Indian child Sherin Mathews' mother arrested for 'endangering' her

Less than a month after three-year-old Indian child Sherin Mathews was found dead in Dallas, officials have arrested her foster mother for leaving her alone the night she was reported missing.

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DCF Shooter Jody Herring Sentenced to Life Without Parole

A woman who murdered three relatives and a Department for Children and Families social worker was sentenced to life without parole Wednesday during an emotional hearing in Washington Superior Court.

Judge John Pacht said Jody Herring's August 2015 killing spree, triggered by the DCF's decision to take custody of her 9-year-old daughter, was the "hardest case" he'd seen in his 35-year legal career.

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Siblings reunited after years of searching

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Admittedly, the search for her siblings had slowed somewhat. Twenty-three years before, Brandie Ramey’s family had been ripped apart, the children shuffled off into foster care and then adopted into different homes.

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Foster care abuse victims will soon be eligible for compensation

The highest court in the United Kingdom has overturned a Court of Appeal decision, opening up the right to hold governments liable for the sexual and physical abuse of State wards in foster care.

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is the highest court for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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Kansas panel slams DCF over handling of foster children

Members of the Kansas Child Welfare Task Force met in Topeka on Tuesday, asking hard-hitting questions of how to improve the court's response to protecting abused and neglected children.

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Sherin Mathews’ sister to be removed from foster care to live with extended family

The four-year-old sister of Sherin Mathews, the Indian American girl found dead in a culvert last month, will be removed from foster care to live with extended family.

A family court judge in Dallas has ruled to move the child out of foster care, reported Dallas News. But, it is not clear which relative will have custody of the girl. So, the change won’t happen immediately, said Child Protective Services spokeswoman Marissa Gonzales.

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Ohio is only state where police are not required to report child abuse

Anyone who works with children -- including doctors, teachers, camp counselors and therapists -- is required by Ohio law to report suspected child abuse or neglect to either a children services agency or police.

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Judge sentences mother who shot the bitch who stole her kid

BARRE, Vt. — A judge has handed down his sentence for quadruple murderer Jody Herring.

Herring, 43, admitted to fatally shooting three of her family members and a social worker two years ago.

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Note: That's bullshit.  20 years for each of her family members and life without parole for killing a babystealer.  It should be the other way around.

Jody Herring's daughter back in police custody

Montpelier, Vt. - Jody Herring's daughter, Desiree is in police custody after she was located by law enforcement at the Cumberland Farms in Montpelier on November 14.

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Herring’s mother Jody is accused of killing Department for Children and Families social worker Lara Sobel, 48, of East Montpelier, on August 7, 2015. Herring is also accused of killing three relatives, Regina Herring, 43, Rhonda Herring, 48, and Julie Ann Falzarano, 73, who were found dead in a nearby Berlin home the day after Sobel was killed. Jody Herring is currently at her sentencing hearing at Vermont Superior Court in Barre.

Maine's Foster Care System Breached

(TNS) –– The Maine state government is notifying 2,100 Mainers who have received foster care benefits that their personal information was temporarily compromised.

The Maine Office of Information Technology said Monday that names, addresses and Social Security numbers of people involved with the Department of Health and Human Services’ foster care system, including children and their legal guardians, were posted on a third-party website and taken down when state officials noticed.

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FYI: I didn't do it.

Adopted children removed from home, 51 animals found in unsanitary living conditions

A Lubbock woman has been charged with child endangerment after 28 dogs, 20 cats, two chickens and a lizard were found living inside a home with her and three children between the ages of 14 and 9.

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Metis '60s Scoop survivor files human rights complaint

The Government of Canada discriminated against Metis survivors of the ’60s Scoop when it left them out of an $800 million settlement agreement, a Saskatchewan man argues in a complaint to the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

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• Sask. man files human rights complaint over Métis exclusion from Sixties Scoop settlement

New study examines value of routine laboratory screenings for children entering foster care

CINCINNATI -- Routine laboratory screening recommended for children entering foster care carries high costs and questionable medical benefits.

A new study, published online in Pediatrics, suggests that targeted screening may be a more clinically meaningful approach and reduce costs.

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Kansas DCF grilled about “document shredding” by lawmakers

TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – The Kansas Department for Children and Families struggled to answer questions at the statehouse Tuesday about reports that DCF employees are being asked to shred documents.

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DCF: No link between welfare reform, rising foster care numbers; researchers say otherwise

TOPEKA — Kansas child welfare officials said Tuesday that they can find no link between the rising number of children in foster care and recently enacted laws that make it harder for people to qualify for welfare benefits.

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KIDS FEAR THEY WILL NOW BE SENT TO FARAWAY SCHOOLS

The state government's recent decision cancelling the licences of 214 aided orphanages in Maharashtra, three of them in the city, has put the education of the children staying there in jeopardy.

The children currently housed in these orphanages either go to school in the vicinity of these orphanages, or attend schools run by the same organisation.

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Patchwork services fail youth aging out of foster care, national survey concludes

The 22,400 children who turn 18 and age out of state foster care systems across the country annually without a permanent family face grim prospects: Within two years, about one in four wind up incarcerated, one in five become homeless, four in 10 drop out of high school and 71 percent become parents by age 21.

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1 in 5 Youth Age Out Of Foster Care in VA Without Adult Connection, Study Finds

A new national report released today (11/14) shows that more Virginia youth are aging out of foster care without permanent homes than most other states across the country.

20% of the Commonwealth’s youth aged out of foster care on their own in 2014, more than double the national average.

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Lawmakers call for major reform in Kansas after Star series on state’s culture of secrecy

Kansas lawmakers from across the political spectrum said they will push to fix the state’s culture of secrecy in the wake of a Kansas City Star series that highlights stunning levels of opacity in state and local government.

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• Kansas child welfare official has no answer when state senator asks about ‘shredding of notes’

Two Kansas judges bring gavel down on DCF, contractors’ handling of foster children

A pair of Kansas judges peppered a legislative task force Tuesday with concerns about staffing, bureaucratic and communication shortcomings of state government and private contractors responsible for care of children subjected to abuse or neglect.

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Man taken into custody after threatening caseworker with knife

SHAMOKIN — A man wielding a bread knife had to be subdued by police using force when a Children and Youth caseworker decided to remove his child from his home.

Patrolman Shane Mowery said the child’s grandfather had received a call from her Tuesday afternoon. The girl was crying and told her grandfather she needed to get out, so he went to 25 W. Independence St., Apt. 304, police said.

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Coroner releases preliminary autopsy report on man fatally shot by BR police officer during struggle

The cop was aiding and abetting a CPS Agent.

Troopers with Louisiana State Police are investigating a deadly shooting by a Baton Rouge police officer during a struggle Monday evening, as they worked fast to put to rest a social media rumor that was only making matters worse.

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Neighbors blame DCF for death of 3-year-old Okaloosa County girl

WEAR is learning more about the family and the death of three-year-old Adelynn Merrell in eastern Okaloosa County.

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Girl rescued from horrific conditions awarded $4 million settlement from state

LAKE STEVENS, Wash. (KOMO) - A young girl rescued from horrific conditions will now receive $4 million from the state. The Department of Social and Health Services settled a lawsuit today, after the girl's family accused the agency of ignoring repeated warnings about her health and safety.

Cheyene Lewis was living in squalor in a house that was stomach turning. Police search warrant video shows buckets of what appears to be excrement. Officers walking through the home recorded filthy conditions with sopping wet carpet and no heat.

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SKIN AND BONES Cruel foster mum ‘starved orphan boy, 11, for eight years so she could spend sickness benefits on luxuries’

A WICKED foster mother faces ten years behind bars after allegedly starving and “torturing” a little orphan boy so she could claim sickness benefits.

Lyubov Korotkova, from Magadan in east Russia, is accused of "extra cruelty, humiliation and torture" after depriving the lad, 11, of food and drugging him for eight years.

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