate the family courts in Marin and Sacramento counties.
The audit will focus on the use, and potential misuse, of court-appointed specialists in family-law disputes, such as mediators, investigators and therapists.
Prodded by Sen. Mark Leno and other lawmakers, the state Joint Legislative Audit Committee voted Wednesday to investigate the family courts in Marin and Sacramento counties.
The audit will focus on the use, and potential misuse, of court-appointed specialists in family-law disputes, such as mediators, investigators and therapists.
Planned Parenthood Abortion Center Staffer: We Bend the Rules on Sexual Abuse
Planned Parenthood Abortion Center Staffer: We Bend the Rules on Sexual Abuse
A new undercover video shows what others have when it comes to Planned Parenthood and how it handles potential cases of sexual abuse. New footage shows a staffer at a Birmingham, Alabama abortion center telling a woman who appears to be a victim of statutory rape that "we bend the rules."
A new undercover video shows what others have when it comes to Planned Parenthood and how it handles potential cases of sexual abuse. New footage shows a staffer at a Birmingham, Alabama abortion center telling a woman who appears to be a victim of statutory rape that "we bend the rules."
Child Protective Services: Who’s holding them accountable?
Child Protective Services: Who’s holding them accountable?
Note: Nobody.
Child abuse investigations in Kern County have risen nearly 20 percent within the last year. CPS workers are supposed to protect the children behind those numbers, but are they doing a good job, who's holding them accountable, and are they open to public scrutiny?
Note: Nobody.
Child abuse investigations in Kern County have risen nearly 20 percent within the last year. CPS workers are supposed to protect the children behind those numbers, but are they doing a good job, who's holding them accountable, and are they open to public scrutiny?
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
“Ask the Judge” Tackles Protective Orders, False CPS Claims and Defendants Rights
“Ask the Judge” Tackles Protective Orders, False CPS Claims and Defendants Rights
Another man asks what can be done if a false CPS claim is made against his family. Can you file charges against someone who makes a made-up report about child abuse?
Another man asks what can be done if a false CPS claim is made against his family. Can you file charges against someone who makes a made-up report about child abuse?
I must have set her off.
So D, the foster parent whose boobs are properly secured in A Bra That Fits..., after using me to make her point without as much as a link, has responded to my comment on this post and the one I left on her blog.
She writes:
What never ceases to amaze me is how defensive of their jobs these self-righteous hypocrites are.
Ok... Here we go. I'll deal with this out of boredom. (slow day on the newswire)
Notice how she calls me ignorant of the foster care issues. I make no claims at all other than the fact that the system causes more harm than good. I post links to news articles and provide a voice to the victims of the Child Protective Industry. And for that I'm a bad guy.
Sure I don't post much of the fluffed-up bullshit propaganda that the foster contractors like this (as well as Industry itself) wants you to believe, you know the heartwarming news stories about the wonderful revolving door foster contractor of the year who has had 250 kids in 10 years bouncing through their homes. But that doesn't mean that I don't have a clue that there are really seriously abused and neglected children out there.
Yeah, and I know that there are foster parents out there who rape, murder, abuse and neglect the children given to them by the state too.
Not every parent who has had their child stolen is a drug addict. I hate to tell you that.
$250 a month? You must be living in Nebraska. Just get them diagnosed with some special need and you'll get more. Just get the doctor to prescribe them Ritalin or something. Medicade will pay for the whole thing.
What's that, 2 trash bags instead of one?
I wasn't.
Not a problem.
Love me or hate me they still continue to read my blog. Now when you use my screen name or refer to me on your blog, put the link in. It's a common courtesy. That's http://www.LegallyKidnapped.blogspot.com Say whatever you want about me. I don't loose a bit of sleep over it. There is no such thing as bad publicity.
Agreed.
I never said they were. I usually leave the good ones alone and just pick on the ones like you.
LK
She writes:
**LK, I give you NO credit at all, other than your ignorance of the other side of the coin. Which by the way, never ceases to amaze me. You do know there are people out there who can not and will not take care of their kids. Meth addicts and crack addicts don't pay taxes, I find. So let's not say they contribute via their tax paying.
I dare you to raise an infant/Toddler on 250.00 a month. Please include in your calculations: FORMULA, bottles, clothes,(not dollar store or Goodwill) DIAPERS, wipes, daycare (because someone has to work to pay for this) older babies & toddlers need baby food, age proper snacks, sippy cups, more clothes, shoes, transportation to see the parents, your time and gas to do so. Taking time off work for multiple Dr visits, because they are always sick & never up to date on anything. Of course you'll need time and gas for that too. There is so much more, but I'll let you do the calculations for just these "few" things for now. Please do, get back to me on how your budget comes out. By my calculations over the years it comes out that I pay about 150.00 per month to be able to be a foster parent to children who have NO parents or relatives who can or will take them in.
By the way, the children leave my house with more than they ever came here with. If you don't count the health, love and stable home they have while here.
Be nice, I posted your comment. Now your turn.
I enjoy your blog, I really do. I don't think kids should be in foster care a day longer than it takes parents with REAL issues to get their act together & we both know there is a need for foster care under the right circumstances.
Not all foster parents are crazy or horrible.
What never ceases to amaze me is how defensive of their jobs these self-righteous hypocrites are.
Ok... Here we go. I'll deal with this out of boredom. (slow day on the newswire)
**LK, I give you NO credit at all, other than your ignorance of the other side of the coin. Which by the way, never ceases to amaze me.
Notice how she calls me ignorant of the foster care issues. I make no claims at all other than the fact that the system causes more harm than good. I post links to news articles and provide a voice to the victims of the Child Protective Industry. And for that I'm a bad guy.
Sure I don't post much of the fluffed-up bullshit propaganda that the foster contractors like this (as well as Industry itself) wants you to believe, you know the heartwarming news stories about the wonderful revolving door foster contractor of the year who has had 250 kids in 10 years bouncing through their homes. But that doesn't mean that I don't have a clue that there are really seriously abused and neglected children out there.
You do know there are people out there who can not and will not take care of their kids.
Yeah, and I know that there are foster parents out there who rape, murder, abuse and neglect the children given to them by the state too.
Meth addicts and crack addicts don't pay taxes, I find. So let's not say they contribute via their tax paying.
Not every parent who has had their child stolen is a drug addict. I hate to tell you that.
I dare you to raise an infant/Toddler on 250.00 a month. Please include in your calculations: FORMULA, bottles, clothes,(not dollar store or Goodwill) DIAPERS, wipes, daycare (because someone has to work to pay for this) older babies & toddlers need baby food, age proper snacks, sippy cups, more clothes, shoes, transportation to see the parents, your time and gas to do so. Taking time off work for multiple Dr visits, because they are always sick & never up to date on anything. Of course you'll need time and gas for that too. There is so much more, but I'll let you do the calculations for just these "few" things for now. Please do, get back to me on how your budget comes out. By my calculations over the years it comes out that I pay about 150.00 per month to be able to be a foster parent to children who have NO parents or relatives who can or will take them in.
$250 a month? You must be living in Nebraska. Just get them diagnosed with some special need and you'll get more. Just get the doctor to prescribe them Ritalin or something. Medicade will pay for the whole thing.
By the way, the children leave my house with more than they ever came here with.
What's that, 2 trash bags instead of one?
If you don't count the health, love and stable home they have while here.
I wasn't.
Be nice, I posted your comment. Now your turn.
Not a problem.
I enjoy your blog, I really do.
Love me or hate me they still continue to read my blog. Now when you use my screen name or refer to me on your blog, put the link in. It's a common courtesy. That's http://www.LegallyKidnapped.blogspot.com Say whatever you want about me. I don't loose a bit of sleep over it. There is no such thing as bad publicity.
I don't think kids should be in foster care a day longer than it takes parents with REAL issues to get their act together & we both know there is a need for foster care under the right circumstances.
Agreed.
Not all foster parents are crazy or horrible.
I never said they were. I usually leave the good ones alone and just pick on the ones like you.
LK
Boy detained after foster care provider assaulted
Boy detained after foster care provider assaulted
A juvenile boy is in a secure juvenile detention facility after being arrested Tuesday night for assaulting his foster care provider, according to St. Cloud police.
A juvenile boy is in a secure juvenile detention facility after being arrested Tuesday night for assaulting his foster care provider, according to St. Cloud police.
State must fix CPS oversight of group homes
State must fix CPS oversight of group homes
Anyone who needs another example of how Arizona's budget shortfall is hurting the most vulnerable people in our state should read the state Auditor General's report on how Child Protective Services handles — or, in some cases, doesn't handle — complaints of child abuse or neglect in group homes and residential treatment facilities.
Anyone who needs another example of how Arizona's budget shortfall is hurting the most vulnerable people in our state should read the state Auditor General's report on how Child Protective Services handles — or, in some cases, doesn't handle — complaints of child abuse or neglect in group homes and residential treatment facilities.
DCS shows some signs of overdue improvement
DCS shows some signs of overdue improvement
Give a government agency an impossible job, and you probably will get some impossible situations.
Give a government agency an impossible job, and you probably will get some impossible situations.
Woman accused of killing adopted child asks her attorney to step down
Woman accused of killing adopted child asks her attorney to step down
The Belleview woman accused of beating to death one of her six adopted children late last year will now be represented by the Public Defender's Office after her private attorney dismissed himself from the case.
Note: Too bad she couldn't get one of Michael Jacksons lawyers...
The Belleview woman accused of beating to death one of her six adopted children late last year will now be represented by the Public Defender's Office after her private attorney dismissed himself from the case.
Note: Too bad she couldn't get one of Michael Jacksons lawyers...
CFS 'doctored' stepdaughter's interview: father in child-custody case
CFS 'doctored' stepdaughter's interview: father in child-custody case
He's terrible at taking notes, and stumbled when asked the precise age of his two children.
But the man involved in a high-profile custody dispute said Tuesday that it's records from Manitoba Child and Family Services that he questions.
He's terrible at taking notes, and stumbled when asked the precise age of his two children.
But the man involved in a high-profile custody dispute said Tuesday that it's records from Manitoba Child and Family Services that he questions.
Now I'm getting accused of giving bad information...
LMFAO!!!
Are You Kidding Me??
This parent basher gives me too much credit. Perhaps she should change the name of her blog to: A bra that fits, a can opener that works, and somebody elses kid.
Just a thought.
Are You Kidding Me??
This parent basher gives me too much credit. Perhaps she should change the name of her blog to: A bra that fits, a can opener that works, and somebody elses kid.
Just a thought.
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