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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 of […]
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 […]
We, the Undersigned, endorse the following petition: We are asking For: Victims of Child Welfare Memorial Day Target: George W. Bush & Richard B. Cheney, President & Vice President, The White HouseSponsor: Suncana Sesic Alvarado, Voice For Children Signatures: 877 Goal: 5,000 Deadline: Ongoing… See Full Petition Email this Petition To: OUR Government and Child […]
(Source:Connecticut DCF Watch) Please take and have a moment of silence for the children below, and pray for these brave children that have given their all in this war. All of these deaths have happened with the support of your tax dollars, and after much protest and begging the government for help in stopping this. […]
Repulsive mess in Kentucky Sadistic and criminal aren’t words usually associated with social workers. But they come to mind while reading the results of a yearlong investigation into a Kentucky child-protection bureaucracy that was allowed to go rogue. Social workers gave each other nicknames like “The Queen of Removal” and “Terminator” and laughed as they […]
The Ninth Amendment acknowledged the prior existence of fundamental rights with it: “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.” The United States Supreme Court in a long line of decisions, has recognized that matters involving marriage, procreation, and the parent-child relationship […]
The following Supreme Court decisions were cited in a published opinion by Chief judge Norman K. Moon of Court of Appeals of Virginia June 3, 1997 in the case Williams and Williams v. Williams and Williams 24 Va. App. 778; 485 S.E. 2d 651 (June 3, 1997): Even when blood relationships are strained, parents retain […]
U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS Our legal minds will put the cites below to good use. Please feel free to share them with your attorney. For future reference, these are being added to the ACFC legal cites page. – ACFC Loss of First Amendment Freedoms, for even minimal periods of time, unquestionably constitutes irreparable injury. Though […]
Updated:2007-02-15 22:11:30Couple Sentenced for Child EndangermentThey Had Adopted Special-Needs Kids Sleep in CagesBy THOMAS J. SHEERAN AP NORWALK, Ohio (Feb. 15) – A couple who forced some of their 11 adopted, special-needs children to sleep in wire-and-wood cages were sentenced to two years in prison Thursday, after the parents insisted they were only trying to […]
Updated:2007-02-15 22:11:30Couple Sentenced for Child EndangermentThey Had Adopted Special-Needs Kids Sleep in CagesBy THOMAS J. SHEERAN AP NORWALK, Ohio (Feb. 15) – A couple who forced some of their 11 adopted, special-needs children to sleep in wire-and-wood cages were sentenced to two years in prison Thursday, after the parents insisted they were only trying to […]
Committee discussion topics should address the goal of identifying best practices, areas of concern and opportunities for the improvement in outcomes for children and families within the investigative stage of service. The Committees charge includes reviewing existing investigation policies and to identify and recommend best practices for parental involvement. I am asking those who have […]
YOU PUT 97,000 CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE IN CALIFORNIA, AND MORE THAN HALF SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN TAKEN IN THE FIRST PLACE. YOU KEEP KIDS IN FOSTER CARE TO ENDURE STARVATION, SEX, ABUSE, DEATH, RAPE, AND VIOLENCE. YOU STRIP NON-ABUSIVE PARENTS OF THEIR PARENTAL RIGHTS IN ORDER TO FILL QUOTAS AND REAP FEDERAL INCENTIVES! YOU […]
By Troy Anderson Staff WriterThe California child welfare system is such a disaster that even the state’s Department of Social Services admits families are aggressively torn apart and children unnecessarily placed in foster care. California has announced sweeping reform. But the reform required is for “authorities” to act like adults and take responsibility. In a […]
Source: Courtesy of AFRA When your turn comes to answer a Child Protective Service Social Worker’s allegations, the very first thing you notice is her hostile attitude and adversative behavior. Since most of us have learned CIVILITY and Social Skills to deal with aggressors, we try to find out why this person is so ticked […]
State’s Child Protection Agencies Collude with Judges to Defraud Federal Government©Nev Moore Jan. ’02 AFRA In 1974 Walter Mondale initiated CAPTA (the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act), the legislation that began feeding federal funding into the state’s child welfare agencies. With remarkable foresight Mondale expressed concerns that the legislation could lead to systemic abuse […]
