Feds spent $707Gs on legal fees after child welfare decision

The federal justice minister’s office says it spent $707,000 in legal fees following a landmark human rights tribunal decision on First Nations child welfare.

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Foster dad who sexually abused children gets 12 years

“Rot in hell,” a woman yelled from the crowded public gallery as former foster parent Kurk MacKay was led away by sheriffs to begin serving a 12-year prison sentence for sexually interfering with two young children placed in his care.

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Foster care agencies in Clark County fear loss of funding

But anticipated restrictions to Nevada Medicaid funding coming this year have leaders at SAFY and those other agencies fearing that they may have to close.

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DCS will soon operate without court oversight for first time in 17 years

A 17-year-old federal court case against the Department of Children's Services is expected to reach an end Thursday, allowing the child welfare agency to operate independently for the first time since a New York watchdog agency filed suit.

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Child-protection audit ‘a wake-up call’ for society, report author says

An audit that found serious failings in the State’s child-protection system is “a wake-up call for Irish society”, the author of the report has said.

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A horrifying journey through Arizona foster care, and why we don't know how many more children may be abused

Two weeks before Devani's second birthday, she was taken away from her parents in Tucson by a state child-welfare caseworker.

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Runaway foster child gets forced into Trenton sex trade, 2 defendants detained

A 15-year-old foster child escaped from her group home seeking refuge at the Trenton Transit Center but soon found herself forced into prostitution as a victim of human trafficking.

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Baby in DCF Care Died After Being Given Medication

The Connecticut Medical Examiner’s Office released new details on the death of 15-month-old Michael Citron.

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Woman sentenced for stealing from Kansas group home

A woman has been sentenced to 11 months in prison for stealing from children under her care at a Lawrence group home.

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Christians who reject transgenderism banned from adoption, working with children in Illinois

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has instituted sweeping changes to its policies and procedures in caring for children who experience gender dysphoria that essentially weed out all employees and volunteers who cannot in good conscience support and promote transgender ideology.  

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• Illinois tells foster parents that they must be ‘LGBTQ-affirming’ toward at-risk youth

Man considers legal action after false accusations of being abuser

A man who required Garda protection in Co Kildare after being falsely identified on social media as a sex offender is considering taking legal action.

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DCF Social Worker Charged With Child Porn Possession

A state Department of Children and Families social worker has been arrested under suspicion of possessing child pornography and is no longer on the job.

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Conservatives to oppose bill allowing gov’t to take kids from parents who reject transgenderism: source

MPP opposition is growing to a radical Liberal bill that critics have warned for months will be used to enforce gender ideology in the home, give the state more power to seize children from families that oppose the LGBTQI and gender ideology agenda, and ban couples who disagree with that agenda from fostering or adopting children.

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Baby In Foster Care Died From Antihistamine Intoxication

The death of a 13-month-old boy in foster care in Bridgeport last December was the result of "acute intoxication" from an antihistamine medication he was given, authorities confirmed Wednesday morning.


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Abbott: Federal judge should dismiss foster-care case

Gov. Greg Abbott called Wednesday for a federal judge considering court supervision of Texas' long-troubled child-protection system to drop the case, insisting that landmark reforms he just signed into law will fix chronic problems.

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Texas immigration lockdowns holding some families too long

Afghan asylum seeker Samira Hakimi and her family members — three of them young children — have spent six months inside a Texas immigration lockdown, even though state lawmakers adjourned this week without passing legislation to circumvent federal rules on housing minors at such facilities.

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Stealing Black children? Houston case a sign of how child protective services is still failing, say advocates

“They are operating like it is slavery, when they broke up Black families and sent our children to White families,” Attorney Pamela Muhammad said, blasting Harris County, Texas Child Protective Services, which is part of a state agency.

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Social worker whose failings created extra work for colleagues struck off

A social worker whose failings “imposed extra burdens” on her colleagues has been struck off by the HCPC.


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Sister of alleged victim in foster mom sex abuse case reveals new details

The sister of a young man who was allegedly raped hundreds of times by his foster mother is speaking out for the first time.

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Federal report shows more cracks in Texas foster care system

A new federal report shows more lapses in the state’s foster care system.

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Sex abuse earns ex-foster father life in prison; judge criticizes Arkansas agency for placing youths in home

A federal judge sentenced a Van Buren man to life in prison Wednesday for sexually abusing children living in his foster or adoptive home over the past 18 years.

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Editorial: More oversight for foster care

Increased legislative oversight of the state’s foster care system is warranted, especially in light of reports that the state agency responsible for investigating claims of child abuse and neglect grossly failed a Lenexa boy who ultimately was murdered by his family.

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TRUMP MAY NOT REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO COVER BIRTH CONTROL ANYMORE

Last week, the White House quietly announced a new rule had been drafted to rewrite the federal mandate requiring most employers to provide health insurance that covers birth control. But few people outside the administration have seen that rule — and that may not change before it goes into effect.

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Note: More kids for CPS.

Former AZ child welfare worker convicted of molesting children

The Pima County Attorney's Office confirms 66-year-old William Delgado Beltran of Tucson has been convicted of molesting children.

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Kansas Audit Finds Problems In Privatized Foster Care System, Faults DCF For Lax Oversight

A state audit found that the Kansas Department of Children and Families (DCF) has not provided adequate oversight to its foster care contractors, KVC Behavioral Healthcare (KVC) and St. Francis Community Services. The audit found that DCF failed to conduct background checks on foster families, some foster homes had inadequate sleeping space for children, and monthly in-person visits to foster homes did not always take place.

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