Foster parent arrested after toddler drowns in front of him

The foster parent of 2-year-old Za’Marion Wilcox has been arrested, after Wilcox drowned over Labor Day Weekend at their community pool.

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• Man charged in drowning death of his 2-year-old foster child held without bond

A Single Senator Is Blocking Reform Of The Foster Care System

The Families First Prevention Services Act, a sweeping reform of the broken foster care system, passed the House by a unanimous vote. In order to move it through the Senate, it was initially included in the Cures Act, but it was stripped at the request of Sen. Richard Burr, a North Carolina Republican. Young people who’d been through the foster system rushed to the Capitol on Monday to try to save the bill and get it attached to the CR, but, sources said, Burr continued to object, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) agreed to keep it out.

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Canada's record on First Nations child welfare to face scrutiny in Washington

The Assembly of First Nations regional chief in Manitoba is warning the state of First Nations child welfare system is in such a sorry state that is akin to subjecting kids to genocide.

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The Forgotten Children: CPS says hands are tied after adoptions

After seven children with special needs were removed from horrific conditions in a Richmond home, we wondered why no one knew what was going on behind closed doors.

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Advocates Say ACS Is 'Running Scared' In The Wake Of Horrifying Child Abuse Cases

Administration for Children's Services filings to remove children from their homes leapt more than 50 percent from September to October, the first full month after the death of a six-year-old child drew harsh scrutiny for the agency's handling of child abuse investigations.

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Abbott asks CPS to begin moving very troubled foster kids out of institutions, using federal money

Texas, under fire to improve its system of long-term foster care, is using federal crime-victim grant money to test whether it can get the worst-off foster children in state custody out of institutions.

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• Texas Launches New Effort to Support High-Risk Foster Kids
• Mental health pilot program for Texas foster kids underway
• Texas Gov. Abbott gives $8 million for 1,000 neediest foster children

Foster parent arrested after toddler drowns in front of him

The foster parent of 2-year-old Za’Marion Wilcox has been arrested, after Wilcox drowned over Labor Day Weekend at their community pool.

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Boy found handcuffed with dead chicken around his neck sues former foster mother

A North Carolina boy who was found with a dead chicken around his neck while handcuffed to a porch is suing his former foster parent, Wanda Larson, the Union County Department of Social Services and Union County.

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• In November 2013 Wanda Larson was arrested after her 11yearold foster son
• Boy chained with dead chicken around neck sues ex-foster mother, social services officials
• Boy chained with dead chicken around neck files lawsuit
• Boy chained with dead chicken around neck sues adults

Connecticut parents air concerns over state’s plans to privatize group homes

Families whose children have intellectual or developmental disabilities gathered Tuesday at the Legislative Office Building with a variety of messages for the state Department of Developmental Services.

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Doctor investigated for false accusations against parents found dead

A doctor at Ste-Justine Hospital who was under investigation by the College of Physicians was found dead Tuesday morning.

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Woman who fatally stabbed B.C. social worker found not criminally responsible

A Fort St. John woman accused of fatally stabbing a much-loved Burnaby social worker has been found not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder.

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Council criticised over foster child's savings complaint

Bridgend council has been criticised by a watchdog for failing to adequately monitor a looked-after child's savings accounts while he was in their care.

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7 foster kids with special needs locked in closet, found living in urine and feces at Richmond home

Seven special needs children are now safe after being rescued from an abusive and neglectful foster mother and one of the four men living with them in Richmond, the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office said.

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Children in custody could be killed by restraint methods

A number of authorised methods of controlling young people in custody could kill or severely disable them, a review has found.

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Milestone reached in lawsuit against DFCS

Georgia officials entered an agreement Monday that provides a pathway out of a decade-old court order that has cost the state millions to revamp a failing child protection system.

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Hundreds of women and children are released from Texas immigration detention facilities

More than 400 women and children have been freed from two Texas immigration detention facilities after a federal judge found the sites unsuitable for holding children, sending families into a wet, frigid December night while migrant advocates scrambled to provide shelter, food and emergency care.

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HSLDA Sues New York City

“Hello? Child Protective Services is in my living room—what should I do?” The voice on the other end of the line sounded shaken, but calm.

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• HSLDA Sues New York City Over Homeschool Hang-ups

DCF denies backlog at child abuse reporting center

A spokeswoman for the Kansas Department for Children and Families confirmed last week that a call center for child abuse reports had trouble keeping up with the volume of calls it received in September but denied the center had a “backlog.”

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N.J. worker charged with coercing sex by threatening moms' visits with children

A former New Jersey child protection worker has been indicted on allegations of coercing two mothers to engage in sexual behavior in exchange for positive reports and unsupervised visits with their children, the state Attorney General's Office announced Monday.

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• Former State Employee Indicted On Charges Of Sexual Assault, Misconduct Against Two Young Mothers: AG
• Former New Jersey DCF worker indicted for extorting sex

Boy found handcuffed with dead chicken around his neck sues former foster mother

A North Carolina boy who was found with a dead chicken around his neck while handcuffed to a porch is suing his former foster parent, Wanda Larson, the Union County Department of Social Services and Union County.

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• Boy found chained files lawsuit against former foster parent, social services

Czech woman stripped of parental rights loses at Norwegian court

A Norwegian court refused to deal with the appeal of a Czech woman, Eva Michalakova, against a verdict that stripped her of parental rights to her two sons in June, and this verdict has taken effect, public Czech Radio (CRo) writes on its website.

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Internal email: Staffing problem caused child abuse report backlog

Child abuse and neglect reports piled up in Kansas because of “a severe staffing issue,” a high-ranking state Department for Children and Families official said in a September email.

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System-Suckology: Thoughts on Pizzagate Connection to CPS Vs. The Real Child Welfare Pedophiles

I'm sure that many of you are by now aware of and jumping on the Pizzagate train.

I've recently seen many links popping up on this Pizzagate issue.  These links include Reddit banning the #Pizzagate hashtag.  Some blogs trying to link CPS as human traffickers to this group of high society pedophiles.  I've even seen blogs trying to link our beloved Senator Nancy Schaefer and her fight against CPS to this nasty scandal which is really sad since her death has been reduced to a conspiracy theory that has never been proven or debunked by anybody with the power to do so leaving us to speculation.

Over the years there have been many rumors of high profile sexual abuse rings, for example the Day-care sex-abuse hysteria that took place in the 80's or 90's, or the American Indian Boarding School's and some of the things that went on in there, as well as many others but it seems to be one of those places where nobody who could stop or expose or fix it or prove it is ever willing to go. I am unaware of any serious investigations into any such scandals in the USA at this time and I am unable to support or debunk the Pizzagate Conspiracy Theory.

Although, and I'm only saying this because it's provable, there is a major inquiry going on in England right now, they're busting Government Officials, Lords, BBC stars and you name it, it is fraught with scandal, changing leadership, failures and criticism.  Plus the accused are being acquitted and filing lawsuits.  Because there are so many high profile targets, the whole country is engulfed in an emotional sexual abuse scandal that has yet to do anything about the problem.  

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34965912    (Or just Google "Sexual Abuse Inquiry UK")

It would be interesting if the powers that be actually opened such an investigation over here that targeted government officials, corporate leaders, or Hollywood pedophiles, but I have yet to see anything, I will therefore not jump to any conclusions.

So let me explain what really happens which should be scarier than any of the conspiracy theories.

I could make the serious argument that the most common crime against foster children is probably sexual abuse.  What we don't know the extent of this because it's not tracked by the government, and only a fraction of these stories ever hit the media and that is just of those who got caught.  I could also make the serious argument that many prostitutes or rather "Human Trafficking Victims" came out of the child welfare system.  That's a fact, but if CPS can sweep it under the rug, they will and they usually do.  It's how they protect their image.  What we can't have is the people knowing that Pedophiles target jobs working with children because that will cause a panic.  Pedophiles who haven't been caught yet are also great at passing background checks which are supposed to protect these kids.  That's how they get in the door.

Here is nearly 10 years worth of links on the topic of sexual abuse in child welfare.  Mostly to "reliable" news sources.   Just go to the bottom and click on "older posts" and you will get more and more and more.

http://legallykidnapped.blogspot.com/search/label/sexual%20abuse

CPS will remove a child, eventually they will terminate the parents rights to that child which leaves the child available for adoption into a "loving family" or lingering in the system, all cut off without a word to anybody who knew the kid from their previous life.  The system guards it's secrets well. Some of these kids are thrown into group homes, some are bounced through foster care, others are locked up.  Some even run away never to be heard from again.  Most of the time we never find out.

Confidentiality laws are enforced and parents are often gagged by the judges.  So the kid who isn't adopted into a loving family just disappears into the system and is left to the mercy of the state.  When they turn 18 (or 21 in some states) the services stop and they are put out on the street, end up on the streets or in jail with everything in between.  

If #Pizzagate shines light on these issues over here in the USA, so be it.  I totally support protecting these kids.  I haven't seen anything from any reliable sources to suggest that it is.  That doesn't mean anything though because the "reliable sources" often look the other way when it benefits them to do so.  Therefore it is entirely possible.  However, I can back up everything that I've just said.  That's the difference.

And even if Pizzagate is true, I'm sure they've moved on from the pizza shop by now anyway.  So let's please get back to reality so we can start solving the real problems with CPS and the Child Welfare System.

Peace Love and Flowers
LK

Police probe death of 1-year-old boy in foster care

A Greenwich woman is grieving the death of her 1-year-old son after police say the child died in Bridgeport while in the care of foster parents.

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International adoptions may get harder due to proposed U.S. regulations

Michael was one of more than 15,000 children adopted internationally in 1998. But by 2015, that number had dwindled to 5,647.

And now, international adoption agencies worry that a sweeping set of proposed State Department regulations could erode that number further.

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