If you haven’t read my story, you can find it here –Its Almost Tuesday, The True Story. This is my 4th Christmas without my son. The first was Christmas 2004; but it is as devastating for me today as then… if not more. It just doesn’t show as much. I have not spoken to...
Continue readingHostile? 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....
Continue readingHow to Bond With Your (Foster) Child
Top 10 Five Minute Bonding Activities From Carrie Craft, Your Guide to Adoption / Foster Care. FREE Newsletter. Sign Up Now! These activities are not for every foster/adoptive parent or every foster/adoptive child. Only do what is comfortable for you and your foster/adopted child. Keep in mind: Child’s Age – Chronological and Emotional Child’s...
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I recently had a situation in my own life come about with my 17 year old daughter and her use of the internet. To respect her privacy, I won’t go into it, but suffice it to say, I had some grave concerns with what she was doing, who she was talking to, and the...
Continue readingCaseworkers 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...
Continue readingDepartment of Social and Health Services settles for $1.52 million
14 different foster homes, 10 different schools its worth something I suppose – in Seattle, it awarded $1.52 million to two ex-foster children; but is it worth it at all? Of course not. One of the two ex-foster children wouldn’t say its worth it those cold nights he lived on the streets. Suffering the...
Continue readingSettlement 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...
Continue readingRegister 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...
Continue readingYakimA County, Washington: FOSTER ABUSE
Yakima County, WA Yakima County, WA: (May-26-07) Tim Farris, a Bellingham, WA lawyer and critic of Washington’s foster-care system, has been known to repeatedly file lawsuits against the State Department of Social and Health Services. He filed one more lawsuit against the department recently, on behalf of injured children, accusing the department and social...
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Washington, DC: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reports that Mattel has received more than 400 reports of magnets coming loose in products such as Polly Pocket, Doggie Day Care, Barbie & Tanner, Batman and “Sarge” Die Cast toy cars. Unfortunately, under the Bush administration, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission staff has been...
Continue readingFoster Care Brain Damage — Settlements and Verdicts
Baltimore, MD: (Dec-13-07) A lawsuit was brought against the state by the mother of a 6-year-old, alleging violation of rights. The suit claimed that Brandon, the severely brain-damaged boy lives in a hospital bed in the front room of his Southwest Baltimore home, being fed through a tube and undergoing daily dialysis because of...
Continue readingSchaefer: Trial by jury needed to remove child
Sunday, December 2, 2007 Last modified Thursday, November 29, 2007 9:03 AM EST Schaefer: Trial by jury needed to remove child By Tom Law Source: The Toccoa Record State Sen. Nancy Schaefer last week called for an overhaul of the state’s child protection services provided through the Department of Family and Children’s Services (DFCS)....
Continue readingLetters from Foster Care
“In total, I have been to at least five or six or even seven foster homes because my mother would not quit looking for me.” by Gabrielle, age 11 Fostering Perspectives tries to reflect the voices of people involved in North Carolina’s child welfare system. * * * * * * * * *...
Continue readingFailure 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...
Continue readingLaws 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...
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Continue readingThis problem should have been solved long before anyone got hurt
Sign this petition To: U.S Congress Our Families are under attack! It is time for change. Children’s Protective Services and the Family Court System are out of control. In the Best Interest of the Child has turned into for the Best Interest of the Budget. We call for a full investigation into the corrupt...
Continue readingNew Revisions to CPS Handbook 2007 – Texas
This revision of the Child Protective Services Handbook was published on November 1, 2007. Summaries of new revised items are posted below, followed by the edited versions with significant changes noted in red. Not displayed are minor copy editing and formatting changes. Baby Moses Cases The items listed below are revised to include: ...
Continue readingJudge Rules For K-Fed In Custody Dispute With Britney Spears
BRITNEY SPEARS V. KEVIN FEDERLINE (Superior Ct. of Calif., County of Los Angeles, Oct. 1, 2007) – L.A. Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon ruled that Britney Spears is to surrender physical custody of her children to ex-husband Kevin ‘K-Fed’ Federline. According to the judge, Federline will “retain physical custody of the minor children on...
Continue readingHandbook on Child Support Enforcement
(source) Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families Office of Child Support Enforcement Handbook on Child Support Enforcement The Child Support Enforcement (CSE) Program is a Federal/state/local partnership to collect child support: We want to send the strongest possible message that parents cannot walk away from their children. Our goals are...
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