Assembly Of First Nations Wants Control Of Native Child Welfare

Canada's treatment of First Nations children received international attention at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington.

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Why services need to understand the financial impact of care proceedings on parents

This time of year is an expensive one, undoubtedly so if you’re a parent. Bombarded by television adverts from at least October, Christmas infests every part of our lives, and parents feel it keenly.

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'Why are kids fleeing from juvenile homes?'

Taking the incidents of children fleeing from juvenile homes seriously, the Rajasthan High Court asked the government to submit a report by January 9. The court asked why the children were fleeing from juvenile homes and what preventive steps have been taken by the authorities.

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Investigation After Foster Baby Dies: Adoption Was In Motion

Police are investigating after a foster baby dies, just weeks before his adoption, the Tampa Bay Times reports. The 17-month-old boy’s adoption was in motion before his life was suddenly lost.

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ACS employs more bosses than abuse caseworkers

The city’s beleaguered child-welfare agency has become bloated with bosses under Mayor de Blasio, with honchos accounting for more than one-quarter of its workforce — and even outnumbering the caseworkers sent to investigate suspected child abuse, an analysis by The Post has found.

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Indiana DCS struggles to keep up with pace of child abuse reports

For the first time in recent history and despite an emphasis in recent years on keeping troubled families together, the number of Indiana children in foster care has risen dramatically as reports of abuse and neglect continue to grow.

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Karnataka man rapes 17-year-old foster daughter, gets her pregnant

A man had allegedly raped his ‘foster daughter’ at Chikkanayakanahalli town and the incident came to light after the girl conceived.

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Investigation launched after infant dies in foster care

Florida detectives have launched a criminal investigation into the death of a 17-month-old boy in foster care who was about to be placed with adoptive parents.

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McMartin: Child welfare’s prelude to #Pizzagate

How could anyone believe that a popular gathering place for children actually was a front for a child sex abuse ring, with secret tunnels used to hide the nefarious goings on?

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Within reach of adoption, toddler dies while in foster care

After about five months in foster care, and just weeks away from a new home with adoptive parents in North Carolina, little Aedyn Agminalis was rushed to the emergency room.

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Vermont high court reinstates parents' rights

The Vermont Supreme Court has ruled that the Department for Children and Families and its attorneys moved too quickly in terminating the parental rights of a mother and father in Caledonia County.

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Rockdale woman convicted of killing foster child dies in prison

A Rockdale woman who was convicted of capital murder in 2014 for the death of her 2-year-old foster child has died in prison, officials said Friday.

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Maryland state agencies stop sending youths for treatment to Good Shepherd, group home

Two state agencies have placed a moratorium on sending youths in their custody to Good Shepherd Services, a Baltimore County residential treatment center cited by regulators for not providing proper supervision after one patient reported being sexually assaulted and others showed signs of overdose after taking medicine stolen from a medical cart.

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Central Texas woman convicted of killing foster child dies in prison

Sherill Ann Small, 57, of Rockdale, who was serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for the beating death of her 2-year-old foster child, has died in prison.

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Girl in emergency accommodation spent a day with police because child protection workers were at a Christmas party, Opposition claims

A 14-year-old girl ran away from state care only to spend Thursday with police because child protection workers were at a “Christmas party”, according to her former foster family.

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Social work restructure meant ‘corners were being cut’, finds serious case review

A children’s services restructure meant “corners were being cut” at the time agencies failed to properly investigate a torn lip suffered by a baby, a serious case review has found.

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State Stands Behind Medicaid Cuts For Disabled Children--For Now

Beginning Thursday the State of Texas will cut the amount it pays to therapists who treat some of the state’s most vulnerable children. Families are now worried they’ll lose care that is teaching their children important life skills.

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Man in brutal sex attacks a 'poster child' for child welfare failures: defence

A Manitoba judge has reserved his decision in the sentencing of a man involved in the brutal beating and sexual assault of a teenage girl and a woman.

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3 New York Child Welfare Workers Fired After 6-Year-Old Dies from Alleged Abuse

A recently released state-ordered report into the handling of a six-year-old New York City boy’s death has led to the termination of three city employees and the appointment independent monitor to review the city’s child welfare agency, PEOPLE confirms.

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• Caseworker, supervisor among fired ACS workers who botched tot’s case
• ACS caseworker faces termination for negligence after missing chances to save 6-year-old Zymere Perkins' life

Parents facing custody issues see hope with California legalization

Nathaniel Rudd didn’t know he was going to be a dad until the mother of a woman he’d dated months before – nine months, to be exact – called him from the hospital.

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Advocates, Legislators Call for Changes in Handling of Foster Child Abuse Cases

As Texas leaders grapple with how to fix the state’s troubled foster care system, one issue on the agenda is how to end the discrepancies between how the state handles abuse cases for foster children and for those outside the foster care system.

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Texas Foster Care System Faces Concerns About Overmedication of Children

Holding a scrapbook inches from his face, Jessy Dussetschleger flips through pages and pages of pictures from his childhood. Smiling and tapping his adoptive mother on her shoulder, he points to a photo of himself with his siblings at a birthday party.

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Prosecutors take rare step of charging social worker, boss for boy's death

Prosecutors on Monday took the rare step of charging a social worker and her boss with manslaughter and child abuse, alleging they neglected to do everything required to protect a 3-year-old Detroit boy who died.

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Seeking to dismiss lawsuit, DCYF says it’s not liable for abuse suffered by girls

A married couple accused of molesting children at a homeless shelter where they were staying were never independently investigated by the Division for Children, Youth and Families, the agency admitted in court documents Monday.

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How the system failed an abused child

For two years before his tragic death, the signs were all there that Zymere Perkins, 6, was being abused.

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• The gruesome details of Zymere Perkins’ abuse — and how ACS failed him
• Reports Document 'Grossly Incomplete' ACS Work On Zymere Perkins Case