Bill requires release of abuse cases
Legislation that backers say would improve the safety of Wisconsin's most vulnerable children by requiring child welfare agencies and their officials to be held more publicly accountable for incidents of mistreatment and death was introduced Wednesday in both the state Senate and Assembly.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Social workers protest
Social workers protest
About 200 social workers protested layoffs of their colleagues scheduled to be implemented later this month.
Note: It's a start!
About 200 social workers protested layoffs of their colleagues scheduled to be implemented later this month.
Note: It's a start!
Texas receives $5 million in incentive money for increasing adoptions
Texas receives $5 million in incentive money for increasing adoptions
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is furnishing nearly $5 million to Texas because it increased the number of children adopted from foster care.
Note: They must be pissed over having to give all those FLDS kids back from the Great Texas Child Grab. With numbers like that, they could have beaten Florida!
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is furnishing nearly $5 million to Texas because it increased the number of children adopted from foster care.
Note: They must be pissed over having to give all those FLDS kids back from the Great Texas Child Grab. With numbers like that, they could have beaten Florida!
Teen lifers a burden for state's prisons
Teen lifers a burden for state's prisons
Michigan's high number of teens sentenced to life in prison without parole has child advocates questioning laws that give judges that option.
Michigan's high number of teens sentenced to life in prison without parole has child advocates questioning laws that give judges that option.
Florida Wins The National Child Trafficking Bonus Race!!!
HHS Awards $35 Million to States for Increasing Adoptions
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today awarded $35 million
to 38 states and Puerto Rico for increasing the number of children adopted from
foster care. States use the funds from the adoption incentive award to enhance
their programs for abused and neglected children.
Note: Liars! The money from this incentive to sell your kids off goes into buttering the palms of the System Sucks! Here's the claimed payoff amount...
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/news/press/2009/fy09_adoption_incentive_awards.htm
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today awarded $35 million
to 38 states and Puerto Rico for increasing the number of children adopted from
foster care. States use the funds from the adoption incentive award to enhance
their programs for abused and neglected children.
Note: Liars! The money from this incentive to sell your kids off goes into buttering the palms of the System Sucks! Here's the claimed payoff amount...
| Alabama | $412,000 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | $224,000 |
| Arizona | $499,197 |
| Arkansas | $822,078 |
| California | $1,504,944 |
| Colorado | $0 |
| Connecticut | $511,354 |
| Delaware | $0 |
| Dist of Columbia | $0 |
| Florida | $9,754,990 |
| Georgia | $288,635 |
| Hawaii | $204,000 |
| Idaho | $356,800 |
| Illinois | $236,000 |
| Indiana | $1,623,350 |
| Iowa | $0 |
| Kansas | $72,000 |
| Kentucky | $764,000 |
| Louisiana | $1,206,559 |
| Maine | $5,280 |
| Maryland | $196,000 |
| Massachusetts | $0 |
| Michigan | $856,000 |
| Minnesota | $1,329,276 |
| Mississippi | $0 |
| Missouri | $488,000 |
| Montana | $7,679 |
| Nebraska | $569,917 |
| Nevada | $24,000 |
| New Hampshire | $280,319 |
| New Jersey | $0 |
| New Mexico | $534,558 |
| New York | $0 |
| North Carolina | $1,388,312 |
| North Dakota | $80,320 |
| Ohio | $0 |
| Oklahoma | $1,504,000 |
| Oregon | $220,000 |
| Pennsylvania | $1,264,154 |
| Rhode Island | $208,000 |
| South Carolina | $721,757 |
| South Dakota | $112,800 |
| Tennessee | $2,400 |
| Texas | $4,969,734 |
| Utah | $788,000 |
| Vermont | $0 |
| Virginia | $0 |
| Washington | $0 |
| West Virginia | $523,359 |
| Wisconsin | $0 |
| Wyoming | $131,360 |
| Puerto Rico | $52,000 |
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/news/press/2009/fy09_adoption_incentive_awards.htm
Barys say they just want their daughter back home
Barys say they just want their daughter back home
Fathima Rifqa Bary, the New Albany teenager who fled from her home in Ohio nearly two months ago, still remains in a Central Florida foster care home.
Fathima Rifqa Bary, the New Albany teenager who fled from her home in Ohio nearly two months ago, still remains in a Central Florida foster care home.
Parental rights preempt Presidential address
Parental rights preempt Presidential address
Respect for parental rights is the chief platform of the Tehachapi Unified School District's policy providing an opt-out for parents who don't want their children to view the Commander in Chief's Sept. 8 “Welcome Back to School” address from their classrooms.
Respect for parental rights is the chief platform of the Tehachapi Unified School District's policy providing an opt-out for parents who don't want their children to view the Commander in Chief's Sept. 8 “Welcome Back to School” address from their classrooms.
The child welfare system: What we need isn't another study
The child welfare system: What we need isn't another study
The state's proposed outside review of Oregon's foster care system will not be helpful. Reviews, including mandatory federal reviews, have been done. They all told us that we have the same problems every other state has. There is nothing new here to know.
Note: See! They already know that they're a bunch of fuck-ups.
The state's proposed outside review of Oregon's foster care system will not be helpful. Reviews, including mandatory federal reviews, have been done. They all told us that we have the same problems every other state has. There is nothing new here to know.
Note: See! They already know that they're a bunch of fuck-ups.
Woman sues mental health officials after they told DCF she considered killing her family
Woman sues mental health officials after they told DCF she considered killing her family
The 35-year-old Golden Gate Estates woman had seen news stories about a mother who drowned her five children a year earlier and feared she’d kill her three children — and her husband.
The 35-year-old Golden Gate Estates woman had seen news stories about a mother who drowned her five children a year earlier and feared she’d kill her three children — and her husband.
DCF Changing Culture
DCF Changing Culture
Despite recent critical reports, Department of Children and Families Secretary George Sheldon said this week that he is convinced the beleaguered agency is beginning to change a long-engrained culture.
A recently-completed internal report raises questions as to whether the agency has the right kind of employees who are willing to use common sense to avoid ongoing mistakes, such as one that came to light with the suicide of a 7-year-old child in South Florida. These mistakes wind up costing taxpayers millions of dollars because the state ends up settling lawsuits that accuse the agency of negligence.
Despite recent critical reports, Department of Children and Families Secretary George Sheldon said this week that he is convinced the beleaguered agency is beginning to change a long-engrained culture.
A recently-completed internal report raises questions as to whether the agency has the right kind of employees who are willing to use common sense to avoid ongoing mistakes, such as one that came to light with the suicide of a 7-year-old child in South Florida. These mistakes wind up costing taxpayers millions of dollars because the state ends up settling lawsuits that accuse the agency of negligence.
Former social worker accused of abusing girl
Former social worker accused of abusing girl
A FORMER senior social worker is alleged to have sexually assaulted a girl at a children’s home in Gravesend, a misconduct hearing has heard.
Douglas Makey, who was in charge of child protection for Kent County Council, is accused of abusing the girl when she was aged between eight and 10.
A FORMER senior social worker is alleged to have sexually assaulted a girl at a children’s home in Gravesend, a misconduct hearing has heard.
Douglas Makey, who was in charge of child protection for Kent County Council, is accused of abusing the girl when she was aged between eight and 10.
Foster care gets scrutiny
Foster care gets scrutiny
Foster parent Steven Van Clief recalled how he had just received approval from a judge to continue caring for three siblings for a few more months when a caseworker took them out of school and told them they would not be returning to his home.
Van Clief, who spoke to lawmakers Wednesday about foster care issues, said the case worker also screamed at his wife, Mary Ann, on the phone and threatened to shut them down but would not give a reason why except, "Because I can."
Foster parent Steven Van Clief recalled how he had just received approval from a judge to continue caring for three siblings for a few more months when a caseworker took them out of school and told them they would not be returning to his home.
Van Clief, who spoke to lawmakers Wednesday about foster care issues, said the case worker also screamed at his wife, Mary Ann, on the phone and threatened to shut them down but would not give a reason why except, "Because I can."
Spelling error put child in sex offender's care
Spelling error put child in sex offender's care
A spelling error during a police check led to a child being placed in the care of a convicted sex offender, Victoria's Minister for Community Services, Lisa Neville, says.
Note: That's funny, I figured it was incompetent child protective workers who did that.
A spelling error during a police check led to a child being placed in the care of a convicted sex offender, Victoria's Minister for Community Services, Lisa Neville, says.
Note: That's funny, I figured it was incompetent child protective workers who did that.
Paranoia on child protection damaging family photos
Paranoia on child protection damaging family photos
Over the top rules include only allowing youngsters to be pictured in front of walls or hedges so other children are not caught on film or those in swimming pools only being photographed from the waist up.
Over the top rules include only allowing youngsters to be pictured in front of walls or hedges so other children are not caught on film or those in swimming pools only being photographed from the waist up.
How do you become a CASA Puppet?
How do you become a CASA Puppet?
1. Give up morals, ethics and human decency.
2. Learn to kiss a workers ass.
What a great place for a protest BTW.
1. Give up morals, ethics and human decency.
2. Learn to kiss a workers ass.
What a great place for a protest BTW.
Adopting children from Ethiopia, China, may be delayed months due to TB testing rules
Adopting children from Ethiopia, China, may be delayed months due to TB testing rules
Marily Nixon and Luca Rigotti thought they had made a benevolent choice when they finalized their adoption of a 4-year-old girl from Ethiopia, plucking her from the impoverished orphanage where she had been abandoned.
Marily Nixon and Luca Rigotti thought they had made a benevolent choice when they finalized their adoption of a 4-year-old girl from Ethiopia, plucking her from the impoverished orphanage where she had been abandoned.
Science undermining 'shaken baby syndrome' cases
Science undermining 'shaken baby syndrome' cases
So-called "shaken baby syndrome" is another area where it increasingly appears that flawed forensic testimony helped secure numerous false convictions over the years, particularly among parents and child care workers: According to an essay by Maurice Possley at The Crime Report:
So-called "shaken baby syndrome" is another area where it increasingly appears that flawed forensic testimony helped secure numerous false convictions over the years, particularly among parents and child care workers: According to an essay by Maurice Possley at The Crime Report:
Brain science to help teachers get into kids' heads
Brain science to help teachers get into kids' heads
NEUROSCIENCE could do for schools what biomedical research has done for healthcare. That's the conclusion of the Decade of the Mind (DOM) symposium last week in Berlin, Germany, to discuss how the latest findings could be used to improve education.
NEUROSCIENCE could do for schools what biomedical research has done for healthcare. That's the conclusion of the Decade of the Mind (DOM) symposium last week in Berlin, Germany, to discuss how the latest findings could be used to improve education.
NY state appellate court rules that children can't be taken from parents just because house is messy
NY state appellate court rules that children can't be taken from parents just because house is messy
The Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court, First Division, ruled yesterday that child protective services cannot take children from their parents solely on the basis of a messy or cluttered house. In the Matter of Iyanah D., the court overturned a New York City Family Court ruling by Judge Jody Adams that had determined the children had been neglected.
Note: Yeah, so they just make up some other reason, the judge rubber stamps his signature on the babystealers request, and bye bye kiddo's!!!
The Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court, First Division, ruled yesterday that child protective services cannot take children from their parents solely on the basis of a messy or cluttered house. In the Matter of Iyanah D., the court overturned a New York City Family Court ruling by Judge Jody Adams that had determined the children had been neglected.
Note: Yeah, so they just make up some other reason, the judge rubber stamps his signature on the babystealers request, and bye bye kiddo's!!!
13-Year Anniversary Of North Augusta Department Of Social Services Murders
13-Year Anniversary Of North Augusta Department Of Social Services Murders
James Holt, was in building when shooting happened: “I remember it being real quiet and real still. And almost immediately, when I figure out there are bodies laying there, I hear this scream.”
Note: Wow. They really pissed this guy off, didn't they?
James Holt, was in building when shooting happened: “I remember it being real quiet and real still. And almost immediately, when I figure out there are bodies laying there, I hear this scream.”
Note: Wow. They really pissed this guy off, didn't they?
Is this where the stolen babies are ending up?
This is an "orphanage" in the Ukraine, but it's also posing as a hospital. Its website states that the children are kept in quarentine for a month when they arrive - it sure sounds a lot like the old Pindown routine to me!
I strongly suspect that this is where our state stolen forced adoption children are ending up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYvPBqyA7Io
Victoria's child protection system in crisis: experts
Victoria's child protection system in crisis: experts
Child abuse experts say Victoria's child protection system is in chaos.
Child abuse experts say Victoria's child protection system is in chaos.
Pressure grows over departmental failures
Pressure grows over departmental failures
While that investigation continues the Victorian Government is under pressure to devote more resources to child protection.
While that investigation continues the Victorian Government is under pressure to devote more resources to child protection.
Attorney general bars Clackamas County judge from child-welfare cases
Attorney general bars Clackamas County judge from child-welfare cases
Oregon's attorney general Wednesday formally called for a Clackamas County judge to be removed from child-welfare cases, saying "the lack of a fair and impartial forum is interfering with the ability of the state to protect Oregon's children."
Oregon's attorney general Wednesday formally called for a Clackamas County judge to be removed from child-welfare cases, saying "the lack of a fair and impartial forum is interfering with the ability of the state to protect Oregon's children."
Wash. names former Wisc. official to kids' agency
Wash. names former Wisc. official to kids' agency
Washington has named a new director for its state Children's Administration.
Note: Hooray!!! Another System Suck gets a job!
Washington has named a new director for its state Children's Administration.
Note: Hooray!!! Another System Suck gets a job!
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