A three-year-old boy transitioned to being a girl at the age of three while living with foster parents whose own son, aged seven, had also changed gender.
The younger child was dressed in girl’s clothes against the wishes of teachers, the Sunday Times reported.
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Monday, May 13, 2019
Foster Care: Protecting Kids Or Harming Them?
The abuse of children is one of the most heartbreaking tragedies one can imagine. While some ignore the problem, individuals exist worldwide who work to end child abuse through both private and governmental organizations. But what happens when a state-run agency subjects disturbing numbers of children to greater levels of victimization than they typically experience outside of state “care”?
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Sunday, May 12, 2019
11-year-old dies within hours of being placed with temporary foster family
The mother of an 11-year-old girl in Provo wants to know why her daughter died within hours of being relocated to a new foster home in American Fork.
Ahadi Mukeshimana was on her bike, unsupervised, when she veered into traffic on 560 W. 1120 N. in American Fork.
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Ahadi Mukeshimana was on her bike, unsupervised, when she veered into traffic on 560 W. 1120 N. in American Fork.
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Why Some LA County Social Workers Don't Want People To Know Where They Work
Documentary filmmakers Deborah Oppenheimer and Mark Jonathan Harris said they spoke to a couple hundred social workers while doing research for their new HBO documentary, "Foster."
Most of them would immediately start crying when they came in for their interviews.
"They told us that they don't tell their friends, tell their families that they work for the Department of Children and Family Services," Oppenheimer told KPCC's Take Two. "They turn their badges around when they walk into public places [like] a restaurant."
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Most of them would immediately start crying when they came in for their interviews.
"They told us that they don't tell their friends, tell their families that they work for the Department of Children and Family Services," Oppenheimer told KPCC's Take Two. "They turn their badges around when they walk into public places [like] a restaurant."
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Charges: Foster parent injured 4-month-old several times
He was trying to do a favor for his wife.
She hadn’t been sleeping well since both of their foster sons caught pneumonia. On April 12, after returning from the hospital, he said he would sleep with the 4-month-old downstairs at their Lake Stevens house, while she got some rest.
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She hadn’t been sleeping well since both of their foster sons caught pneumonia. On April 12, after returning from the hospital, he said he would sleep with the 4-month-old downstairs at their Lake Stevens house, while she got some rest.
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ON MOTHER'S DAY, HERE'S HOW MANY MOMS ARE STILL SEPARATED FROM THEIR CHILDREN UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
This Mother's Day, immigration advocates are asking families across the United States to remember the hundreds of mothers who are still separated from their children due to the Trump administration's hardline immigration policies.
"Mother's day is a day to celebrate moms and their strength and resilience, but, there are moms out there who will not get to experience this day...Mothers who don't know if they will ever get to see their children again," activist Meena Harris told Newsweek.
In support of the mothers who still have yet to be reunited with their children as a result of the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" family separation policy, Harris has launched a Mother's Day campaign that will see moms across the country, including some high-profile celebrities, don "Phenomenal Mother" T-shirts on Sunday, to encourage more women to speak out against family separation and detention.
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"Mother's day is a day to celebrate moms and their strength and resilience, but, there are moms out there who will not get to experience this day...Mothers who don't know if they will ever get to see their children again," activist Meena Harris told Newsweek.
In support of the mothers who still have yet to be reunited with their children as a result of the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" family separation policy, Harris has launched a Mother's Day campaign that will see moms across the country, including some high-profile celebrities, don "Phenomenal Mother" T-shirts on Sunday, to encourage more women to speak out against family separation and detention.
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El Dorado County Woman Accused of Torturing, Abusing Children She Adopted
An El Dorado County woman is behind bars after being accused of abusing and torturing children she adopted.
One of those children — a 14-year-old — ran away from home in April and revealed years of abuse to deputies.
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One of those children — a 14-year-old — ran away from home in April and revealed years of abuse to deputies.
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Saturday, May 11, 2019
CEO of Child Welfare Agency Arrested for Allegedly Choking Autistic 12-Year-Old
The CEO of a child welfare agency was arrested after being accused of putting a child in a chokehold.
Vincent Hillyer, who runs Great Circle Academy in Missouri, was arrested on May 7. A video from March, obtained by KMOV, appears to show him putting a 12-year-old autistic child in a headlock while seated on a couch.
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As new leaders take over Maine’s child welfare system, caseworkers say they’re still ‘drowning’
In the 15 or so months since two Maine children died from abuse in their homes despite having had repeated contact with child welfare caseworkers, state leaders have vowed to reform the beleaguered system.
But deployment of those reforms, gleaned from two separate investigations into the department — one of which is still ongoing — after the deaths of 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy and 4-year-old Kendall Chick, have hit bureaucratic snags.
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But deployment of those reforms, gleaned from two separate investigations into the department — one of which is still ongoing — after the deaths of 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy and 4-year-old Kendall Chick, have hit bureaucratic snags.
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POLK COUNTY JURY RULES IN FAVOR OF FATHER AFTER MOM DEFIES COURT ORDER TO RETURN CHILDREN TO TEXAS
On May 7, 2019, the Polk County District Attorney’s Office prosecuted Elizabeth Annette Davis for the felony offense of Interference with Child Custody. Davis was found guilty by a Polk County jury.
She was sentenced to serve six months confinement at a state jail facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Assistant Criminal District Attorney Kirby A. Wills secured the conviction for the State of Texas by focusing the jury’s attention on Davis’s actions.
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She was sentenced to serve six months confinement at a state jail facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Assistant Criminal District Attorney Kirby A. Wills secured the conviction for the State of Texas by focusing the jury’s attention on Davis’s actions.
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Legislation to Allow Family Contact After Termination of Parental Rights Expected to Move
State law in New York prevents family court judges from allowing any kind of contact between a parent and their child after parental rights have been terminated, but lawmakers are renewing a push to change that in the final weeks of this year’s legislative session.
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More >> Legislation to Allow Family Contact After Termination of Parental Rights Expected to Move
Friday, May 10, 2019
HUD SAYS TRUMP PLAN TO EVICT ILLEGALS COULD LEAVE 55,000 CHILDREN HOMELESS
The Department of Housing and Urban Development concluded a new proposal to evict illegal aliens from government-subsidized homes would send over 55,000 children out into the streets.
The proposal, which was first reported by The Daily Caller in April, is meant to tighten regulations surrounding federal subsidies for low-income housing.
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The proposal, which was first reported by The Daily Caller in April, is meant to tighten regulations surrounding federal subsidies for low-income housing.
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Hawaii Put This Woman On A Child Neglect List — And Now She Can’t Fight It
As a child, Julia Milam followed around her grandmother, a certified nursing assistant, as she took care of patients, some of whom stayed at their house. Her grandmother showed her how to use the blood pressure kit and stethoscope, how to feed patients.
Milam was captivated by the sight of her grandmother comforting those in need and could see the appreciation etched on their faces. She decided she would one day become a nurse. After graduating from high school, she got her nursing assistant certification, just as her grandmother had.
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Milam was captivated by the sight of her grandmother comforting those in need and could see the appreciation etched on their faces. She decided she would one day become a nurse. After graduating from high school, she got her nursing assistant certification, just as her grandmother had.
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Brother of man who fatally stabbed adoptive mother speaks out about alleged abuse
Kaanoi Kipapa, the young man who killed his adoptive mother in 2014 when he was 16 years old, claimed he was abused for years.
Now, his adopted brother is backing him up.
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Now, his adopted brother is backing him up.
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Illegal Baby Adoption Ring Dismantled in Alexandroupolis
The Alexandroupolis police on Friday reported the dismantling of an organised illegal infant adoption ring and the arrest of four alleged members of the gang in the towns of Evros and Xanthi, among them the suspected head of the ring.
Specifically, two men and two women, all Greek nationals, were arrested while four more persons have been identified as members of the ring.
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Specifically, two men and two women, all Greek nationals, were arrested while four more persons have been identified as members of the ring.
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Head of child welfare agency in Missouri charged with child endangerment, assault
The head of a child welfare agency in Missouri that has offices and a school in Independence has been arrested and charged with child endangerment and assault, according to court documents.
Vincent D. Hillyer, president and CEO of Great Circle, has been charged in St. Louis County Circuit Court with six felony counts of first-degree child endangerment.
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Vincent D. Hillyer, president and CEO of Great Circle, has been charged in St. Louis County Circuit Court with six felony counts of first-degree child endangerment.
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Ex-Group Home Worker Gets 10 Years for Sex Trafficking Teen
A former supervisor at a Rhode Island group home that contracted with the state child welfare agency has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for sex trafficking a 17-year-old girl.
The U.S. attorney says 29-year-old Reysean Williams was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty in November to sex trafficking a child.
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The U.S. attorney says 29-year-old Reysean Williams was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty in November to sex trafficking a child.
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Officials: Oregon foster child was assaulted at Utah program
An Oregon foster child was among more than 20 teenagers injured during a riot last week at the Red Rock Canyon School in St. George, Utah.
But that wasn’t the first problem experienced by Oregon children at the facility.
Another Oregon foster child sent to Red Rock was physically assaulted by program staff, a state child welfare official and state senator said on Tuesday.
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But that wasn’t the first problem experienced by Oregon children at the facility.
Another Oregon foster child sent to Red Rock was physically assaulted by program staff, a state child welfare official and state senator said on Tuesday.
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Immigrant children in US custody soaring back toward record levels
The number of undocumented immigrant children in U.S. custody is reaching breaking-point levels again, months after the Trump administration had reduced the total in shelters in response to anger over policies that kept children there.
The recent increase is largely due to a surge in the number of children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border rather than an administration policy. Overall crossings this year have skyrocketed to decade-high levels.
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The recent increase is largely due to a surge in the number of children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border rather than an administration policy. Overall crossings this year have skyrocketed to decade-high levels.
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Thursday, May 09, 2019
Kentucky policy allowed social workers to take kids using judges' pre-signed signatures on blank documents
Kentucky's Cabinet for Health and Family Services has come under scrutiny for allowing social workers to take children from homes using blank emergency custody orders pre-signed by judges. The agency reportedly scrapped the policy after numerous complaints, but critics say the practice was illegal from the get-go and "a gross miscarriage of justice."
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More >> Kentucky policy allowed social workers to take kids using judges' pre-signed signatures on blank documents
Audit faults Illinois child welfare agency’s abuse, neglect investigations
The Illinois Auditor General’s Office said Tuesday that understaffing at the state’s child welfare agency led to a massive backlog of cases of suspected child abuse or neglect during the administration of former Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. It also said the agency often failed to follow its own protocols for investigating cases and filing timely reports.
The audit report paints a picture of the Department of Children and Family Services as an agency overwhelmed by a growing volume of cases with investigators under pressure to close cases quickly, “even when they had not performed basic tasks such as contacting police and doctors.”
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The audit report paints a picture of the Department of Children and Family Services as an agency overwhelmed by a growing volume of cases with investigators under pressure to close cases quickly, “even when they had not performed basic tasks such as contacting police and doctors.”
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‘A bitter pill to swallow’: Kansas lawmakers drop child welfare oversight plan
Despite the problems facing Kansas foster care, lawmakers in the final hours of their annual session dropped a plan to hold the troubled system accountable.
A provision creating a child welfare oversight committee was eliminated from the state budget, a last-minute casualty of the legislative battle over Medicaid expansion. If approved, the panel could have summoned officials to explain problems, drafted legislation and provided frustrated parents with a place to vent.
More >> ‘A bitter pill to swallow’: Kansas lawmakers drop child welfare oversight plan
A provision creating a child welfare oversight committee was eliminated from the state budget, a last-minute casualty of the legislative battle over Medicaid expansion. If approved, the panel could have summoned officials to explain problems, drafted legislation and provided frustrated parents with a place to vent.
More >> ‘A bitter pill to swallow’: Kansas lawmakers drop child welfare oversight plan
A child reported his dad abusing him. Last year, a toddler girl died in foster care at the same home.
A toddler girl died last year in the same Arizona foster placement where, in April, an older child sent police an email reporting his father had physically abused him for two years, according to several people who know the family.
In a chilling email to El Mirage Police Chief Paul Marzocca, the boy said he was “afraid to go home,” according to court records. When police visited the boy at Riverview Elementary School, he told officers that the night before, his father "punched him, choked him, threw him into the cabinet, striking his head on the counter and floor," according to court records. The boy said when he was on the floor, his father, Colin Steffee, 27, kicked him in the ribs.
More >> A child reported his dad abusing him. Last year, a toddler girl died in foster care at the same home.
In a chilling email to El Mirage Police Chief Paul Marzocca, the boy said he was “afraid to go home,” according to court records. When police visited the boy at Riverview Elementary School, he told officers that the night before, his father "punched him, choked him, threw him into the cabinet, striking his head on the counter and floor," according to court records. The boy said when he was on the floor, his father, Colin Steffee, 27, kicked him in the ribs.
More >> A child reported his dad abusing him. Last year, a toddler girl died in foster care at the same home.
Wednesday, May 08, 2019
Gov. Walz signs parental rights law with concerns from child welfare experts
After it passed both the House and Senate unanimously, Governor Tim Walz on Monday signed a bill into law that will give Minnesotans a chance to have their parental rights restored.
While lawmakers aren't split on the new law, child welfare experts are.
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While lawmakers aren't split on the new law, child welfare experts are.
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Man who pleaded guilty in stabbing death of foster mom gets 8 years behind bars
The man who admitted to fatally stabbing his adoptive mother in a fit of rage when he was 16 will be out of prison in three years ― before his 25th birthday.
A judge handed the sentence down Tuesday, giving Kaanoi Kipapa eight years behind bars with credit for three years of time served.
More >> Man who pleaded guilty in stabbing death of foster mom gets 8 years behind bars
A judge handed the sentence down Tuesday, giving Kaanoi Kipapa eight years behind bars with credit for three years of time served.
More >> Man who pleaded guilty in stabbing death of foster mom gets 8 years behind bars
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