Tomorrow, Feb.7, the new House Democratic majority will hold its first hearing on the inhumane Trump family separation policy in the Energy and Commerce Committee, an opportunity to finally hold the administration accountable for family separation and its lingering effects.
Then, on Feb. 12, the House Judiciary Committee will also hold a hearing on family separation with several government witnesses directly involved in decision-making and implementation of the policy.
More >> DEMOCRATIC-CONTROLLED HOUSE TO START OVERSIGHT HEARINGS ON TRUMP FAMILY SEPARATION AGENDA
Thursday, February 07, 2019
LEMON POPPY SEED BREAD SNACK TRIGGERED CHILD SERVICES INVESTIGATION, MOTHER SAYS
A New York mother said a quick stop at a Tim Horton’s for a slice of lemon poppy seed bread on the way to the hospital to deliver her baby started an 8-week child protective services investigation.
Jamie Silakowski gave birth to her daughter, Hunter, on Oct. 16.
More >> LEMON POPPY SEED BREAD SNACK TRIGGERED CHILD SERVICES INVESTIGATION, MOTHER SAYS
Jamie Silakowski gave birth to her daughter, Hunter, on Oct. 16.
More >> LEMON POPPY SEED BREAD SNACK TRIGGERED CHILD SERVICES INVESTIGATION, MOTHER SAYS
Former Galesburg foster parent faces child sex charges
A former Galesburg foster parent is being returned to Knox County this week after being charged with a sex crime from three decades ago.
The Illinois State Police announced via a news release Wednesday afternoon that Dennis K. Donnelly, 70, was arrested Oct. 15, 2018, in Phoenix, where he now resides, on a Knox County warrant for aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse for allegedly sexually abusing a foster child under the age of 13 in Galesburg in the mid-1980s.
More >> Former Galesburg foster parent faces child sex charges
CFS agencies need to focus more on keeping families together than on apprehensions says former case worker
Today’s InFocus was the last in a three-part series putting the child welfare system under the microscope.
Natasha Reimer spent her entire life bounced from foster home to foster home when she was apprehended as a young girl from an unsafe home.
More >> CFS agencies need to focus more on keeping families together than on apprehensions says former case worker
Natasha Reimer spent her entire life bounced from foster home to foster home when she was apprehended as a young girl from an unsafe home.
More >> CFS agencies need to focus more on keeping families together than on apprehensions says former case worker
Too many N.J. teens leave foster care homeless and unemployed
Too many young adults who “aged out” of the New Jersey’s foster care system in the first half of 2018 had not yet enrolled in school, landed a job or found a reliable place to live, according to the latest report by a national expert evaluating child welfare services in the state.
The latest report, delivered to U.S. District Court Judge Stanley R. Chesler in Newark Tuesday, reflects the first six months of the Murphy administration’s work toward improving New Jersey’s child welfare services, which was once considered among the nation’s most dysfunctional.
More >> Too many N.J. teens leave foster care homeless and unemployed
The latest report, delivered to U.S. District Court Judge Stanley R. Chesler in Newark Tuesday, reflects the first six months of the Murphy administration’s work toward improving New Jersey’s child welfare services, which was once considered among the nation’s most dysfunctional.
More >> Too many N.J. teens leave foster care homeless and unemployed
Council gave personal data of adopted parents to children’s birth mother
The family, who have asked not to be named, fear Suffolk County Council’s error could allow the biological parents to track them down and take the children away.
They have installed CCTV, darkened windows and put up fences at their home – and launched a legal fight for compensation so they can relocate with new identities.
More >> Council gave personal data of adopted parents to children’s birth mother
They have installed CCTV, darkened windows and put up fences at their home – and launched a legal fight for compensation so they can relocate with new identities.
More >> Council gave personal data of adopted parents to children’s birth mother
Cruelty in the name of 'child welfare'
In 2016, about one out of every 10 children in the country were reported as suspected victims of abuse or neglect. After an investigation, fewer than a tenth of those reports were substantiated. Our child welfare system, most seem to agree, touches many more children than is necessary. So how do we protect the 1 in 100 kids who are being abused or neglected while at the same time keeping government from intervening in the private lives of innocent families?
In Diane Redleaf’s new book, They Took the Children Last Night, the lawyer and family advocate suggests that our system has tilted too far in the direction of keeping children safe at all costs and too far from the idea that removing children from their families for any length of time also comes with its own set of risks. “Proof beyond a reasonable doubt may be too high a threshold,” she writes, “but operating under a principle of ‘when in doubt, take them out’ is, if anything, worse.”
Wednesday, February 06, 2019
'We trusted her' to protect children
On Tuesday, Niagara County Social Services Commissioner Anthony J. Restaino granted 2 On Your Side an extensive interview regarding the recent arrest of a North Tonawanda woman who -- less than a year after being named as Niagara County’s foster mother of the year -- was charged with abusing one of the children placed in her care.
More >> 'We trusted her' to protect children
More >> 'We trusted her' to protect children
Jerry Sandusky denied new trial, will be resentenced in sexual abuse case
Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was denied a new trial Tuesday, but a Pennsylvania appeals court ordered him to be resentenced for his 45-count child molestation convictions.
Sandusky, 75, was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in 2012. The Superior Court panel, however, said that the mandatory minimums were not improperly applied.
More >> Jerry Sandusky denied new trial, will be resentenced in sexual abuse case
Sandusky, 75, was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in 2012. The Superior Court panel, however, said that the mandatory minimums were not improperly applied.
More >> Jerry Sandusky denied new trial, will be resentenced in sexual abuse case
Man To Sue Parents For Giving Birth To Him Without Consent
The parent-child dynamic will always be a tricky one to manoeuvre; aside from the usual minefield of unwashed dishes, puberty-driven petulance and feeling misunderstood by your mum and dad, there’s a constant rumbling battle between a child who is fighting for autonomy and independence from the very people who gave them the life needed to do so.
But there’s a small but determined movement fighting the literal people power of parental procreation. In simple terms, those who support the child-free movement do not want you to have kids.
More >> Man To Sue Parents For Giving Birth To Him Without Consent
But there’s a small but determined movement fighting the literal people power of parental procreation. In simple terms, those who support the child-free movement do not want you to have kids.
More >> Man To Sue Parents For Giving Birth To Him Without Consent
Report: Missing Migrant Children Being Funneled Through Christian Adoption Agency
The Trump administration says it can’t reunite missing migrant children with their families; instead, many of the children are being shipped to a Christian adoption agency with ties to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
More >> Report: Missing Migrant Children Being Funneled Through Christian Adoption Agency
More >> Report: Missing Migrant Children Being Funneled Through Christian Adoption Agency
NEW TEXTLINE ALLOWS KIDS IN MISSOURI TO REPORT ABUSE
Missouri will be used as a test state for a new text line that could make reporting child abuse easier.
The Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline launched the first emergency text line in Missouri on February 1 to encourage young people to report child abuse.
More >> NEW TEXTLINE ALLOWS KIDS IN MISSOURI TO REPORT ABUSE
The Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline launched the first emergency text line in Missouri on February 1 to encourage young people to report child abuse.
More >> NEW TEXTLINE ALLOWS KIDS IN MISSOURI TO REPORT ABUSE
Tuesday, February 05, 2019
Trump Administration: Reuniting the Families We Separated Would Be ‘Disruptive’
Back in June, U.S. District Court Judge Dana Sabraw ordered the Trump administration to reunite the families that had been separated as a result of their zero tolerance policy. The ACLU originally brought the case and has been representing the plaintiffs in ongoing hearings before the district court in Southern California. The most recent filing by the administration is nothing short of shockingly deplorable.
More >> Trump Administration: Reuniting the Families We Separated Would Be ‘Disruptive’
More >> Trump Administration: Reuniting the Families We Separated Would Be ‘Disruptive’
WA FOSTER KIDS SENT TO OUT-OF-STATE GROUP HOMES WITH CHECKERED RECORDS
Just three days after arriving at the Clarinda Academy in rural Iowa, Jesus Lopez lay unmoving in his bed, bruises across his forehead, arms, legs and back. Investigators would later report that staffers at the group home for foster kids and other troubled youths had repeatedly picked up the 17-year-old, dropped him onto his buttocks and pushed him forward until his face hit the floor.
Lopez says he blacked out. He remembers a nurse trying to wake him. One of the workers who had restrained Lopez told investigators he had checked on Lopez throughout the night, concerned because the boy didn’t move for hours.
More >> WA FOSTER KIDS SENT TO OUT-OF-STATE GROUP HOMES WITH CHECKERED RECORDS
Lopez says he blacked out. He remembers a nurse trying to wake him. One of the workers who had restrained Lopez told investigators he had checked on Lopez throughout the night, concerned because the boy didn’t move for hours.
More >> WA FOSTER KIDS SENT TO OUT-OF-STATE GROUP HOMES WITH CHECKERED RECORDS
Oregon Ships Foster Care Children To Other States — And The Number Is Growing
Child Welfare officials offered welcome news last fall in a report to Gov. Kate Brown: It had been weeks since they placed a foster child in a hotel.
The development was an improvement for the state Department of Human Services, which weathered a firestorm of criticism and a civil lawsuit in 2016 after it was revealed Oregon foster care children were being placed in hotel rooms.
More >> Oregon Ships Foster Care Children To Other States — And The Number Is Growing
The development was an improvement for the state Department of Human Services, which weathered a firestorm of criticism and a civil lawsuit in 2016 after it was revealed Oregon foster care children were being placed in hotel rooms.
More >> Oregon Ships Foster Care Children To Other States — And The Number Is Growing
Manistee man charged for threatening CPS worker
John Richards, 40, of Manistee, is facing jail time after he allegedly threatened a Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) employee.
Richards was arrested by Michigan State Police Cadillac Post troopers at his residence on Jan. 29.
More >> Manistee man charged for threatening CPS worker
Richards was arrested by Michigan State Police Cadillac Post troopers at his residence on Jan. 29.
More >> Manistee man charged for threatening CPS worker
Foster Mom of the Year charged with child abuse
Less than a year after being honored, North Tonawanda's Kathleen Jackson has been stripped of her ability to provide foster care after being charged with beating a toddler placed in her care.
Foster mother, 56, who was chasing one of her children down the road was killed by a Good Samaritan driver who ran her over while trying to intervene thinking she was being robbed
A foster mum was killed by a Good Samaritan who reversed her car to help save her from what she believed was a robbery.
Sandra Lee was chasing a male who was carrying a backpack down a street in Batley, West Yorks, when passing driver Sian Humphrey lost control of her car and collided with the 56-year-old.
More >> Foster mother, 56, who was chasing one of her children down the road was killed by a Good Samaritan driver who ran her over while trying to intervene thinking she was being robbed
Sandra Lee was chasing a male who was carrying a backpack down a street in Batley, West Yorks, when passing driver Sian Humphrey lost control of her car and collided with the 56-year-old.
More >> Foster mother, 56, who was chasing one of her children down the road was killed by a Good Samaritan driver who ran her over while trying to intervene thinking she was being robbed
Niagara Falls man dies in hospital after being attacked by his foster child
A 52-year-old Niagara Falls man is that city’s third homicide of the year.
Tony Paonessa, described by family as “the good guy”, died Friday in hospital as a result of injuries he sustained after being attacked at his home.
More >> Niagara Falls man dies in hospital after being attacked by his foster child
Monday, February 04, 2019
Foster home on Jacksonville's Westside closes amidst DCF investigation
The i.K.A.R.E. Youth and Family Services facility has been under investigation since its director was accused of covering up a suspected act of child molestation.
Parents Reminded To Be Careful On Social Media During Custody Battles
Parents are being reminded of the dangers of social media when it comes to custody battles, with some cases being impacted by emotional Facebook posts and secret filming of partners and children.
One instance that has come to light in cases is where custody has been lost due to inappropriate Facebook posts seeming to joke about violence.
More >> Parents Reminded To Be Careful On Social Media During Custody Battles
One instance that has come to light in cases is where custody has been lost due to inappropriate Facebook posts seeming to joke about violence.
More >> Parents Reminded To Be Careful On Social Media During Custody Battles
SC parents work to reconnect with toddler son after child abuse probe pulled them apart
Foxx was just 2 months old when the state Department of Social Services whisked him away in May 2017 after a variety of broken bones in his body led to suspicions of child abuse. Then, a judge unexpectedly returned him to his parents Wednesday after a medical expert testified that the boy’s injuries resulted from a bone-weakening case of nutritional rickets, not physical abuse.
More >> SC parents work to reconnect with toddler son after child abuse probe pulled them apart
More >> SC parents work to reconnect with toddler son after child abuse probe pulled them apart
Hundreds of orphans buried by Scots charity
SHOCKING details of unmarked common graves at a Scottish orphanage can be revealed today, raising questions for the country's largest children's charity. More than 230 children are buried without headstones in the cemetery at St Margaret's Episcopal Church in Aberlour, Morayshire.
6 years in prison for woman who had sex with adopted son
A Florida woman has been sentenced to six years in prison for having sex with a 17-year-old boy she adopted.
was sentenced Thursday and was given the designation of a sex offender. Earlier this month, she entered a no contest plea to a charge of sexual battery on a minor.
More >> 6 years in prison for woman who had sex with adopted son
was sentenced Thursday and was given the designation of a sex offender. Earlier this month, she entered a no contest plea to a charge of sexual battery on a minor.
More >> 6 years in prison for woman who had sex with adopted son
Pictured: ‘Paedophile lies next to foster daughter he used as BAIT to help him rape 29 children more than 1,000 times at German caravan park’
A German man arrested on suspicion of the rape of 29 children over 1,000 times in a caravan park has been pictured for the first time - lying next to his foster daughter who he reportedly used as bait to prey on other children.
Andreas V., 56, is said to have used his seven-year-old foster daughter to lure young girls and boys to his run-down holiday home at the Eichwald caravan park in Luegde, in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
More >> Pictured: ‘Paedophile lies next to foster daughter he used as BAIT to help him rape 29 children more than 1,000 times at German caravan park’
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)