Category: child death

  • What Is CPS Doing To Our Kids?

    Children are 11 times more likely to be abused in state care than they are in their own homes. If foster homes aren’t safer than where the children came from, whats the point of any of it? What is CPS doing to our kids??

  • FLORIDA Child Protection Agency spokesman faces child-porn charges

    Article published Feb 5, 2008 DCF to review personnel records Agency spokesman faces child-porn charges By Bill Cotterell FLORIDA CAPITAL BUREAU POLITICAL EDITOR The head of the Department of Children and Families, “horrified and shocked” by the arrest of his agency spokesman on child-pornography charges, Monday ordered a review of personnel records for all DCF…

  • Mother Kills Kids – Marshall Serving Eviction Finds 4 Bodies

    I wonder if this could’ve been stopped sooner with the right kind of help in a system that’s overrun by false allegations and unsubstantiated abuse reports …  WASHINGTON (CNN) — The deaths of four children whose bodies were discovered Wednesday in a Washington home are being treated as suspected homicides, but the remains are so…

  • Forgotten Children

    My apologies for being stagnant as of late.  Life has been happening, and it hasn’t always been easy.. Anyhow, this article is a few years old but the problems aren’t – they continue today. I hail Comptroller Strayhorn for the work she did in “Forgotten Children” and if you have not read the report and…

  • Hostile? Leave the kids out of it…

    “Brainwashing” is a concept “too narrow” (Gardner, 1989) to capture the psychological manipulation involved in turning a child against his/her non-residential parent.

  • Caseworkers changed, destroyed records in starvation case

      Documents: Counties changed, destroyed records in starvation case (AP) Caseworkers from two neighboring counties and a state agency doctored or destroyed records pertaining to a 4-year-old girl whose starved body was found stuffed into a picnic cooler, according to a newspaper’s review of court documents. One caseworker testified in a pretrial deposition that her…

  • Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Filed After 2-Year-Old’s Death

    A photo of Whitney Williams, who was only 2-years-old when she died after being physically abused. 09/27/2005 PRINCESS ANNE, Md. (AP)– The Somerset County Department of Social Services on Monday settled a suit brought by the father of a fatally abused child for $50,000. The father, Clark Bell, sued Somerset County Social Services for $1…

  • Register Your Case Against the Department of Social and Health Services

    A lawsuit has been filed and is seeking class action status against the department alleging violations of constitutional rights. Nine Latina child care workers claim the state came into their homes and seized personal records in search of ‘phantom children’. The lawsuit also alleges discrimination against child care workers on the basis of ethnicity and…

  • Failure to Protect – A look at CPS and the System

    I’ve added a new page, Failure to Protect – Caseworker Files. Go check it out and the source: PBS’s Frontline series about CPS and our families/system. The information and stories are indescribable and full of information everyone needs to know. I’d love your comments on it, and if you’ve been affected by CPS and the…

  • Laws on notification of child abuse/neglect – and false notifications/allegations

    What are the laws on notification of child abuse/neglect? What about falsely accusing someone of child abuse? Child abuse is very serious, and false allegations or allegations made in bad faith ruin not just the target’s life, but the child’s…. Stricter enforcement of policies regarding the false allegations made by so many should be paramount.…

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  • How Is The Texas Foster Care System?

        For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 6, 2004 Contact: Mark Sanders 512-463-4070 Comptroller Strayhorn Laments “Forgotten Children” In State’s Foster Care System, Outlines Massive Overhaul Replace State Caseworkers with Enforcement Staff, Yank Licenses of Poor Caregivers, Bring Care Standards to Humane Levels (Austin)–Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn today called for a massive overhaul of…

  • Editing the layout

    If you are a regular reader of my blog, you’ll probably notice the changes as I am playing around with the layouts available.  I would love some input on what you like best?  What information you might be looking for but can’t find.  I would like to do what I can to enhance your visit…

  • Child agency touts progress

    Foster kid adoption rate has improved in S.A. region, but much wor Web Posted: 10/03/2007 12:00 AM CDT Nancy Martinez Express-News Child Protective Services has in the past 21/2 years seen a higher turnover among caseworkers, taken on more cases, removed more children that it can place and seen a large gap in the number…

  • Survey: Too many children stuck in temporary foster care

      Overloaded courts, insufficient services part of problem By Susan Shepard   Media Credit: Mark Mulligan Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn tells reporters that action must be taken immediately to reform the Texas foster-care system. On Friday Strayhorn held a press conference to answer questions about her recently released report, “Forgotten Children.” Children are languishing…

  • In Memory: These children died In the government’s care in the name of “safety”

      These children were killed or died AFTER they were taken into CPS’s custody for allegations of abuse/neglect against their caretakers at their natural home . There are two parts of this list that get me the most in a shuddering chills kind of way – First, is how many times i roll the scroll…

  • Child welfare officer jailed (ACCOUNTABILITY!!!!)

    this is what i like to see – this case is a couple years old, but its a good leader to what needs to keep happening – accountability!!! The Pinellas sheriff’s employee lied about checking on children and filed false overtime claims, detectives say. By CHRIS TISCH Published December 10, 2004 Megan Gallagher faces felony…

  • BillOReilly.com: Jessica’s Law

    What is Jessica’s Law? Named in memory of Jessica Lunsford, who was abducted and sexually assaulted before being brutally murdered, “Jessica’s Law” refers to the Jessica Lunsford Act passed in Florida which mandates a minimum sentence of 25 years and a maximum of life in prison for first-time child sex offenders. BillOReilly.com: Jessica’s Law

  • What is Senate Bill 6?

    Senate Bill 6 amends the Education Code, Family Code, Government Code, Human Resources Code, Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, and Texas Probate Code to make a number of reforms to the children’s protective services and adult protective services programs, certain related guardianship issues, and other family law matters. It requires the Health and Human…

  • Child Care Licensing Inspects Random Sample of Agency Foster Homes

    Original Article Here eSenate Bill 6, passed during the 79th regular legislative session amended the Texas Human Resource Code (HRC) 42.044(e) to require Child-Care Licensing (CCL) to inspect a random sample of agency foster homes. Information gained during these inspections must be used to determine a child-placing agency’s (CPA) compliance with the licensing law, rules…

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