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!!!...
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 readingChild 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...
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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 readingWhat 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...
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 readingChildren Killed In The Care Of The Government
(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...
Continue readingGovernment Advisers: Don’t Use Cold Medicines in Children Under 6
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 toddlers off the market Thursday,...
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