My nephew was taken away from his mother and myself only because he missed to many days of school last year. He has Autism, Sensory Itegration Disorder and is non-verbal. He was put into a group home, which is an hour away from his home and he is being severely neglected to the point of getting Cellulits in both hands. He had cuts on his hands that were neglected by this group home. He has to wear casts on his hands now for two weeks, so far. The GAL and caseworker still refuse to send him home even though everything that they asked has been done. The court appoined attorney even admitted to us that he should come home and that there's nothing left for us to do now but won't seem to stand up to the GAL and DDHS about it. WHY?
He needs one on one care and supervision which he is NOT getting at the group home nor would he get anywhere but his Home with his loving mother.
He also needs Augmentative Speech Therapy, which he is not getting but would have been for the last five months if he was never stolen from his mother and myself.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Submitted by Anonymous # 3
i am a mother of three and a social worker. when to my son went to school they took him because they said they saw marks threw his clothes and then lift up his shirt to look and then had him take off his pants and looked for more and i didnt know nothing about until they to my home and said they was removing my other two child and my two years old out with just her panties on in the fall . they never showed any papers to me they didnt let me there names they didnt ask to come in my home or nothing . then when they took them out my home they didnt ask my children names and didnt anything about five month old son . they didnt ask what kind of milk that take or anything.and when i went to court they said i couldnt have my kids because i over reacted.
Submitted by Angeline
I think that EVERY CHILD in America this year for Halloween, should dress like a battered child. WEARING A t-shirt that says in big bold letters: I AM A FOSTER CHILD who DIED IN PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
ON THE BACK IT WOULD DISPLAY THE NAME OF A MURDERED CHILD and the date of THAT CHILD'S DEATH.
THIS COULD MAKE A HUGE STATEMENT. IT WOULD ALSO BRING AWARENESS TO HOUSEHOLDS WHO HAVE NO IDEA HOW REAL THIS PROBLEM IS. MAYBE IT WOULD GET A CHANCE TO TELL SOME ONE WHO CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE.!
ON THE BACK IT WOULD DISPLAY THE NAME OF A MURDERED CHILD and the date of THAT CHILD'S DEATH.
THIS COULD MAKE A HUGE STATEMENT. IT WOULD ALSO BRING AWARENESS TO HOUSEHOLDS WHO HAVE NO IDEA HOW REAL THIS PROBLEM IS. MAYBE IT WOULD GET A CHANCE TO TELL SOME ONE WHO CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE.!
Submitted by Marianne
To Whom This May Concern,
My family and I have had an ongoing issue with the Alabama Department of Human Resources since October of 2003. My ex husband and his wife filed false drug and sexual abuse charges against my husband and me. The social worker, Thersa Cowling, falsified the documents by lying about visits, conversations, and phone calls that she said she had with me. In November of 2004, my three children from my first marriage and my two children from my second marriage were taken away from me. The abuse was supposed to have occurred to my 5 year old from my first marriage. In court, the judge said he would never believe an accused parent over a reputable DHR worker. When I tried to speak, he threatened to put me in jail. He said that is what I had a lawyer for. When I looked at my court appointed lawyer, she looked at the floor.
From November of 2004 to October of 2005, I did everything they told me to while my ex husband and Thersa Cowling continued to lie on me. My 5 year old told them that my husband never touched her. She told them that her daddy told her that she had to say that. Thersa Cowling told her never to tell anyone else that. In court, she told the judge about several teenagers that came forward with the same complaint against my ex husband. She said that DHR was currently investigating the claims. There were no teenagers, no investigations, and no new claims. But, the judge used that information to determine that I endangered my children. Although, by law, we’re able to prove that my ex is not the father of my two babies, the court ruled that legally he is the father. My three girls were placed in his custody (although there were questions of abuse on his part) and my two babies were placed in state care. Because I had a different address on my license and the school records than where I actually lived (which was next door), the GAL threatened to have me arrested and have my children taken away from me permanently if I didn’t sign a form saying that my children were dependent. My court appointed attorney advised me to sign the form which would prevent me from losing the children. She said that was the only way of ensuring that I would get them back. So, I signed (under duress) the form. This was in May 2005. I didn’t get them back until October. The attorney now tells me how wrong the GAL was for doing that, but she didn’t seem to think so at the time she told me I had to sign.
The children were returned to me in October of 2005. At the time, I was pregnant with my twin girls. DHR told me they didn’t care about my pregnancy. They said their only concern was the children that were in the complaint. In February of 2006, I received a visit from the Birmingham School system truant officer. He was there threatening to put me in jail for keeping my children out of school. My ex husband had filed a complaint with the Board of Ed that from the time the children came home in October, I hadn’t been taking them to school, so they were supposedly out from October to February. He also filed a motion in Family Court asking for custody because the kids were missing school, they were dirty, and they were around my husband (who I wasn’t married to at the time) when there was a court order in place keeping him away from them. On February 28, 2006, I had to go back to court. At that time, the judge did not find any basis to his claims, the children were left with me and my case with DHR was closed.
On March 9, 2006, DHR and Birmingham police showed up at my house and took my children again. On March 10, 2006, I went back to court. DHR and the GAL claimed to have law enforcement proof that my husband was in the house around the children which violated the court order. I was threatened with jail time for contempt of court. It turns out that their law enforcement proof was my ex’s cousin and a police detective friend of his. Detective Cox came to Family Court saying that a buddy of his, Officer Lafacadio Henderson (my ex’s cousin), told him that there was something going on in Family Court that he needed to know about. Detective Cox claimed that my husband was arrested for check fraud in Tarrant. After he was arrested, he brought them to my house where he opened the door with a key, led them through the house to the back room where the computer was to give them several emails that he had printed out in the month of November. Based on his testimony, my children were again taken away from me. This time my oldest three girls were placed with their father and my two younger one’s went back to foster care. My ex told the judge that he never wants any children back in my home. He said he would keep his girls and he wanted the other two to stay in foster care. First, Lafacadio Henderson is not an officer. He was fired from the force in 2000 – 2001 after sticking his police issued weapon in his girlfriend’s mouth and threatening to pull the trigger. Second, my husband was never arrested in Tarrant. Third, what officer is going to arrest a person and take them back to a house? Isn’t it policy to take them to jail? Fourth, my husband didn’t have a key to my house he couldn’t have let anyone in. Fifth, my computer was not in the back room of my house, it was in my living room about 5 ft away from the front door. Sixth, the emails that he had were emails that I had printed out and how could he honestly testify that my husband printed them out without being there to see him print them out? Again, when I tried to voice my concerns to the judge, I was threatened with jail time. I tried to get my attorney to say something; she told me that it was no point because he wasn’t going to listen anyway. That night, I was rushed to the hospital. The diagnosis was Placentia abruptia brought on by stress. My twins were born 6 weeks early. They had to stay in intensive care for about a month. My original due date was in April 2006.
I was not allowed to see my children. My ex refused to allow me to see or talk to my daughters and DHR would not schedule visitation for me. In late May 2006, DHR received two complaints. One from my ex and one from his wife. No one knew I had given birth to twins or when. The complaints both stated that the baby (singular) had been born, and it (no gender) was in danger because it was living with my husband and me. This was before he and I got married, we weren’t living together. DHR went door to door in my neighborhood as well as my husband’s neighborhood telling the neighbors that my husband had this baby in danger because he was a convicted child molester. My husband has never been charged nor convicted of molestation. Without proof of any danger, I ended up back in court again. My twins were taken away at 3 months old. DHR told the court that I was under court order to inform them when the baby was born and that I violated that order. There was no such order. They also told the judge that I had avoided contact with them during my pregnancy because I was hiding from them. The worker was coming to my house once per week. She was sitting with us in my living room watching movies. How did I avoid contact with her? DHR also told the judge that I had tried to run with the babies. They said that I moved without notifying DHR and that I had to be tracked down to Montgomery through a U-Haul receipt with a hotel address on it, which wasn’t true. The judge told me that it was common knowledge that I would automatically have to give up any children I have if I already have children in care. He didn’t want to hear that I hadn’t moved, or that I didn’t have to be tracked down in Montgomery.
Again, my visits with my children were refused. I was not allowed to see them. By the time I did see them again, they didn’t know who I was and they cried when I tried to go to them. It has been like this now since June 2006. I was originally scheduled to see them once per week, and then it was cut down to twice per month. At that time, I might have seen them once per month. I’ve had 4 – 5 different worker’s on this case. Each one does the same thing. I am given a date to see them, I go, the children don’t show. They are now trying to terminate my parental rights. My ex and his cousin somehow got to the foster family that has my five and six year old and told them not to let me see my children although I have court ordered visitation.
The social workers have refused to do the home evaluations for relative placement. They are not honoring my visitation. They are finding things wrong with my children that require them to have to go to the doctor or hospital. My five and six year old are biologically my husband’s children. He’s not allowed to see them and he can’t see the twins although he has been determined their legal father. He hasn’t seen the two older children since our daughter was one and our son was 3 months. He hasn’t seen the twins since they were 3 months. He has been ordered to pay child support, but they refuse his visitation. They sent me for two psych evaluations. The first one was ok; the second one was full of lies. She started out by telling me that DHR doesn’t tell her anything about me. But, she proceeded to ask me questions about my case that she wouldn’t have known about unless DHR told her. They have had me with 4 counselors that tried to convince me I was mistaken and that it was true that my husband molested my daughter. They tried to make me believe that I left my daughter alone with my husband when I went shopping and he molested her when I was gone. How are they going to convince me that I did something I didn’t do? Then DHR got upset because I wouldn’t admit that there was at least a possibility. They say I am choosing my husband over my children.
Thersa Cowling was investigated for falsifying documents. Instead of firing her, they transferred her to Bessemer. Larry Chapman is a counselor whose services are contracted by DHR. He is under investigation for trading sexual favors for writing favorable reports for parents to help them get their kids. Thersa Cowling was the original worker on my case and Larry Chapman was the counselor assigned to my three older girls.
I’ve read a lot about CPS/DHR workers abusing the system. I read about the senator that was heading up the investigation and how she and her husband were killed in an apparent murder/suicide. I have also read about the upcoming rally in DC July 23 - 25. I’ve read about the ‘Legal kidnapping’ of children by CPS/DHR. But, in all my readings, I don’t see anything about Alabama. Not all counties in AL seem to be having this problem, but you can talk to anybody about Jefferson County and they will all say the same thing. Family Court is full of low income single mothers and families. Jefferson County DHR needs to be investigated. We are not imagining what is happening to us. I’ve tried writing to the mayor, the district attorney, our senators, and our governor. Governor Riley didn’t do anything but forward my letters to DHR to claims they reviewed the file and didn’t see where DHR did anything wrong. I had three different DHR workers tell me that DHR doesn’t have anything on us but hearsay and unproven allegations. The mayor, DA, and the senators all told me how sorry they are to hear what my family is going through but that there is nothing they can do. DHR here in Alabama seems like they have no one to answer to. It’s as if they run things themselves and I know that can’t be. I know what they are doing to us is illegal and wrong.
Since May 6, 2010, I have seen my four babies at the same time twice. I have seen just my five and six year old twice. I haven’t seen the twins since May 28th. I talked to the foster parents for the older two; they told me no arrangements for visitation have been made. But, the worker, Tara Richey, tells me that the kids were supposed to be there the foster parent must have forgotten to bring them. DHR has never given me copies of the paperwork that I have asked for, copies of the complaints, results of the investigation, etc. The clerk’s office at Family Court told me that other than the court orders and court reports, DHR has not placed anything in the court files (which they thought was strange). DHR has asked that a ban be placed on the so called evidence documents they have. Even our attorneys can’t see them unless they are in the courtroom and they can’t make copies of anything.
Please, please look into our case. Something is wrong and at this point, there’s no one to turn to. The lawyers aren’t helping. The termination suit began, DHR asked for a continuance, the judge asked our attorneys if they were sure they wanted to do that because we were winning. Our attorneys allowed the continuance. They just keep dragging things along. They’re getting paid, DHR attorneys are getting paid, the counselor is getting paid, our visits are being denied, and our children are being mistreated. I read that the state gets about $7 for every dollar that they pay out. Is this why children are being held hostage? What are they doing with the money? It sure isn’t been spent on my children judging by their condition when I do see them.
Two of our children were removed from the foster home that they are in for abuse allegations, one month later they were placed back in the same home. All four kids keep colds regardless of the weather. Keona (6) and Keon (5) have ringworm every time I see them. And, the list goes on.
My ex husband recently found out that I am still fighting to get my children back. He has started making phone calls again. He doesn’t know where I am and I haven’t seen him since March 2006, but he’s still trying to stop me from getting children that aren’t even his. DHR doesn’t even question why he is involving himself in something that has nothing to do with him.
Please help my family. Investigate Jefferson County DHR. I know we are not the only family that is being abused.
Thank you,
Marianne Farley
My family and I have had an ongoing issue with the Alabama Department of Human Resources since October of 2003. My ex husband and his wife filed false drug and sexual abuse charges against my husband and me. The social worker, Thersa Cowling, falsified the documents by lying about visits, conversations, and phone calls that she said she had with me. In November of 2004, my three children from my first marriage and my two children from my second marriage were taken away from me. The abuse was supposed to have occurred to my 5 year old from my first marriage. In court, the judge said he would never believe an accused parent over a reputable DHR worker. When I tried to speak, he threatened to put me in jail. He said that is what I had a lawyer for. When I looked at my court appointed lawyer, she looked at the floor.
From November of 2004 to October of 2005, I did everything they told me to while my ex husband and Thersa Cowling continued to lie on me. My 5 year old told them that my husband never touched her. She told them that her daddy told her that she had to say that. Thersa Cowling told her never to tell anyone else that. In court, she told the judge about several teenagers that came forward with the same complaint against my ex husband. She said that DHR was currently investigating the claims. There were no teenagers, no investigations, and no new claims. But, the judge used that information to determine that I endangered my children. Although, by law, we’re able to prove that my ex is not the father of my two babies, the court ruled that legally he is the father. My three girls were placed in his custody (although there were questions of abuse on his part) and my two babies were placed in state care. Because I had a different address on my license and the school records than where I actually lived (which was next door), the GAL threatened to have me arrested and have my children taken away from me permanently if I didn’t sign a form saying that my children were dependent. My court appointed attorney advised me to sign the form which would prevent me from losing the children. She said that was the only way of ensuring that I would get them back. So, I signed (under duress) the form. This was in May 2005. I didn’t get them back until October. The attorney now tells me how wrong the GAL was for doing that, but she didn’t seem to think so at the time she told me I had to sign.
The children were returned to me in October of 2005. At the time, I was pregnant with my twin girls. DHR told me they didn’t care about my pregnancy. They said their only concern was the children that were in the complaint. In February of 2006, I received a visit from the Birmingham School system truant officer. He was there threatening to put me in jail for keeping my children out of school. My ex husband had filed a complaint with the Board of Ed that from the time the children came home in October, I hadn’t been taking them to school, so they were supposedly out from October to February. He also filed a motion in Family Court asking for custody because the kids were missing school, they were dirty, and they were around my husband (who I wasn’t married to at the time) when there was a court order in place keeping him away from them. On February 28, 2006, I had to go back to court. At that time, the judge did not find any basis to his claims, the children were left with me and my case with DHR was closed.
On March 9, 2006, DHR and Birmingham police showed up at my house and took my children again. On March 10, 2006, I went back to court. DHR and the GAL claimed to have law enforcement proof that my husband was in the house around the children which violated the court order. I was threatened with jail time for contempt of court. It turns out that their law enforcement proof was my ex’s cousin and a police detective friend of his. Detective Cox came to Family Court saying that a buddy of his, Officer Lafacadio Henderson (my ex’s cousin), told him that there was something going on in Family Court that he needed to know about. Detective Cox claimed that my husband was arrested for check fraud in Tarrant. After he was arrested, he brought them to my house where he opened the door with a key, led them through the house to the back room where the computer was to give them several emails that he had printed out in the month of November. Based on his testimony, my children were again taken away from me. This time my oldest three girls were placed with their father and my two younger one’s went back to foster care. My ex told the judge that he never wants any children back in my home. He said he would keep his girls and he wanted the other two to stay in foster care. First, Lafacadio Henderson is not an officer. He was fired from the force in 2000 – 2001 after sticking his police issued weapon in his girlfriend’s mouth and threatening to pull the trigger. Second, my husband was never arrested in Tarrant. Third, what officer is going to arrest a person and take them back to a house? Isn’t it policy to take them to jail? Fourth, my husband didn’t have a key to my house he couldn’t have let anyone in. Fifth, my computer was not in the back room of my house, it was in my living room about 5 ft away from the front door. Sixth, the emails that he had were emails that I had printed out and how could he honestly testify that my husband printed them out without being there to see him print them out? Again, when I tried to voice my concerns to the judge, I was threatened with jail time. I tried to get my attorney to say something; she told me that it was no point because he wasn’t going to listen anyway. That night, I was rushed to the hospital. The diagnosis was Placentia abruptia brought on by stress. My twins were born 6 weeks early. They had to stay in intensive care for about a month. My original due date was in April 2006.
I was not allowed to see my children. My ex refused to allow me to see or talk to my daughters and DHR would not schedule visitation for me. In late May 2006, DHR received two complaints. One from my ex and one from his wife. No one knew I had given birth to twins or when. The complaints both stated that the baby (singular) had been born, and it (no gender) was in danger because it was living with my husband and me. This was before he and I got married, we weren’t living together. DHR went door to door in my neighborhood as well as my husband’s neighborhood telling the neighbors that my husband had this baby in danger because he was a convicted child molester. My husband has never been charged nor convicted of molestation. Without proof of any danger, I ended up back in court again. My twins were taken away at 3 months old. DHR told the court that I was under court order to inform them when the baby was born and that I violated that order. There was no such order. They also told the judge that I had avoided contact with them during my pregnancy because I was hiding from them. The worker was coming to my house once per week. She was sitting with us in my living room watching movies. How did I avoid contact with her? DHR also told the judge that I had tried to run with the babies. They said that I moved without notifying DHR and that I had to be tracked down to Montgomery through a U-Haul receipt with a hotel address on it, which wasn’t true. The judge told me that it was common knowledge that I would automatically have to give up any children I have if I already have children in care. He didn’t want to hear that I hadn’t moved, or that I didn’t have to be tracked down in Montgomery.
Again, my visits with my children were refused. I was not allowed to see them. By the time I did see them again, they didn’t know who I was and they cried when I tried to go to them. It has been like this now since June 2006. I was originally scheduled to see them once per week, and then it was cut down to twice per month. At that time, I might have seen them once per month. I’ve had 4 – 5 different worker’s on this case. Each one does the same thing. I am given a date to see them, I go, the children don’t show. They are now trying to terminate my parental rights. My ex and his cousin somehow got to the foster family that has my five and six year old and told them not to let me see my children although I have court ordered visitation.
The social workers have refused to do the home evaluations for relative placement. They are not honoring my visitation. They are finding things wrong with my children that require them to have to go to the doctor or hospital. My five and six year old are biologically my husband’s children. He’s not allowed to see them and he can’t see the twins although he has been determined their legal father. He hasn’t seen the two older children since our daughter was one and our son was 3 months. He hasn’t seen the twins since they were 3 months. He has been ordered to pay child support, but they refuse his visitation. They sent me for two psych evaluations. The first one was ok; the second one was full of lies. She started out by telling me that DHR doesn’t tell her anything about me. But, she proceeded to ask me questions about my case that she wouldn’t have known about unless DHR told her. They have had me with 4 counselors that tried to convince me I was mistaken and that it was true that my husband molested my daughter. They tried to make me believe that I left my daughter alone with my husband when I went shopping and he molested her when I was gone. How are they going to convince me that I did something I didn’t do? Then DHR got upset because I wouldn’t admit that there was at least a possibility. They say I am choosing my husband over my children.
Thersa Cowling was investigated for falsifying documents. Instead of firing her, they transferred her to Bessemer. Larry Chapman is a counselor whose services are contracted by DHR. He is under investigation for trading sexual favors for writing favorable reports for parents to help them get their kids. Thersa Cowling was the original worker on my case and Larry Chapman was the counselor assigned to my three older girls.
I’ve read a lot about CPS/DHR workers abusing the system. I read about the senator that was heading up the investigation and how she and her husband were killed in an apparent murder/suicide. I have also read about the upcoming rally in DC July 23 - 25. I’ve read about the ‘Legal kidnapping’ of children by CPS/DHR. But, in all my readings, I don’t see anything about Alabama. Not all counties in AL seem to be having this problem, but you can talk to anybody about Jefferson County and they will all say the same thing. Family Court is full of low income single mothers and families. Jefferson County DHR needs to be investigated. We are not imagining what is happening to us. I’ve tried writing to the mayor, the district attorney, our senators, and our governor. Governor Riley didn’t do anything but forward my letters to DHR to claims they reviewed the file and didn’t see where DHR did anything wrong. I had three different DHR workers tell me that DHR doesn’t have anything on us but hearsay and unproven allegations. The mayor, DA, and the senators all told me how sorry they are to hear what my family is going through but that there is nothing they can do. DHR here in Alabama seems like they have no one to answer to. It’s as if they run things themselves and I know that can’t be. I know what they are doing to us is illegal and wrong.
Since May 6, 2010, I have seen my four babies at the same time twice. I have seen just my five and six year old twice. I haven’t seen the twins since May 28th. I talked to the foster parents for the older two; they told me no arrangements for visitation have been made. But, the worker, Tara Richey, tells me that the kids were supposed to be there the foster parent must have forgotten to bring them. DHR has never given me copies of the paperwork that I have asked for, copies of the complaints, results of the investigation, etc. The clerk’s office at Family Court told me that other than the court orders and court reports, DHR has not placed anything in the court files (which they thought was strange). DHR has asked that a ban be placed on the so called evidence documents they have. Even our attorneys can’t see them unless they are in the courtroom and they can’t make copies of anything.
Please, please look into our case. Something is wrong and at this point, there’s no one to turn to. The lawyers aren’t helping. The termination suit began, DHR asked for a continuance, the judge asked our attorneys if they were sure they wanted to do that because we were winning. Our attorneys allowed the continuance. They just keep dragging things along. They’re getting paid, DHR attorneys are getting paid, the counselor is getting paid, our visits are being denied, and our children are being mistreated. I read that the state gets about $7 for every dollar that they pay out. Is this why children are being held hostage? What are they doing with the money? It sure isn’t been spent on my children judging by their condition when I do see them.
Two of our children were removed from the foster home that they are in for abuse allegations, one month later they were placed back in the same home. All four kids keep colds regardless of the weather. Keona (6) and Keon (5) have ringworm every time I see them. And, the list goes on.
My ex husband recently found out that I am still fighting to get my children back. He has started making phone calls again. He doesn’t know where I am and I haven’t seen him since March 2006, but he’s still trying to stop me from getting children that aren’t even his. DHR doesn’t even question why he is involving himself in something that has nothing to do with him.
Please help my family. Investigate Jefferson County DHR. I know we are not the only family that is being abused.
Thank you,
Marianne Farley
Submitted by V
Hello,
I am looking for individuals in the state of North Carolina willing to sign a petition against the outrages of Child Protective Services. You can see a copy of the petition at http://www.thepetitionsite.com/292/petition-for-audit-and-reform-of-nc-child-protective-services. I am more interested in getting people to sign a physical copy. If you are willing, please email me at stoporangecountycps@gmail.com. If you will provide me your address, I will mail you a copy of the petition, signature sheet, as well as a stamped and addressed envelope. When you have signed the sheet (and hopefully shown it to your friends, too), simply place the petition and signature sheet in the envelope I provide and mail it back to me. I am trying to collect 50,000 signatures in 6 months. To do this, I need your help. We can only protect our children by organizing together against this dangerous and illegitimate agency.
Again, please contact me at stoporangecountycps@gmail.com to request a copy of the petition or if you have any other questions. Thank you very much in advance.
I am looking for individuals in the state of North Carolina willing to sign a petition against the outrages of Child Protective Services. You can see a copy of the petition at http://www.thepetitionsite.com/292/petition-for-audit-and-reform-of-nc-child-protective-services. I am more interested in getting people to sign a physical copy. If you are willing, please email me at stoporangecountycps@gmail.com. If you will provide me your address, I will mail you a copy of the petition, signature sheet, as well as a stamped and addressed envelope. When you have signed the sheet (and hopefully shown it to your friends, too), simply place the petition and signature sheet in the envelope I provide and mail it back to me. I am trying to collect 50,000 signatures in 6 months. To do this, I need your help. We can only protect our children by organizing together against this dangerous and illegitimate agency.
Again, please contact me at stoporangecountycps@gmail.com to request a copy of the petition or if you have any other questions. Thank you very much in advance.
Submitted by Anonymous
The next several posts will be from the LK Submission Form.
My sister's daughter was taken into the foster system, the daughter has been drugged since she started school 8 years ago, her mother complained that the drugs were making the girl violent. The school and drs. ignored her pleas for help. The girl became violent and beat the mother up, the mother pushed the child away and called the police. Now the system is saying that my sister was abusive and will not return the child. Meanwhile a relative has stepped forward and willing to take the child, and has taken all steps to make her home approved and they still will not release this child, I think it is all part of their money making scheme. Anyone else in Upstate NY have troubles?
My sister's daughter was taken into the foster system, the daughter has been drugged since she started school 8 years ago, her mother complained that the drugs were making the girl violent. The school and drs. ignored her pleas for help. The girl became violent and beat the mother up, the mother pushed the child away and called the police. Now the system is saying that my sister was abusive and will not return the child. Meanwhile a relative has stepped forward and willing to take the child, and has taken all steps to make her home approved and they still will not release this child, I think it is all part of their money making scheme. Anyone else in Upstate NY have troubles?
“In the best interest of the child”
When does cps really act in the best interest of the child? When does children serve as a dollar sign with child protective services? Offering parents “services” that they don’t need. Offering them to parents because they get paid to do so.
Child protection services failing at ten councils, says Ofsted
Child protection services failing at ten councils, says Ofsted
The schools and children’s services watchdog published its annual report today, with 10 of the 29 local authorities in England inspected this year judged to be failing to adequately safeguard children.
The schools and children’s services watchdog published its annual report today, with 10 of the 29 local authorities in England inspected this year judged to be failing to adequately safeguard children.
Finance Minister: Child Protection Agency Leaked Mails
Finance Minister: Child Protection Agency Leaked Mails
Minister of Finance Steingrímur J. Sigfússon accuses the Government Agency for Child Protection of leaking emails exchanged between himself and Minister for Social Affairs Árni Páll Árnason on the affairs of the treatment home Árbót in Adaldalur, north Iceland.
Minister of Finance Steingrímur J. Sigfússon accuses the Government Agency for Child Protection of leaking emails exchanged between himself and Minister for Social Affairs Árni Páll Árnason on the affairs of the treatment home Árbót in Adaldalur, north Iceland.
Social Worker Crisis In Sebastian County
Social Worker Crisis In Sebastian County
The number of children in Sebastian County foster care is staggering, but the number of case workers may be more surprising.
The number of children in Sebastian County foster care is staggering, but the number of case workers may be more surprising.
Polk County Social Worker Accused Of Sexual Assaulting Child In Foster Care
Polk County Social Worker Accused Of Sexual Assaulting Child In Foster Care
An Arkansas Department of Human Services supervisor has been arrested on sex charges in Polk County.
An Arkansas Department of Human Services supervisor has been arrested on sex charges in Polk County.
Funding strains of councils of "Baby P" effect
Funding strains of councils of "Baby P" effect
IF MAKING cuts to council services is a difficult task, making cuts in children’s services appears nigh on impossible.
IF MAKING cuts to council services is a difficult task, making cuts in children’s services appears nigh on impossible.
Grandmother Searched by TSA In Front of 7 Year Old Granddaughter
Grandmother Searched by TSA In Front of 7 Year Old Granddaughter
“I feel molested. I’d like to go take a shower with Lysol (afterwards),” Miernik said, describing the pat downs, which she said includes being “touched all over.”
“I feel molested. I’d like to go take a shower with Lysol (afterwards),” Miernik said, describing the pat downs, which she said includes being “touched all over.”
Grandmother says she was 'passed over' as foster parent for her grandchildren in favour of gay couple
Grandmother says she was 'passed over' as foster parent for her grandchildren in favour of gay couple
THE decision that same-sex couples are allowed to foster children in Queensland has infuriated a 63-year-old grandmother who said she was passed over as a foster parent while two of her grandchildren were placed with gay men.
THE decision that same-sex couples are allowed to foster children in Queensland has infuriated a 63-year-old grandmother who said she was passed over as a foster parent while two of her grandchildren were placed with gay men.
Perspectives on Child Welfare: Out of Care
Perspectives on Child Welfare: Out of Care
Aboriginal women will get only part of money promised for murdered and missing strategy: minister
Aboriginal women will get only part of money promised for murdered and missing strategy: minister
Adoptive parents endure nightmare of secret pasts
Adoptive parents endure nightmare of secret pasts
For many children and families, adoption brings a happy ending to a hard life.
But as News 8 first reported last week, that happy ending is just the start of a new nightmare for some families.
They blame a system that they say hid the past of their adoptive children — a past of violence and abuse that was later mimicked.
For many children and families, adoption brings a happy ending to a hard life.
But as News 8 first reported last week, that happy ending is just the start of a new nightmare for some families.
They blame a system that they say hid the past of their adoptive children — a past of violence and abuse that was later mimicked.
TSA groping re-traumatizes those who suffered child abuse
TSA groping re-traumatizes those who suffered child abuse
Our daily newspaper, editorializing on the new intrusive TSA pat-down procedures, offered that “This new level of inconvenience for most is, for some [sic], a questionable invasion of privacy.”
Our daily newspaper, editorializing on the new intrusive TSA pat-down procedures, offered that “This new level of inconvenience for most is, for some [sic], a questionable invasion of privacy.”
Foster mom to stand trial for murder
Foster mom to stand trial for murder
A foster mom rejected a second-degree murder deal for allegedly killing a 5-year-old child in anger after the child wet her bed and got in her way.
A foster mom rejected a second-degree murder deal for allegedly killing a 5-year-old child in anger after the child wet her bed and got in her way.
Drop in Minnesota child abuse cases puzzles experts
Drop in Minnesota child abuse cases puzzles experts
Child abuse appears to be dropping in Minnesota - a surprising trend at a time when the economy has strained many families.
Child abuse appears to be dropping in Minnesota - a surprising trend at a time when the economy has strained many families.
Grandma Is Pissed Grandkids Were Placed In Foster Care of 'Transvestite' Couple
Grandma Is Pissed Grandkids Were Placed In Foster Care of 'Transvestite' Couple
"It's not right," says the unidentified Australian grandmother who's furious to see her 4-year-old grandson and 12-year-old granddaughter removed from her daughter's home and placed in the care of a gay male couple in Queensland.
"It's not right," says the unidentified Australian grandmother who's furious to see her 4-year-old grandson and 12-year-old granddaughter removed from her daughter's home and placed in the care of a gay male couple in Queensland.
NC 10 Investigation Helps Lead to Non-Guilty Verdict
NC 10 Investigation Helps Lead to Non-Guilty Verdict
Months of NewsChannel 10 investigations have helped lead to an innocent woman walking free from murder charges and some experts say that could be the beginning of ripple effects to come.
Months of NewsChannel 10 investigations have helped lead to an innocent woman walking free from murder charges and some experts say that could be the beginning of ripple effects to come.
Dollar child abuse: Survivors of childhood torture speak out
Dollar child abuse: Survivors of childhood torture speak out
It was a house of horrors. Photographs of the homeowners show them smiling, but the Citrus County couple hid a dark secret. It was a secret that five years later still shocks a veteran investigator.
It was a house of horrors. Photographs of the homeowners show them smiling, but the Citrus County couple hid a dark secret. It was a secret that five years later still shocks a veteran investigator.
African American Foster Population Staggering
African American Foster Population Staggering
By percentage, the problem is so bad; the rate of African American children in Houston foster care is more than the rate of the black child population in the city itself.
By percentage, the problem is so bad; the rate of African American children in Houston foster care is more than the rate of the black child population in the city itself.
Monday, November 22, 2010
DHS Supervisor Arrested in Polk County
DHS Supervisor Arrested in Polk County
An Arkansas Department of Human Services supervisor has been arrested in Polk County.
An Arkansas Department of Human Services supervisor has been arrested in Polk County.
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