Boy's Death Prompts Review of Foster Care System

Prompted by the death of an 11-year-old boy found emaciated and malnourished in the closet of an Echo Park home, county supervisors voted Tuesday to re-evaluate an assessment tool designed to identify children at risk of abuse or neglect.

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Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie: How They Almost Adopted A 7th Child To Save Their Marriage

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are getting a divorce, but it wasn’t a snap decision. Angie and Brad did everything they could to try and repair their relationship, and a new report says that the couple was even planning to adopt a seventh child in order to save their marriage! Get all of the bittersweet details here.

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Arrest in Tiahleigh Palmer murder investigation

Tiahleigh Palmer's foster parents have been arrested as a police investigation into her murder enters a "crucial stage".

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• Tiahleigh Palmer's foster father charged with her murder
• Tiahleigh Palmer's grandmother reveals pain over murder charges for foster parents

Arrest in Tiahleigh Palmer murder investigation

Tiahleigh Palmer's foster parents have been arrested as a police investigation into her murder enters a "crucial stage".

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• Tiahleigh Palmer's foster father charged with her murder

Can You Be Convicted of Child Molestation in Arizona for Changing a Baby's Diaper?

A recent Arizona Supreme Court decision in a child molestation case raised concerns that parents could be charged simply for changing diapers or bathing their children.

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• Diaper police: Justice fears parents may face molestation charges under ruling

Foster Care Crisis

More than a decade after the courts ordered the state to clean up its foster care program, kids are still left rootless, vulnerable.

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"I Want My Boy Back": Mom Of Boy In Backseat As Pair OD Pleads for Son After Seeing Haunting Photos

It's a photograph that has arguably been seen all over the world. The image depicts a grandmother and her friend after they had overdosed on heroin in the front seat of a moving vehicle, her grandchild strapped in the backseat.

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A Family and the Future of Adoption in the Hands of Ohio State Supreme Court

This is a follow-up - and likely the final step - in an ongoing contested adoption that I wrote about on December 16, 2014. The case involves Carri Stearns and her sixth child, Camden, born March 31, 2014.


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Trudeau government on notice in First Nations child welfare dispute: Blackstock

The Canadian Human Rights Commission and two major First Nations groups are planning to ask a Federal Court judge to find the Liberal government in contempt over its treatment of children living on reserves.

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Kentucky social workers say problems growing dire

Frustrated state social workers have turned to Facebook to vent about what they say is an ongoing crisis in the overwhelmed, underfunded Child Protective Services agency charged with investigating child abuse and ne­glect and protecting children.

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Back to school brings child abuse reports; Pa. says it's better able to react

A Pennsylvania official on Thursday said the state has made great progress in improving a child-abuse reporting system that was rife with failures as of early 2015.

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Foster parents fighting to get grandchildren back

Serious allegations against a foster parent led to criminal charges, but prosecutors eventually dropped the case. Now, he and his wife are fighting to get the grandchildren the state removed from their home returned.

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Commentary: DHS must rethink care of children and families

Cynthia Figueroa has begun her tenure as commissioner of Philadelphia's Department of Human Services (DHS). She assumes responsibility for a department that is often thrust into the spotlight because of dysfunction and tragedies, such as the 2006 death of Danieal Kelly, a 14-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who had been under the supervision of DHS and a contractor company.

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Christian Homeschooling Parents See Their Kids Retaken by State

Christian families who homeschool face constant harassment from local, state, and federal officials. In one of the worst cases out there, parents in Texas had their children taken from them again after they were accused of neglecting their kids. The reality is, however, that they are being targeted by child services.

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Couple forced to return child they adopted three years ago to biological mother

A Spanish couple have been forced to give up custody of a boy they had looked after for three years, after a court ruled the child would be “better off” in the care of his biological mother

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First Nations Advocates Slam Canada’s ‘Illegal and Immoral’ Child Welfare System

As they have for the last three decades, First Nations advocates are again sharply criticizing the Canadian government for continuing to discriminate against First Nations children, and failing to fix its "broken" child welfare system—despite two court orders to do so, and despite the Liberal government's stated dedication to Indigenous issues.

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• Federal government failing to comply with ruling on First Nations child welfare: tribunal
• Tribunal orders Canada, again, to comply with its ruling on First Nation child welfare
• Trudeau government racially discriminating against kids on reserve: Blackstock

Georgia To Stop Temporary Placement Of Foster Kids In Hotels

Georgia's child welfare agency says it's phasing out the use of hotels as a temporary placement for area foster kids.

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Henry County foster parents indicted in child's death

Two foster parents are charged with murder after a 2-year-old girl died in their care.

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Child dies in foster care; removed from home after falsified drug test

According to a new lawsuit, a 3-year-old died after being removed from his family because of a falsified drug test by Accurate Diagnostics of Laurens County.

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Hot car death expert says most parents should not be charged

An expert who has studied the phenomenon of child deaths from being forgotten in hot cars says the vast majority of parents responsible should not be charged with a crime. Many people have been quick to criticize those parents but David Diamond, a professor of psychology, molecular pharmacology & physiology at the University of South Florida in Tampa, said he felt the need to take a closer look at the issue.

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GOP ad hits Senate hopeful for stance on child abuse bill

The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has launched a new web ad hitting North Carolina Senate candidate Deborah Ross over her record while leading the state’s chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

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Note: This is why politicians suck up to the Child Protective Industry.  It is political suicide to turn against the grain and do the right thing.

Audit cautions about psychotropic medications in foster care

California’s child welfare system is doing a poor job overseeing psychotropic medications prescribed to foster care children, according to a state audit released this week.

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Federal guidance for police in schools won’t stop criminalization of kids

Earlier this month, the federal government offered guidance to school districts that use police officers to keep order in their public schools. To say guidance is needed is a vast understatement.

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Improvement, but still too many 'tragic outcomes' in Nebraska child welfare system, report says

In one case, a 4-year-old boy wound up in the hospital with a broken skull and bruises covering his body.

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• Report: Too many tragedies in system

Couple accused of abusing 7 adopted children

A Kansas couple is facing several counts of child abuse and aggravated child endangerment after allegations that they abused seven of their adopted children.

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