Category: family

  • Foster 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 abuse…

  • Schaefer: 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). Among…

  • 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.…

  • Vote for Its Almost Tuesday and spread awareness

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  • This 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 Children’s…

  • New 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:   · …

  • Handbook 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 to…

  • 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…

  • transcript of audio visit – CPS ABUSE

    The following visit took place December 2004 at a Texas CPS Children’s Advocacy Center between an 8 year old child and his mother. This child’s case was ruled out for physical abuse at his natural home, but the same cannot be said for his foster home. Nevertheless he had been removed and placed in foster…

  • 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…

  • Government Advisers: Don’t Use Cold Medicines in Children Under 6

    FDA Says Over-the-Counter Med Need Further Study Concentrated Tylenol Infants’ Drops Plus Cold & Cough, right, and Pedia Care Infant Drops Long-Acting Cough, left, is shown in a medicine cabinet of the home of Carol Uyeno in Palo Alto, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007. Cold Drug makers voluntarily pulled cold medicines targeted for babies and…

  • 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…

  • Do you hate wearing shoes ?

    Well, so do I.  I found this site, Parents For Barefoot Children It is so cute, its got health information about going barefoot, activities to do with your barefoot children, and all kinds of neat information for families. So kick off your shoes and go surf it out!!!

  • 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…

  • Foster care abuse alleged

    Foster care abuse alleged Two brothers claim in a lawsuit that the state failed to stop their sexual and physical abuse. By LEONORA LaPETER Published October 13, 2004 PINELLAS PARK – The two brothers grew up in separate foster homes, but both say they were abused again and again – physically and sexually – while…

  • Missing mom may have feared losing son

    The woman’s husband says she was afraid the state would take away their newborn like they did with their other kids. By CURTIS KRUEGER Published April 24, 2006 Gregory Pound sat in the Pinellas County Jail for a month for failing to reveal where his wife and baby son had gone, even though he insists…

  • How Does A CPS Case Work? When to report?

    The Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare (“Bureau”), a division of the Wisconsin Department of Health and Fam- ily Services (“Department”), provides child abuse preven- tion and related services in Milwaukee County. The Bu- reau receives reports of child maltreatment at its intake office. When an intake screener receives a call, he drafts an intake form…

  • MEDIA RELEASE: MOTHER SUES CPS

    MEDIA RELEASE: CONTACT: Louise Uccio PHONE: (917) 806-8301 FAX: (914) 965-3823 Email: HaveUmistakenMe@aol.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : MOTHER EXONERATED: SUES ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN’S SERVICES FOR MALICIOUS PROSECUTION, AND NEGLIGENT MISREPRESENTATION September 28, 2007 New York, Ms. Louise Uccio via her civil rights attorney has filed a lawsuit in The Supreme Court in the State of…

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