Struggle Continues in Minnesota Counties to Find Child Protection Workers

Counties in Minnesota are struggling to hire enough case workers to handle the major increase in child protection reports.

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North Newton adoptive parents plead not guilty to child abuse

A North Newton couple entered not guilty pleas to child abuse in Harvey County on Monday morning.

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• Adoptive parents plead not guilty to abusing Peruvian children

Four years' prison for pervert foster father who abused girl he was supposed to look after

Downpatrick Crown Court, sitting in Belfast, was told the 71-year-old, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his victim, had preyed on the girl from primary school age.

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Ex-foster parents plead not guilty

Former Florence foster parents, facing a number of sexual assault and child abuse charges in Florida, have pleaded not guilty to the offense, while a local investigation is underway.

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Man guilty in foster baby's death

A north Florida man has been convicted in the death of a foster baby.  28-year-old Jesus Mata was convicted Friday of aggravated manslaughter. He faces up to 30 years in prison.

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Marcus Fiesel: Foster parents' gruesome murder of 3-year-old broke our hearts in 2006

Ten years later, his name and photo – the smiling face of a 3-year-old angel – still pull at our hearts.

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Judge commends ‘tremendous’ efforts to engage parents who attacked services on social media

Note: An interesting spin...  I'm sure there is a lie or two told in this article.

Local authority praised for lengths it went to in attempting to assess and organise contact for parents who launched Facebook and YouTube campaign against 'kidnap' and 'forced adoption'

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Court rules foster parents can adopt abused child instead of grandmother

Judge Thomas J. Munley placed too much emphasis on the biological tie between the maternal grandmother and the girl, who at 3 months old was blinded after someone put a cleaning product in her eyes, the court said. It overturned his ruling that ordered the child be returned to the grandmother and directed the now 4-year-old girl remain with the foster parents who cared for her since she was 6 months old. Neither the foster parents nor biological mother or grandmother are identified by name in the ruling.

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Oregon Department of Human Services sued for $10 million

A $10 million lawsuit has been filed against the Oregon Department of Human Services and the Dallas Police Department following the death of a 2-year-old boy.

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Australians rally nationwide to voice anger at child abuse in detention centres

Hundreds of people rallied in cities across Australia calling for fundamental change over the treatment of children being held in juvenile detention centres. Protesters gathered to express shock and outrage at footage aired by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) which showed children being abused whilst in custody.

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A Wiradjuri grandmother’s sad story: ‘The Stolen Generations have never stopped’

Laura Lyons is a 48-year-old Wiradjuri woman living in Sydney. She alleges that three of her children as well as four of her grandchildren have been stolen from her by the Australian government. Laura is a member of Grandmothers Against Removal (GMAR), a group of grandmothers who are fighting to get their stolen children and grandchildren back. This is Laura’s story in her own words as told to Camille Nakhid.


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Kansas foster mother calls audit of state system 'devastating'

A Kansas foster parent calls the latest audit of the state’s foster care system devastating, but she believes that it can be fixed.

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Foster Youth are Traumatized Enough: Why Psych Meds Should be Better Regulated

I had always been a good student, getting A’s and B’s, but everything changed in tenth grade when I failed English, one of my favorite classes. Although we were reading books I had read before and loved, like Brave New World, I couldn’t stay awake to participate in class discussions. In fact, I could barely keep my head up.

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Woman charged with abducting 7-month-old son from foster home

A woman was charged Thursday in connection with the abduction of her 7-month-old son from a foster home earlier this week.

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Police: Wausau man molested foster child

Marathon County officials on Friday said they could not answer specific questions about a 31-year-old Wausau man accused of sexually molesting one of his foster children.

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Man pleads guilty to sexually abusing foster child

A Co Down foster father has been jailed for four years for sexually abusing a young girl placed in his care.

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• Foster father jailed for sexually abusing girl in his care aged five

Foster Mom Arraigned In Alleged Child Abuse Case

One of two women accused of abusing a special needs child faces a judge.  Marsha Gray appeared for arraignment in Union County District Court.

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Foster dad charged with child sexual assault in Marathon Co.

A 31-year-old Marathon County man is behind bars on $100,000 after he charged with sexually abusing a foster child in his care.

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To keep young kids out of trouble, New York City wants schools to stop suspending them

It seems counterintuitive at first: keeping kids from misbehaving by not suspending them for misbehavior.

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Colorado man forced to pay child support despite DNA test results

Chris Atkins leads a life that might be stranger than any episode of "The Maury Povich Show."

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Foster kids in motels 'not a crisis'

A children's lobby group denies union claims the NSW foster care system is in crisis following reports vulnerable and abused children are having to sleep in motels.

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Former Santa Maria foster father sentenced to 125 years in sex abuse case

The mother of a then-8-year-old girl, who was sexually abused under the care of her foster father for two years, stayed calm as she unleashed a flurry of angry words at the defendant during sentencing Wednesday morning at Santa Maria Superior Court.

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Seattle social worker put away for sex crimes as lawyer slept

A Seattle social worker convicted of molesting two girls now claims his defense attorney repeatedly fell asleep during his trial – and he has a judge to back him up.

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Scottish plan for every child to have 'named person' breaches rights

Judges at the supreme court have ruled that the Scottish government’s controversial “named person” scheme risks breaching rights to privacy and a family life under the european convention on human rights, and thus over-reaches the legislative competence of the Holyrood parliament.

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Poor parents have right to representation when challenging private adoptions, NJ Supreme Court rules

The New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously recognized a right to free legal representation for low-income parents challenging private adoptions of their children. This Supreme Court decision found for the first time in New Jersey that low-income parents have a right to counsel in proceedings to end parental rights, even when the adoption is initiated by a private party.


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