Luzerne Co. Council discussing foster death settlement

Luzerne County Council will privately discuss a settlement with a family whose child died after being placed in foster care.

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HIV+ MAN GETS LIFE TERM FOR RAPING FOSTER DAUGHTER

Victim, also infected with HIV, was 16 at the time of the crime in 2013; initially she was forced to falsely implicate two other men.

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Teen claims he endured sex abuse from Long Island pedophile foster dad to protect another kid

The 16-year-old adopted son of an accused pedophile foster dad testified in Long Island Monday that he endured sexual abuse to prevent the perv from abusing another boy in his care.

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• Teen says he let adoptive father molest him to protect others

Boy, 12, accused of sexually assaulting girl in La. foster care system

A 12-year-old boy has been arrested after allegedly sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl while she was housed at a group home for children that falls under Louisiana’s foster care system.

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• Baton Rouge boy booked, accused of sexual battery of 7-year-old girl in group home

Column: Foster care bill would leave kids without caring homes

Six months before I gave birth to my first child, I became a mom to two little boys.

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Lawsuit Alleges Catholic Church Stole Babies through Forced Adoption to Sell Them for Profit

In a lawsuit against the Jesuit order and Catholic church, a woman who gave her child up for adoption decades ago claims the church ran a “for-profit adoption conspiracy scheme” that forced hundreds of unwed mothers to give their infants.

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Man gets life for raping foster child; he forced her to implicate 2 others

A special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act court convicted and sentenced a 44-year-old man to life imprisonment on Monday for raping his foster daughter twice in 2013. The accused had even forced the then 14-year-old to falsely implicate two men from the neighbourhood for the crime, but cops caught on and requested the child to reveal the truth.

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Prospective Parents Face Long Adoption Wait

The long time taken to process adoption applications in Iceland can lead to some potential parents giving up, according to the chairman of Icelandic Adoptions. The processing time to adopt has increased greatly in recent years.

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Samantha Baldwin 'gave her children drugs and made false abuse claim against dad'

A mum who went missing with her two children had previously given them drugs and made a false allegation of abuse against their father, a judge has said.

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Armed with new tools, child welfare caseworkers help more families address underlying problems

Note: Helping families to overcome the problems that lead to child welfare involvement is the solution to removing children from their homes.  I know this article is sugar coated, but it at least acknowledges that fact.

Every day, Kisha Earhart and Malou Steele balance the need to eliminate risks to children with the value of preserving families.

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CPS Seizes 7-Year-Old After Parents Dispute ADHD Diagnosis

Advocates of the federal school regime claim it was established to educate America’s children. Apparently, it also looks to usurp the natural right of parents to decide questions of medical treatment of their children, as well.

Camden Maple (shown) is seven years old and sometimes, according to his mom and dad, he is “rambunctious.” Administrators at his public school, however, insist that Camden is “mentally unstable.”

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“Is the Child Foster Care System in Northeast Ohio Broken?”

The Northeast Ohio Public Policy Forum series will continue Tuesday, April 18, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Lakewood Public Library main branch (15425 Detroit Ave.).

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Lawyer for parents says DCF protecting its own interests

The attorney representing the New London parents who filed a request to sue the state on behalf of their son injured in foster care said the Department of Children and Families is trying to protect its own interests in seeking to have the case dismissed.

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European Court of Human Rights to Hear Case of German Family Forced to Send Children to Public School

The European Court of Human Rights is set to hear the case of a German family that was forced to send their children to public school after they were seized by the government because they were homeschooled.

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Harrison County woman arrested days after son's arrest for rape

A Harrison County man is in jail charged with rape, and now his mother is also in custody.

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Former Bucks County Adoption Lawyer Indicted for Fraud

A former Bucks County adoption attorney was charged by federal authorities with accepting new attorney fees and failing to return unused client money after he was disbarred, the Philadelphia U.S. Attorney's Office announced April 6.

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Child welfare's double standards at heart of Grace Packer tragedy

A recent story in The Morning Call asks this question about the tragic death of Grace Packer, allegedly at the hands of foster parents who adopted her: "Were foster child's claims about Packers taken seriously?" The answer, of course, is no.

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Former DCYF social worker says blame is misplaced

Ashley Rossiter realized her lifelong dream of becoming a social worker when she joined the state's child protective services department in 2013.

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Woodlands family fights to prevent false child abuse charges for others

It's a story all parents need to hear. A Woodlands family, once wrongly accused of abusing their children, is now fighting to prevent other families from dealing with the same nightmare.

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Foster father of teen killed in Broken Arrow home invasion speaks out

Nearly two weeks after three teens were shot and killed after breaking into a Broken Arrow home, one father is speaking out.

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Texas Baptist children’s home accused of sexual abuse and neglect

The Texas Baptist Home for Children is being sued for $7 million following the alleged sexual abuse and neglect of seven children placed in its care by the state four years ago.

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Former foster mother appears in court

Jenise Spuregon stood quietly looking at Lauderdale County Circuit Judge Gil Self on Friday as he read the list of charges she was facing.

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How foster care turns into hell

The foster kids are not all right. But there are things we could be doing right now to make their lives better.

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Child welfare agency reorganizes after child death probe

The Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families has hired 18 new workers following a report into four recent child deaths.

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House approves major bump to Texas’ troubled child welfare system

The House’s approved budget includes a major bump to the state’s troubled child welfare system, a move that has been promised by state leaders since the beginning of the session.

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