I am disgusted by CPS – again. I am disgusted by the Media – again. I miss my children… again… So, the saga continues… FLDS, CPS, ElDorado, Media, Rocky, Bullwinkle…. hrrrrm? My day started out a little emotional with this post as I read the Dallas Morning News Opinion Blog – where Sharon Grigsby...
Continue readingFLDS parents complain of vague custody plans
Members of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints make their way towards the Tom Green County Courthouse in San Angelo, Texas for the first round of hearings regarding the family plans on Monday, May 19, 2008. (AP Photo/San Angelo Standard-Times, Brian Connelly) Tuesday, 20 May 2008 Michelle Roberts – THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN ANGELO,...
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Children Services was founded to protect abused children. However, they have now become the largest group of child abusers. How do you stop them? ***Force them to obey the laws of the State and the United States of America*** The most commonly broken laws and regulations are: *Agency staff enters homes and schools without...
Continue readingSadly, Statistics Say So….
Every day more than 3 children die as a result of abuse and neglect. Over 75% of the child abuse fatalities were children under the age of 5. Children who have been abused experience anxiety, depression, poor self-esteem, substance abuse, and even worse many contemplate or attempt suicide. Over 50% of foster youth become...
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Reporting Child Abuse Mandated Reporting Texas Family Code 261.101 Persons required to report A person (everyone) having cause to believe that a child’s physical or mental health or welfare has been adversely affected by abuse or neglect by any person shall immediately make a report as provided by this subchapter. This requirement to report...
Continue readingFoster care provider Lawrence Bright is a predator
Foster care provider Lawrence Bright is a predator Police say 70-year-old Lawrence Bright was a licensed foster care provider, and a persistent predator. He lived with his girlfriend in this house on Pinnacle Road in Henrietta. There, they cared for several foster children, including the alleged victim. She told investigators the abuse began in...
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Texas Argues Death Penalty For Child Rapists
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/yahoolatestnews/stories/041708dnnatscotus.6c5b97cf.html?npc U.S. Supreme Court to hear Texas argue death penalty for child rapists 08:39 AM CDT on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 By BRENDAN MCKENNA / The Dallas Morning News bmckenna@dallasnews.com WASHINGTON — Texas says sometimes the sexual assault of a child can be so violent or obscene that the only appropriate punishment...
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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...
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 readingIf you haven’t read it – Go Read It – This Poetry Moves…
(see the sidebar for an RSS Feed) The Day He Came Running Jumping Playing Safe Giggles Laughter Fun Loved He came Screaming Shouting Swearing Fear Tears Cruelty Pain Hate Desperation No escape Desperation. The day he came Childhood Freedom Joy Life Taken away Where did our childhood go Has it been kept safe somewhere...
Continue readingIn 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...
Continue readingUW School of Social Work will pay students’ tuition
I’m not sure how I feel about this. I think its a good thing, promotes educating social workers which we all know is important. However other career students have to pay for their schooling, why shouldn’t they? Then again there is a shortage in good social workers, its hard to find people for that...
Continue readingPrison Planet.com COPWATCH
Epidemic Of Police Brutality & Harassment Sweeps America & UK An epidemic of violence and harassment is sweeping the country. Police are being trained that the general public are the enemy and that they can engage in outright brutality without recourse. Taser deaths are skyrocketing because the police have been ordered to use “pain...
Continue readingWith woman missing, a mother worries
A Seminole woman hasn’t been seen since a court appearance Feb. 6, when she appeared to be pregnant. By CURTIS KRUEGER Published April 18, 2006 Linda Steenberge, 61, holds a photograph of her missing daughter, Melissa Steenberge Pound, 34. The photo, which is about 2 years old, shows Pound with...
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Privatization of Public Social Services Urban Institute > Privatization of Public Social Services A Background Paper Author(s): Demetra Smith Nightingale, Nancy M. Pindus Other Availability: Order Online | Printer-Friendly Page Posted to Web: October 15, 1997 Permanent Link: http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=407023 This paper was prepared at the Urban Institute for U.S. Department of Labor, Office...
Continue readingTips on how you can be heard – letters to editor
Writing a Letter to the Editor (source: Texas Freedom Network) Studies show that Letters to the Editor sections are among the most-read parts of a newspaper. You can be sure that elected officials – or their staff members – read those sections regularly. In addition, letters to the editor are free and relatively easy...
Continue reading227 Texas Children Died Innocently At Hands Of Parents – But… What I REALLY want to know is…
I read this article and have just a few questions that this article brings to my mind; I will comment throughout and welcome (encourage) comments or resources i can turn to in order to answer my questions… because the facts here mean only so much but with the ENTIRE facts at hand, then, we...
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