Apathy hampers Lee County's child welfare

Apathy hampers Lee County's child welfare

More than 300 abused and neglected children lack voices in Lee County court. There are not enough volunteers.

Dozens in CPS have criminal records

Dozens in CPS have criminal records

Drug possession, domestic violence, repeatedly driving drunk, assault with a deadly weapon – any one of these charges or convictions could lead child protective services workers to remove children from a home or force a parent into counseling.

But all of those crimes and many others appear in the backgrounds of employees of Sacramento County's Child Protective Services, a Bee investigation has found.

Note: Yes, we all know that CPS workers are criminals.

Do Something

Do Something

If the claims of a former A.L. Lee Memorial Hospital emergency room doctor are true, the Oswego County Department of Social Services cannot be trusted in its present state to oversee the protection of children.

Incarceration of African-American Children: Excuse, Denial and Justification

Blog Talk Radio: Incarceration of African-American Children: Excuse, Denial and Justification


We will discuss the incarceration of African-American children; we will discuss the correlation between incarceration and education; parenting, the school to prison pipeline, social services and what we can do to eliminate or decrease incarceration of children

The Second American Revolution

Note: Same thing with the Child Protective Industry. You let it happen.

San Jose Mercury Dependency Court Expose feat. Karen de Sa

Teaser for the 3 part feature article on the deficiency of California's Dependency Court

Note: Excuses, excuses.

Prosecutor finds misconduct at Colville DSHS

Prosecutor finds misconduct at Colville DSHS

The Stevens County prosecutor says he's found a "pattern of misconduct" at the Colville office of the Department of Social and Health Services.

ROSEMOND: '60s pschyobabble hinders parenting

ROSEMOND: '60s pschyobabble hinders parenting

I don't know about you, but I'm ready for the 1960s to be over and done with. That destructive decade has ruled American parenting for 40 years and pretty well ruined it in the process.

Never raise your hands to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected.


- Red Buttons

Examine what is said, not who speaks.

(Arabian Proverb)

CPS caseworker turnover up despite changes

CPS caseworker turnover up despite changes

Child Protective Services has seen greater turnover in caseworkers despite added investigators and reduced caseloads, according to a state audit released this week.

Laming report calls for better training for social workers following Baby P and Victoria Climbie

Laming report calls for better training for social workers following Baby P and Victoria Climbie

In the past decade, Haringey has lost two children in horrific cases of child abuse. ELIZABETH PEARS looks at Lord Laming’s latest report to find out what went wrong In 2001, Lord Laming chaired an inquiry following the death of Victoria Climbie.

Austria's Fritzl gets life in psychiatric prison

Austria's Fritzl gets life in psychiatric prison

Josef Fritzl was sentenced to life in a psychiatric ward Thursday for one of Austria's most notorious crimes: Locking his daughter in a dungeon for 24 years, fathering her seven children and letting one die in captivity as a newborn.

Statistics Are Grim for Teens Leaving Foster Care

Statistics Are Grim for Teens Leaving Foster Care

Florida and the nation could do a better job of helping teens coming out of foster care find their footing, critics say. This is especially true for those like Samantha Bailey and Jessica Upton, who had few - if any - close relatives or foster parents to assist in their transition to independent living.

Lawyer battles an atrocious Alberta legacy

Lawyer battles an atrocious Alberta legacy

On Friday, the institute presented Lee with its Social Justice Award for his work on behalf of kids who suffered abuse in foster care.

Lee is spearheading a 400-name class action lawsuit against the Alberta government, which he says is ultimately responsible for the physical, sexual and emotional abuse they were subjected to while in the care of the Crown.

Aged Out: A Murdered Foster Child's Inopportune Freedom

Aged Out: A Murdered Foster Child's Inopportune Freedom

Upton was shot and killed in the early hours of March 21, 2008, in what police called a deadly lover's triangle. Upton and Aundre Barnes, both killed by a sawed-off shotgun, were found in Upton's bedroom.

Carson City’s only children’s shelter could close

Carson City’s only children’s shelter could close

The only shelter for abused and neglected children in Carson City could close because of a lack of funds and demand.

Volunteers of America Greater Sacramento & Northern Nevada cannot keep its emergency shelter open without more demand and funding from the Nevada Division of Child and Family Services, said Christie Holderegger, a representative for the private nonprofit.

Depression pill OK'd for kids but probe goes on

Depression pill OK'd for kids but probe goes on

Just weeks after prosecutors accused Forest Laboratories Inc. of illegally marketing its anti-depressants Celexa and Lexapro to children and paying pediatricians kickbacks, U.S. health regulators have approved Lexapro for depression in kids.

An Email I Recieved.

Hi everyone,

this email is regarding a case in California.

If you are a California resident you can help make new case law. If you are not a CA resident pls forward to friends in CA.

This is really important and we should know the results in 60 days approximately.

A 30 page legal doc. is under review and to ensure that it will be granted we need as many CA residents as possible to sign one of the attached letters and send out copies to the people on the attached list of addressees.

So each person will sign with their name and address and mail the letter to the CA Supreme Court (Address on page 1) and a copy to each person listed on the list of addressees. So 7 letters in all. Please include the attached list of addressees as part of the letter.

Attached are 2 letters. Pick ONLY one. Choose the one you like the best, but you must send that same letter to each of the other 6 six.

It doesn't matter which one you choose.

Thanks and pls feel free to forward with these instructions.
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I have uploaded the two letters to http://sites.google.com/site/cpsfilessite/Home/cpsfilesite-files In the folder titled California.

Family Rights Group Upset Over Eviction by Judge

Family Rights Group Upset Over Eviction by Judge

A dozen members of the Oklahoma Family Rights Coalition were ordered removed from a courtroom Friday by an Oklahoma County Juvenile Judge during a hearing on a child custody case.

Teens arrested here face serious charges

Teens arrested here face serious charges

Late Sunday evening, three teens housed in the Nachusa Lutheran Home in Dixon have been charged with armed robbery after they allegedly tied up a social worker and escaped the scene with her car.

Lawyer: Evangelist Tony Alamo was too old and weak to have committed sex crimes

Lawyer: Evangelist Tony Alamo was too old and weak to have committed sex crimes

California lawyer Danny Davis has wanted to separate jailed evangelist Tony Alamo from the abuse allegations that trail his ministry.

“There is a man and there is the myth,” Davis said. “He has become a myth in the character of this monstrous felony accusation.”

Leading article: Complacent managers and demoralised social workers

Leading article: Complacent managers and demoralised social workers

No one disputes that there were terrible failings by social services in the case of Baby P, the toddler from north London who died after suffering horrific and sustained abuse from his family. But on the question of what lay behind these failings, there is little agreement.

Foster family loses custody of children

Foster family loses custody of children

The foster parents taking care of the Post Falls toddler who died in their care earlier this year have now had their own children taken away.

Economy Causes More Children To Need Foster Care

Economy Causes More Children To Need Foster Care

In what may be a heartbreaking sign of the economic recession, more children are turning up in the foster care system and fewer families are willing to take them in.

Lighthouse Youth Services said it has seen an increase in the number of children who need foster homes. The group blames the economy.