A teenager has died after being hit by a MyCiTi bus while on his way to work.
Wednesday, April 02, 2014
Compass: Bill would make sure foster kids have a chance to live with good relatives
Compass: Bill would make sure foster kids have a chance to live with good relatives
A shortage of foster homes and high caseloads among state social workers result in children bouncing between temporary foster homes. It's no secret that the state doesn't make the best parent. Children suffer -- struggling to attach to each new foster family, falling behind in their education, and costing society even more in high crime rates and reliance on public assistance as adults.
Teen missing from Harrisburg foster home
Teen missing from Harrisburg foster home
The Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office is looking for a 17-year-old girl who ran away from her foster home on Sunday morning
The Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office is looking for a 17-year-old girl who ran away from her foster home on Sunday morning
Sutton dad takes forced adoption campaign to European Parliament
Sutton dad takes forced adoption campaign to European Parliament
A dad has taken his campaign to end forced adoptions to the European Parliament.
Sutton man Terence Steele, 42, had his two-year-old daughter taken away from him earlier this year but believes the process by which she was taken away was flawed.
A dad has taken his campaign to end forced adoptions to the European Parliament.
Sutton man Terence Steele, 42, had his two-year-old daughter taken away from him earlier this year but believes the process by which she was taken away was flawed.
Forced adoption scandal couple face new heartbreak
Forced adoption scandal couple face new heartbreak
Carla and José Pedro, the Portuguese couple who claim their children were unjustly taken from them to feed a UK adoption scandal, face new heartbreak this week. Unless Portuguese authorities can negotiate a breakthrough, the couple’s two youngest children will be officially put up for adoption. According to Público’s Ana Cordeiro - who has been following the case closely in the UK - once this happens the process will be “irreversible”.
Carla and José Pedro, the Portuguese couple who claim their children were unjustly taken from them to feed a UK adoption scandal, face new heartbreak this week. Unless Portuguese authorities can negotiate a breakthrough, the couple’s two youngest children will be officially put up for adoption. According to Público’s Ana Cordeiro - who has been following the case closely in the UK - once this happens the process will be “irreversible”.
Justina Pelletier: Alan Dershowitz to Represent Teen in Custody Fight
Justina Pelletier: Alan Dershowitz to Represent Teen in Custody Fight
Former Harvard law professor and high-profile lawyer Alan Dershowitz will represent 15-year-old Justina Pelletier as her parents attempt to regain custody after a heated court battle that resulted in her placement with the Department of Children and Families last week.
Former Harvard law professor and high-profile lawyer Alan Dershowitz will represent 15-year-old Justina Pelletier as her parents attempt to regain custody after a heated court battle that resulted in her placement with the Department of Children and Families last week.
When the Government Takes Your Children
When the Government Takes Your Children
Many people who have followed the Justina Pelletier case—largely ignored by the mainstream media, by the way—have thought that there has to be more to it, or that it’s an outrageous out-of-the-ordinary affair. This is the case where the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families forcibly took custody from her parents over a year ago of a teenager who had been treated for years for mitochondrial disease (a genetic disorder), when they brought her to Boston Children’s Hospital for consultation about a related gastrointestinal problem and resisted a quickly-made diagnosis by a medical resident and a psychologist there that she instead had a mental problem. Justina has been confined to Children’s Hospital for over a year and then DCF assigned her to a group home and then foster care and a juvenile judge awarded the agency custody of her until she turns eighteen. Justina has written that she feels like a prisoner and she has been denied both schooling and the opportunity to attend Mass or receive Holy Communion—all this, while the hospital and DCF claim they’re “helping” her. Her parents’ have engaged in a protracted legal battle with DCF and now their attorneys have filed a habeas corpus action.
Many people who have followed the Justina Pelletier case—largely ignored by the mainstream media, by the way—have thought that there has to be more to it, or that it’s an outrageous out-of-the-ordinary affair. This is the case where the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families forcibly took custody from her parents over a year ago of a teenager who had been treated for years for mitochondrial disease (a genetic disorder), when they brought her to Boston Children’s Hospital for consultation about a related gastrointestinal problem and resisted a quickly-made diagnosis by a medical resident and a psychologist there that she instead had a mental problem. Justina has been confined to Children’s Hospital for over a year and then DCF assigned her to a group home and then foster care and a juvenile judge awarded the agency custody of her until she turns eighteen. Justina has written that she feels like a prisoner and she has been denied both schooling and the opportunity to attend Mass or receive Holy Communion—all this, while the hospital and DCF claim they’re “helping” her. Her parents’ have engaged in a protracted legal battle with DCF and now their attorneys have filed a habeas corpus action.
Martinez to announce proposals on child welfare
Martinez to announce proposals on child welfare
The office of New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez says she will announce proposals and steps to improve children's well-being and child abuse investigations.
The office of New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez says she will announce proposals and steps to improve children's well-being and child abuse investigations.
Protect your Infant from "Child Protective Services"
Protect your Infant from "Child Protective Services"
Then this arrogant, rude and abusive people came in and told me my baby would have to go to foster care because their were "serious concerns" about my ability to care for him. (I'll save details for later if anyone is interested). They took my baby, then gave him to foster care and then to his father. He is doing horribly. Yet, the caseworker refuses to believe my concerns - she just wants to have her hands wiped clean of my baby and an extremely difficult high-conflict separating parenting situation: i.e. she was lazy.
Then this arrogant, rude and abusive people came in and told me my baby would have to go to foster care because their were "serious concerns" about my ability to care for him. (I'll save details for later if anyone is interested). They took my baby, then gave him to foster care and then to his father. He is doing horribly. Yet, the caseworker refuses to believe my concerns - she just wants to have her hands wiped clean of my baby and an extremely difficult high-conflict separating parenting situation: i.e. she was lazy.
Foster parent from Dudley accused of rape
Foster parent from Dudley accused of rape
A longtime foster parent who has been accused of raping a girl is to be arraigned April 15.
A longtime foster parent who has been accused of raping a girl is to be arraigned April 15.
Child abuse charges against unemployed mom will go forward
Child abuse charges against unemployed mom will go forward
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery is defending a decision to charge a woman with child abuse.
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery is defending a decision to charge a woman with child abuse.
Ky. appeals order to release child abuse records
Ky. appeals order to release child abuse records
The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services is appealing a judge's order that it release case files on children who were being monitored by the state when they died or nearly died from abuse or neglect.
Foster parent scheduled for court in shaking baby case
Foster parent scheduled for court in shaking baby case
The Sallisaw woman accused of shaking a three-month old baby last month is scheduled for court next Wednesday.
The Sallisaw woman accused of shaking a three-month old baby last month is scheduled for court next Wednesday.
CPS worker in critical condition after crash
CPS worker in critical condition after crash
Note: Karma is a bitch sometimes, eh?
The Allegan County Sheriff’s Department says a Child Protective Services worker is in critical condition after being involved in a crash Monday.
Note: Karma is a bitch sometimes, eh?
The Allegan County Sheriff’s Department says a Child Protective Services worker is in critical condition after being involved in a crash Monday.
Man sues DSHS, citing sex abuse by social worker
Man sues DSHS, citing sex abuse by social worker
A 38-year-old man who says he was sexually exploited and abused by a state social worker later convicted of sex crimes has sued the state Department of Social and Health Services.
A 38-year-old man who says he was sexually exploited and abused by a state social worker later convicted of sex crimes has sued the state Department of Social and Health Services.
LePage pushes awareness, prevention of child abuse in Maine
LePage pushes awareness, prevention of child abuse in Maine
This is kind of an oxymoron if you ask me.
This is kind of an oxymoron if you ask me.
Japan gears up to follow child custody treaty
Japan gears up to follow child custody treaty
As Japan on Tuesday formally joined the international treaty for settling cross-border child custody disputes, the government, the judicial community and social workers began preparing to support parents and children separated as a result of failed marriages.
As Japan on Tuesday formally joined the international treaty for settling cross-border child custody disputes, the government, the judicial community and social workers began preparing to support parents and children separated as a result of failed marriages.
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
Legislators Will Call for Investigation Into DCF After Parents Lose Custody of Justina Pelletier
Legislators Will Call for Investigation Into DCF After Parents Lose Custody of Justina Pelletier
Massachusetts state representatives Jim Lyons (R-Andover) and Marc Lombardo (R-Billerica) will discuss an impending investigation into DCF spending on the Justina Pelletier case at a Wednesday morning news conference.
Massachusetts state representatives Jim Lyons (R-Andover) and Marc Lombardo (R-Billerica) will discuss an impending investigation into DCF spending on the Justina Pelletier case at a Wednesday morning news conference.
- Boston Psychiatric Unit’s Year Long Incarceration of Teenager Justina Pelletier Merits State Investigation According to Mental Health Watchdog, CCHR
- Justine Pelletier family wants to take up Harvard Law Prof. Alan Dershowitz's offer to help
Foster father threatened to kill himself if teen revealed sex, court told
Foster father threatened to kill himself if teen revealed sex, court told
A teenage girl whose foster father allegedly had repeated sex with her told police she hid the relationship from her foster mother because she was “the only family I’ve ever had”.
A teenage girl whose foster father allegedly had repeated sex with her told police she hid the relationship from her foster mother because she was “the only family I’ve ever had”.
DHS child welfare specialist fired for gross neglect in Oklahoma
DHS child welfare specialist fired for gross neglect in Oklahoma
DHS child welfare specialist Rachel Qualls was fired Monday after the agency concluded she failed to fully investigate allegations a special-needs child was being neglected.
DHS child welfare specialist Rachel Qualls was fired Monday after the agency concluded she failed to fully investigate allegations a special-needs child was being neglected.
U.S. fathers urge Japan to comply with child custody treaty
U.S. fathers urge Japan to comply with child custody treaty
A group of U.S. fathers urged the Japanese government Monday to comply with a convention for settling cross-border child custody disputes and help them and other American parents reunite with their children living in Japan.
South Dakota v. Native American Parents: Why Are Children Being Separated From Their Families in Pennington County?
South Dakota v. Native American Parents: Why Are Children Being Separated From Their Families in Pennington County?
A precedent-setting federal lawsuit over the rights of Indian parents and tribes in South Dakota began with courthouse eavesdropping. Dana Hanna, a Rapid City attorney, was early for his case in Pennington County one day in October 2011. He was preoccupied preparing his own materials as he waited in the county courtroom, but couldn’t help overhearing the proceeding in progress. Something was off. What Hanna saw seemed to be a custody hearing, with two Indian parents before county officials, but if it was that kind of hearing, this one ended way too quickly.
A precedent-setting federal lawsuit over the rights of Indian parents and tribes in South Dakota began with courthouse eavesdropping. Dana Hanna, a Rapid City attorney, was early for his case in Pennington County one day in October 2011. He was preoccupied preparing his own materials as he waited in the county courtroom, but couldn’t help overhearing the proceeding in progress. Something was off. What Hanna saw seemed to be a custody hearing, with two Indian parents before county officials, but if it was that kind of hearing, this one ended way too quickly.
I Was a Foster Child and CPS Needs Real Reform
I Was a Foster Child and CPS Needs Real Reform
Just like Child Protective Services can suck for parents, foster care can suck for kids too. As someone who spent my pre-teen and teen years in foster care, this is something that my friends and I know all too well.
Just like Child Protective Services can suck for parents, foster care can suck for kids too. As someone who spent my pre-teen and teen years in foster care, this is something that my friends and I know all too well.
Former nanny of adopted children at center of abuse case: What took so long?
Former nanny of adopted children at center of abuse case: What took so long?
A former nanny for three adopted children Las Vegas police say were subjected to years of abuse and neglect can’t understand what took so long for authorities to intervene.
Fluffing the Numbers and Making The Money - April Is National Child Abuse Propaganda Month
Yes folks its April Fools day but this is no joke as this day also marks the National Child Abuse Propaganda Month kick off.
Without getting too much into it, I would simply like to point out a few of issues that I have discovered through my research over the years of doing this blog. For a more in depth look at this problem I would like to point you to the 2012 SystemSuckology reports on the subject.
Without getting too much into it, I would simply like to point out a few of issues that I have discovered through my research over the years of doing this blog. For a more in depth look at this problem I would like to point you to the 2012 SystemSuckology reports on the subject.
- SystemSuckology: Understanding Child Abuse Propaganda Month - Part 1: An Excuse For A Fundraiser
- SystemSuckology: Understanding Child Abuse Propaganda Month - Part 2: Sitting Around The Campfire Telling Child Abuse Stories
- SystemSuckology: Understanding Child Abuse Propaganda Month - Part 3: You Can Help Support Child Welfare Fraud
Of course, this year we can expect more of the same number fluffing, fundraisers, celebrations of the accomplishments and failures of the System Sucks, candle light vigils, pinwheel gardens that include the falsely accused, etc.
Here are a few examples:
In Ohio an article was published...
A 'WEAR BLUE' DAY ON APRIL 9 FOR CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION IN GUERNSEY COUNTY
Which states: "Guernsey County received 523 reports of suspected child abuse and neglect in 2013."
What they fail to tell you is how many of these cases were substantiated. Therefore their celebrations include all of the lying and false accusing CPS Rats, who sent social workers on a wild goose chase thereby putting innocent families through the ringer.
Scott Ferris: April is Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month
In 2013, Allen County experienced its fifth consecutive increase in reports of child abuse and neglect. In 2008, Allen County Children Services investigated 571 reports. In 2013, we investigated and assessed 967 reports of child maltreatment.
Those reports involved 2,334 children (number includes children who were subject to more than one report).
Again the number of reports does not consider the number of actual cases of child abuse. But that's not stopping them from planting an inflated number of pinwheels in the ground as the article goes on to say...
At 12:30 p.m.Monday at Lima Memorial Health System, our community will hold its annual Pinwheels for Prevention Program. At this event, participants will plant a pinwheel in the ground, each pinwheel representing one of the 967 reports of child abuse and neglect received during 2013. This number of reports is an increase of 70 percent from 2008.
To be fair, I have nothing against raising awareness of child abuse. What I have a problem with is using the wrong set of numbers to make it look worse than it actually is because the normal people buy into the larger numbers.
Pinwheel Garden Helps Raise Awareness for Child Abuse Prevention
A field of pinwheels, 800 to be exact, that represent every child abuse and neglect case reported across the Brazos Valley last year.
But the problem doesn't stop there, because these pinwheels that they are really just a way for the System Sucks to raise funds for their operations.
Pinwheels for National Child Abuse Prevention Month in Verona
This campaign offers citizens, businesses and community groups an opportunity to make a difference for the children in their neighborhood by purchasing a pinwheel or “cyber” pinwheel.
Of course the larger (fluffed) number makes it so that there are more pinwheels available for sale. That of course, brings in more money for the System Sucks.
There is also an emotional factor to consider, as the system sucks often use fear mongering as a way to intensify the impact of what they're saying. Smaller, more accurate numbers don't make as much of an impact on the normal average sheep. They will therefore be that much more likely to reach deep into their wallets and give the System Sucks their money if they think the problem is worse than it actually is, especially when the horror stories are added.
Clairen Reese: Pinwheels for Prevention
In 2013, the Department of Children and Families abuse hotline received 1,538 initial reports in Santa Rosa County. Fifty-nine medical exams and 68 forensic/specialized interviews were conducted. More than 700 sessions of individual, family and group counseling were held.
Almost half of those being abused are in the newborn to 6-year-old range, while those age 7-12 and 13-18 make up the balance almost equally. And 66 percent are female; 34 percent are male; 42 percent involve sexual abuse; 30 percent physical; 19 percent neglect; and 9 percent something else.
“We have to protect our innocent children who are victims of neglect and abuse by their own families or by predators,” said Liz Simmons, Kids’ House child abuse prevention campaign chairwoman. “What a horrible way to spend a childhood.
So yes there is an actual practical application for making mountains out of mole hills. It helps them to increase pinwheel sales, thus creating more money for the System Sucks.
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