In testimony to the Kansas Foster Care Adequacy Committee on November 16, 2016, counsel for the Kansas Department of Children and Families (DCF) said the bundled payment structure for state’s current foster care lead agencies contracts could create conflicts of interest. The concern is that the non-profit lead agencies currently have a financial incentive to place children in foster homes recruited by the lead agency, whether or not the foster home is the most appropriate for the child.
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Monday, December 12, 2016
Second wave of stolen generations in WA
In Ann Oakley’s family, child removal runs four generations deep. Like her mother and grandmother, Oakley, 52, was taken away as a small child and placed in state care.
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More >> Second wave of stolen generations in WA
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Former owner of adoption agency charged with felony tax evasion
The former owner of a state adoption agency was charged Monday with multiple counts of tax evasion.
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More >> Former owner of adoption agency charged with felony tax evasion
Parents Are Suing 1 Hospital After It Had a Stranger Breastfeed the Wrong Baby
After Tammy Van Dyke's baby had to go through a year of HIV testing because of an easily preventable mistake, this mother of two is suing.
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More >> Parents Are Suing 1 Hospital After It Had a Stranger Breastfeed the Wrong Baby
Social workers fleeing troubled foster care system
Lousy pay, a toxic workplace and excessive workloads are driving away the people who serve vulnerable kids and their families.
State foster care turnover rate one of nation’s highest
As the number of foster children in Georgia soars, a state agency continues to struggle with a high turnover rate among the caseworkers who help these kids.
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More >> State foster care turnover rate one of nation’s highest
Colorado father's 'epic' eight-year legal battle to win parental rights nears end
Eight years ago, Rob Manzanares was shocked to learn that the mother of his daughter gave birth to her prematurely and put her up for adoption without his knowledge or consent.
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More >> Colorado father's 'epic' eight-year legal battle to win parental rights nears end
You don't need a brain in order to be a CPS agent, you just need to fall for their recruitment propaganda
Since I've been doing this blog I've seen lots and lots of bullshit. This however, takes the cake.
Here I present to you a CPS Worker recruitment video from New York City's Administration for Children's Services. Pay close attention to how great they make it sound.
They obviously aren't looking for anybody with any understanding of child welfare and how it works. Nope, they're trying to recruit the clueless. Probably because the clueless are the ones dumb enough to get suckered into this mess.
A quote from this video...
In nearly 10 years of working on Legally Kidnapped, I have yet to hear from one parent who likes their CPS Worker. A parent may suck up to the workers face but when they are gone it's a whole different story. It is also important to note that new CPS Agents can drag out your case as ever changing caseworkers have to get to know you all over again.
There is also evidence to support the argument that these people are full of shit. For example, here's an article from just a couple months ago from the New York Post...
And here's another from the Daily News which talks about New York City CPS dropping the ball...
Here I present to you a CPS Worker recruitment video from New York City's Administration for Children's Services. Pay close attention to how great they make it sound.
Un-flippin-believable!"Once you knock on that door and you show that family that respect, they tend to open their doors and open their arms and welcome you."
In nearly 10 years of working on Legally Kidnapped, I have yet to hear from one parent who likes their CPS Worker. A parent may suck up to the workers face but when they are gone it's a whole different story. It is also important to note that new CPS Agents can drag out your case as ever changing caseworkers have to get to know you all over again.
The heavy grind is contributing to high turnover in the already problem-plagued agency. Nearly one-quarter of the caseworkers have less than a year’s experience at any given time, the report said.
“The work can be very stressful and is not highly paid,” the report notes.
Low pay, heavy caseloads causing an exodus of child-welfare workers
And here's another from the Daily News which talks about New York City CPS dropping the ball...
ACS boss is MIA: From Myls Dobson to Zymere Perkins, child abuse caseloads continue to rise under her watch
New York City's CPS agency is also being sued in federal court for failing the kids in their care, partially due to the shortage of workers...
Why NYC's Foster Care System is Failing Children
So as you can see, they're desperate and will probably take anybody.
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Foster care lawsuit filing: State says one thing in court, another in public
State officials are being two-faced when they continue to insist that chronic flaws in the Texas' foster-care system are not as serious as they have been portrayed in a federal court case, advocacy groups alleged in a new court filing Friday.
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More >> Foster care lawsuit filing: State says one thing in court, another in public
High staff turnover, burnout puts child welfare system in crisis
After spending eight years “putting out fires” as a child welfare caseworker, Leslie Bassler became another casualty of burnout in a field known for its long hours, punishing caseloads and frustrating outcomes.
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More >> High staff turnover, burnout puts child welfare system in crisis
U.S. Kids Far Less Likely To Out-Earn Their Parents, As Inequality Grows
The widening gap between rich and poor Americans has pushed the chances of children earning more money than their parents down to around 50 percent, economic researchers say. That's a sharp fall from 1940, when 90 percent of kids were destined to move up the income ladder.
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More >> U.S. Kids Far Less Likely To Out-Earn Their Parents, As Inequality Grows
Foster brother of murdered schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer applies for bail
Trent Jordan Thorburn, 19, is charged with incest, perjury and attempting to pervert the course of justice over Tiahleigh's suspected murder.
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More >> Foster brother of murdered schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer applies for bail
Former DCF worker arrested, accused of filing false reports of child abuse
A former employee with the Department of Children and Families has been arrested, accused of submitting false reports of child abuse.
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Foster children’s lawyers hit Texas leaders as two-faced on need for improvements
Texas' top elected leaders and social services program administrators are two-faced about the state's troubled foster-care system, plaintiffs' lawyers in a long-running class-action lawsuit said late Thursday.
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More >> Foster children’s lawyers hit Texas leaders as two-faced on need for improvements
Friday, December 09, 2016
Data theft investigation after recordings of child protection meetings go missing
Children’s social services are facing a sensitive data breach just months after the launch of a move to improve transparency and restore confidence.
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More >> Data theft investigation after recordings of child protection meetings go missing
‘I could have been Serenity’: former Alberta foster child haunted by past in care
Kane Blacque is a successful and happy 40-year-old Edmonton man but you would never guess that knowing how cruel his childhood was.
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More >> ‘I could have been Serenity’: former Alberta foster child haunted by past in care
DCF worker arrested, accused of falsifying records
An Inverness woman who was an investigator with the Florida Department of Children and Families was arrested Wednesday, accused of lying in several of her case reports.
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More >> DCF worker arrested, accused of falsifying records
Bill filed to address major reforms to state foster care system
Today, Senator Charles Schwertner (R-Georgetown) filed Senate Bill 11, a legislative package outlining substantial reforms to the way the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) cares for the state's foster children. In announcing the legislation, Schwertner also called on Governor Greg Abbott to add issues of child protection and foster care to a list of emergency priorities that can be considered within the first 60 days of the 85th Legislative Session, which begins on January 10.
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More >> Bill filed to address major reforms to state foster care system
Nobody Suspected Wealthy Foster Mom of Abusing 7 Children Until Police Discovered “Deplorable” Room
Paula Sinclair and Allen Richardson lived together in the an upscale Houston suburb called Long Meadow Farms.
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More >> Nobody Suspected Wealthy Foster Mom of Abusing 7 Children Until Police Discovered “Deplorable” Room
Ontario to overhaul its Child, Youth and Family Services Act
Ontario is looking to revise the current Child and Family Services Act in the hopes of more efficiently resolving interventions in crisis situations.
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More >> Ontario to overhaul its Child, Youth and Family Services Act
DCF plans foster care reform
Kansas welfare officials plan to have agency staffers perform all annual foster home inspections by midway through next year.
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More >> DCF plans foster care reform
Thursday, December 08, 2016
Kansas to make changes to foster home inspections
Kansas welfare officials plan to have agency staffers perform all annual foster home inspections by midway through next year.
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More >> Kansas to make changes to foster home inspections
The Huffington Post Reported That I'm Sabotaging Foster Care Reform. Here's My Side Of The Story.
This week, the Huffington Post published a false report that the foster care system across the country will be denied new reforms as a result of just one man – me.
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BY SENATOR RICHARD BURR
More >> The Huffington Post Reported That I'm Sabotaging Foster Care Reform. Here's My Side Of The Story.
BY SENATOR RICHARD BURR
Social workers fleeing troubled foster care system
Tanya Copenhaver followed in her father’s and grandmother’s footsteps by becoming a social worker for Washington state’s Children’s Administration, a difficult but fulfilling calling she never expected to give up.
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More >> Social workers fleeing troubled foster care system
Teen says foster parents locked him in basement for months, poured salt on his open wounds
“It gets to that point where you’re like an animal. You feel like an animal.”
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More >> Teen says foster parents locked him in basement for months, poured salt on his open wounds
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