Children being taken from Parents State Finds Innocent

Children being taken from Parents State Finds Innocent, CPS Watch Reports

Missouri 2000 Child Protective Services Data Report on the Division of Family Services Released by CPS Watch

11/19/2002 (MISSOURI) — Children are being forcibly taken from their homes even after state child protection workers determine they have not been mistreated, according to a report released by CPS Watch today.

Drawing upon data submitted to the federal government by the Division of Family Services (DFS), CPS Watch has found that a whopping 77% of the children placed in foster care during 2000 were taken from homes where investigators had determined allegations of child abuse or neglect were unsubstantiated.