May is Foster Care Awareness Month

May is Foster Care Awareness Month - Eastern Arizona Courier: Safford News:

PHOENIX — May is Foster Care Awareness Month, and a recent class action lawsuit filed by Children’s Rights, seeking reform on behalf of the more than 17,000 abused and neglected children in state care, asserts that Arizona has engaged in destructive practices that have exposed these children to “further physical and emotional harm and unreasonable risk of harm while in the state’s care.”

Nebraska court upholds return of baby to biological parents

Nebraska court upholds return of baby to biological parents - Houston Chronicle:

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A judge was right to return a baby to its biological parents, who had given up the child for adoption in 2013 to friends who could not have children of their own, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday.

DHS hit with $3.5 million lawsuit for failing to protect girl, 4, at foster home

DHS hit with $3.5 million lawsuit for failing to protect girl, 4, at foster home | OregonLive.com:

The guardian of a 4-year-old girl allegedly raped by two boys living in the same foster home has filed a $3.5 million lawsuit against the boys, the foster parents and state child welfare workers.

Family fears for 2nd seized newborn after 1st one died in CFS care

Family fears for 2nd seized newborn after 1st one died in CFS care - Manitoba - CBC News:

A Colombian family whose infant son died in the care of Manitoba's Child and Family Services says it's reliving the nightmare all over again, with a second child.

Pierce County couple fights for custody of their son

Pierce County couple fights for custody of their son:

A Pierce County couple is fighting for custody of their own child, after they say Child Protective Services took their son with little explanation.This isn't the first time young Bubby Everson has made headlines. KING 5 first met the 9-year-old with special needs when his family launched an online campaign called 'Birthday Cards to Bubby', because he loves getting mail.

California Columnist Exposes Corrupt Practices of Child Protection Services

California Columnist Exposes Corrupt Practices of Child Protection Services:

California is one of the few states in the U.S. that has passed legislation to try and pierce through the cloak of secrecy surrounding Child Protection Social Service agencies. In 2008 California passed Senate Bill 39, which gave the public a chance to review how well — or poorly — child protective services did its job prior to a child’s death while in foster care.

Columnist Lois Henry of The Bakersfield Californian reported how “the State Department of Social Services planned to sneak a measure into a budget trailer bill that would have increased secrecy regarding the deaths of children who die of abuse or neglect” while in the care of CPS. Lois Henry does a good job explaining how CPS is all about hiding their practices and protecting themselves, instead of protecting children.

Kids pay the price: Turning foster care into a billion dollar business

Kids pay the price: Turning foster care into a billion dollar business | News Day:

The Facebook post linked to charges of “deaths, sex abuse, and blunders in screening, training, and overseeing foster parents at the nation’s largest for-profit foster care company.” My first reaction was disbelief: a for-profit foster care company? I remember my own days as a foster parent of teenagers, and the financial and emotional challenges of caring for them. How could a company make money on foster care? And why would anyone think it’s a good idea to place kids with a company whose purpose is to make money from them?

CPS Corruption Has To Be Stopped | Help Fight CPS Child Protective Services

CPS Corruption Has To Be Stopped | Help Fight CPS Child Protective Services:
(Old but very informative)

© Nev Moore Jan. ‘02

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 in that the state agencies might over-process children into the system unnecessarily to keep, and increase, the flow of federal dollars. Shortly after CAPTA was enacted there was a dramatic increase in the number of children in foster care, peaking at around 500,000 during the mid-70’s. George Miller, the Chairman of the federal Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, initiated an intensive investigation of the nation’s foster care system after the effects of CAPTA started to become apparent by the soaring numbers of children who were being placed in foster care. An official at the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare admitted to Miller that the government had no idea where many of the nation’s 500,000 foster children where living, what services they were receiving, if any, or if any efforts were being made to reunite them with their families.

List of medical kidnappings happening now in America

List of medical kidnappings happening now in America - NaturalNews.com:

The role of parenting itself is now criminalized across America, where parents who make informed, conscious medical decisions in the best interests of their children are subjected to armed government medical kidnappings of their children. For example, just recently a family in Arkansas saw their seven children kidnapped by state authorities and a search warrant served upon their private property because the father owned a common mineral supplement called "MMS."

Foster children in CPS custody are being enrolled in drug experiments without parental consent

Foster children in CPS custody are being enrolled in drug experiments without parental consent -- Society's Child -- Sott.net:

The U.S. federal government has mandated drug research with children. The need for children to participate in drug company research is high, and the temptation to overstep parental rights to force children to participate is great. Researchers publicly admit using money and other rewards to obtain participation of children in their drug trials. 

Gov. responds to KARE 11 investigation: "Multiple failures occurred"

Gov. responds to KARE 11 investigation: "Multiple failures occurred":

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Governor Dayton says investigators will find out what went wrong in the case of eight adopted children who were left for years living in filth when their cases were supposed to be monitored by child protection services.

Blood-chilling scandal of the thousands of babies stolen by the State:

Denise Robertson investigates stolen children in British adoption system | Daily Mail Online:

Agony aunt reveals the 'rotten' side of the adoption system in Britain

Shares stories of parents who have had their children forcibly removed 

Received 450 letters last year from desperate families who were affected 

Her book is dedicated to the Websters who had three kids taken from them 

Adoptees decry re-homing as states move to end practice

Adoptees decry re-homing as states move to end practice - Washington Times:

For some adopted children, their “forever” families are anything but.Adopted under false pretenses from Ethiopia in 2006, Tarikuwa Lemma was barely acclimated to America when her family “re-homed” her to relatives a few months later.

More criminal records than diplomas

More criminal records than diplomas | PostIndependent.com:

Tori Black, 25, “aged out” of Colorado’s foster care system seven years ago. Her story is one of survival, but also of perseverance and rare success. She didn’t soften the words of her struggle as she addressed the state Senate Finance Committee.

Living In The Group Home - Baby LK Report For May 24th 2014

#OpExposeCPS: Anonymous Targets Child Protective Services AnonHQ

#OpExposeCPS: Anonymous Targets Child Protective Services AnonHQ:



Anonymous activists have announced a global campaign to expose the corruption and rampant child abuse plaguing the Child Protective Services. The first phase of Operation Expose CPS is to force FBI to investigate the CPS-DHS system, which has become a profit center, as a whole; bring the criminals to justice; act against the legal kidnapping and trafficking of children for profit, and stop the unjustified terror campaign against American parents and their children.

Former Foster Parent Exposes How CPS Kidnaps Kids Away from Good Homes – Puts them on Drugs

Former Foster Parent Exposes How CPS Kidnaps Kids Away from Good Homes – Puts them on Drugs:

I became a foster parent with the intentions of putting a roof over the heads of orphaned children. I had no idea what I was getting myself into.

By the time I completed the training process, I understood that the majority of the children that would be entering my home were not orphans. I was brainwashed into believing the children had come from abusive and neglectful homes. I was told the state had rescued them from horrible living environments and that I was somewhat of a hero for taking them in.

They were all lies. It took several years for me to truly see what I had become a part of.

Child Protective Services was stealing children from loving biological families.

CPS seizes family's 19-month-old son because doctors failed to diagnose his developmental delay

CPS seizes family's 19-month-old son because doctors failed to diagnose his developmental delay - NaturalNews.com:

It isn't just the federal government that has become more tyrannical and authoritarian towards the people; state governments and state agencies are increasingly becoming just as much an enemy of the people in many respects as Uncle Sam is.

Attack of the Baby Snatchers - Baby LK Report For May 17th 2015

Couple forced sunburned foster kids to stay out in sun

Couple forced sunburned foster kids to stay out in sun - NY Daily News:

Two Alabama foster parents were arrested during their vacation at a Florida hotel when the staff alerted police they were ignoring their sunburned children's pleas to get out of the sun.

California reforms to cut use of foster care psych meds will cost millions

California reforms to cut use of foster care psych meds will cost millions - San Jose Mercury News:

California will have to invest millions of dollars to better protect its 63,000 foster children from the excessive use of powerful psychiatric medications in a state where prescribing physicians, caregivers and the courts have long supported the drugging of as many as one in four foster teens.

Arizona Mother Facing Jail Time for Speaking out Against Medical Kidnapping

Arizona Mother Facing Jail Time for Speaking out Against Medical Kidnapping:

The court room halls rang with cheers and clapping as Melissa Diegel entered the halls for her contempt trial. With armed guards at bay, entrance to the courtroom was denied except for Melissa, the girls’ father or anyone directly involved in the case of the Diegel sisters, Hannah and Kayla…. After refusing to enter the courtroom alone for fear of her life, and after much deliberation, Judge McNally finally agreed that an advocate could enter the courtroom with Melissa. Shortly after, they both returned to the hallway as Judge McNally issued a warning as well to the advocate who went in with Melissa …that any “reporting by her as well could result in a contempt of court charge against her, and that she also, could face jail time.” Although they did not take Melissa today…this is, I’m sure, far from over…. With more than 20 witnesses at hand, justice was, once again, denied to a family who has suffered at the hands of a corrupt DCS and Maricopa County judicial system…. Daphne Ball 

Baby Veronica's father Dusten Brown welcomes baby son

Baby Veronica's father Dusten Brown welcomes baby son | Daily Mail Online:


A father who lost custody of his biological daughter after a controversial Supreme Court ruling is speaking out for the first time since the incident. 

Dusten Brown has remained silent since 2013 when he lost his fight to keep custody of Baby Veronica, the daughter his ex gave up for adoption without his knowledge while he was serving in Iraq.

Now he has come forward to talk about the need for adoption reform.

Inside the secret court that helps victims of drug abuse keep their families together

Inside the secret court that helps victims of drug abuse keep their families together | Law | The Guardian:

Seven years ago, the Family Drug and Alcohol Court began in London: now it is being extended to England and Wales

Jury finds Salinas women guilty of chaining tortured girl

Jury finds Salinas women guilty of chaining tortured girl | Local News - KSBW Home:

SALINAS, Calif. —Two Salinas women accused of torturing, starving, and chaining up an 8-year-old girl inside their house on Russell Road were found guilty by a jury on Friday. 

Children found in 'filthy home' of ex-county DFS worker

Report: Children found in 'filthy home' of ex-county worker - 8 News NOW:

LAS VEGAS -- An arrest report details the "filthy" conditions found in the home of a former child development supervisor for the Department of Family Services.
Jody Holt faces two counts of child abuse, neglect, or endangerment involving her two young grandchildren who were living in her home between Nov. 1, 2014 through 

Will the new government be the final nail in the coffin for child welfare?

Will the new government be the final nail in the coffin for child welfare?:

With the Conservatives returning to power this month, their continued focus on fiscal austerity will mean more government spending cuts on state-provided services. Child welfare has already been badly hit by drastic cuts to the family justice and social work sectors in a bid to reduce government debt. Will this second round of austerity measures irreparably damage our child welfare system, or will it be the wake up call we need to work together to protect children’s fundamental human rights and the democratic process?

Nurse quits after witnessing abortion of a 4-pound baby girl

‘It’s a baby! My baby!’: Nurse quits after witnessing abortion of a 4-pound baby girl | The Pulse | LifeSite:

The essay “Products of Conception” is a first-hand account from a nurse who worked in a hospital that did abortions. It appeared in a little-known book called “The Abortion Debate: TCU Voices,” which was released in 2012.  

Can Maine vaccinate a child in its custody against a parent’s wishes?

Can Maine vaccinate a child in its custody against a parent’s wishes? — Health — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine:

PORTLAND, Maine — Justices with the state’s highest court grappled Thursday with whether the state was justified in ordering vaccination for a child in its custody against a parent’s wishes.

Feds Pay for Drug Fraud: 92 Percent of Foster Care Kids Prescribed Antipsychotics for Unaccepted Uses

Feds Pay for Drug Fraud: 92 Percent of Foster Care Kids Prescribed Antipsychotics for Unaccepted Uses:

The release in late March of an alarming new report by federal investigators has confirmed in shocking new detail what has been known for years: Poor and foster care kids covered by Medicaid are being prescribed too many dangerous antipsychotic drugs at young ages for far too long — mostly without any medical justification at all.

'Re-homing' couple exposed by Reuters is indicted on kidnap charges

'Re-homing' couple exposed by Reuters is indicted on kidnap charges:

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An Arizona couple who used an underground online market for acquiring children has been charged with kidnapping two minors and transporting one across state lines with intent to engage in sexual activity.

The suspects, Nicole and Calvin Eason, came to authorities' attention as a result of "The Child Exchange," a Reuters series in 2013 that exposed how Americans were using Yahoo message boards, Facebook groups and other online sites to "re-home" unwanted children.

Real Mom's Have Their Own Babies - Baby LK Report For May 10th 2015

6-month-old Baby Taken Away from Mother by Force Dies in CPS Custody

6-month-old Baby Taken Away from Mother by Force Dies in CPS Custody:

Another tragic reminder that statistics show children taken away from parents, even parents accused of “abuse” or “neglect,” do poorer in foster care than if they had stayed with their parents.

Fox reporter Randy Wallace reports on the tragic death of a 6-month old baby who was taken away from her mother because of accusations the father was allegedly abusive. Randy Wallace also reported on the 19-month old child in Houston who was allegedly medically kidnapped.

Arizona Family Court, CPS, and Doctors on Trial in 9th Circuit Court

Arizona Family Court, CPS, and Doctors on Trial in 9th Circuit Court:

The contrast between the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and the Arizona Juvenile Courts is the difference between transparency and darkness; the difference between fairness and corruption; the difference between hope and despair.

Lawsuit Claims "Kids for Cash" Foster Care Abuse

Lawsuit Claims "Kids for Cash" Foster Care Abuse | NBC Southern California:

One of California's largest private foster care agencies is under fire over allegations of torture and abuse that are outlined in a 76-page lawsuit.The suit alleges foster care children endured physical and mental abuse of a seven-year period, abuse allegedly covered up by the Rancho Cucamonga-based Interim Care Foster Family Agency, which recruited and supervised the foster parents.

Successful Actor and Teacher is Denied the Right to Parent His Own Children Because He Is Blind

Successful Actor and Teacher is Denied the Right to Parent His Own Children Because He Is Blind:

The right of the natural parent to the care and custody of his or her child is considered a fundamental right in the United States. In spite of that, a New York Kings County Supreme Judge in Brooklyn has slammed the door on an American father’s right to parent is own children – solely it seems because he is blind. The judge, in this case, would insert “able” and in particular “sighted” in front of “natural parent.” “No vision, no children” sums up the Court’s decision, upturning decades of civil rights progress and common sense.

18 U.S. Code § 1341 - Frauds and Swindles

18 U.S. Code § 1341 - Frauds and Swindles

 Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, or to sell, dispose of, loan, exchange, alter, give away, distribute, supply, or furnish or procure for unlawful use any counterfeit or spurious coin, obligation, security, or other article, or anything represented to be or intimated or held out to be such counterfeit or spurious article, for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice or attempting so to do, places in any post office or authorized depository for mail matter, any matter or thing whatever to be sent or delivered by the Postal Service, or deposits or causes to be deposited any matter or thing whatever to be sent or delivered by any private or commercial interstate carrier, or takes or receives therefrom, any such matter or thing, or knowingly causes to be delivered by mail or such carrier according to the direction thereon, or at the place at which it is directed to be delivered by the person to whom it is addressed, any such matter or thing, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both. If the violation occurs in relation to, or involving any benefit authorized, transported, transmitted, transferred, disbursed, or paid in connection with, a presidentially declared major disaster or emergency (as those terms are defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122)), or affects a financial institution, such person shall be fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned not more than 30 years, or both. 18 U.S. Code § 1346 - Definition of “scheme or artifice to defraud”For the purposes of this chapter, the term “scheme or artifice to defraud” includes a scheme or artifice to deprive another of the intangible right of honest services. 18 U.S. Code § 1349 - Attempt and conspiracy. Any person who attempts or conspires to commit any offense under this chapter shall be subject to the same penalties as those prescribed for the offense, the commission of which was the object of the attempt or conspiracy.

Mother’s Day – Anything But Happy For Some

Mother’s Day – Anything But Happy For Some:

It’s that day again – Mother’s Day. Only, for some, there is nothing “happy” about it. It is supposed to be that sappy, heart-warming day where mothers are celebrated, and all is flowers and sunshine. But for too many of our readers, Mothers Day is a very tough day. For some, it may be the hardest holiday of all. 

Happy Mother's Day 2015

Happy Mother's Day to all the REAL Mother's out there and a special Mother's Day to all the Mother's whose children can't be with them today!
God Bless each and every one of you!

6-month-old baby dies while in CPS custody

6-month-old baby dies while in CPS custody - FOX 26 News | MyFoxHouston:

MyFoxHouston -

“Today is the last day I will ever see my daughter again,” said Anastasia Hernandez through tears. Hernandez's baby girl, Aaliyah Rodriguez spent three days on life support at Texas Children's hospital and the grieving mother and her family members have no idea why the 6-month-old baby is dead.

U.S. taxpayers fund gov't child abduction and cloning programs

Evidence shows human cloning has been going on for decades using cells from missing babies and children. These operations are said to be taking place in deep underground military bases in the United States funded by American tax dollars.

WHY WE MUST FIGHT AGAINST CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES

How & Why Family Courts are Allowed to be Corrupt

Man guilty of raping one-day-old baby boy

Man guilty of raping one-day-old baby boy | Washington Weekly News:

It doesn’t get any more depraved than this. A man has been convicted of raping a one-day-old baby boy and two other young children.

Ohio CPS Destroys Family of 5 Children – Parents Acquitted of Any Wrong Doing

Ohio CPS Destroys Family of 5 Children – Parents Acquitted of Any Wrong Doing:

Living in a small Ohio town, Chris and Kathy Butner felt their lives were complete. They hadn’t had an easy road, but always tried to do their best for their family of 5 children, from their oldest son having asthma to their 10 year old, who was diagnosed with ADHD and seizures. If that wasn’t difficult enough, their 7 year old daughter had seizures as a baby. In 2007, after various tests, doctors gave her a blood transfusion and inserted a feeding tube. Their youngest daughter had a cyst on her head. 

Childhood of terror in foster care leads to settlement for N.L. woman

Childhood of terror in foster care leads to settlement for N.L. woman - Newfoundland & Labrador - CBC News:

A lawsuit focusing on the abuse a woman from Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula suffered while in foster care has finally wrapped up, but her lawyer says no amount of money can erase her client's past.

Police Seize 10 Children From ‘Off-Grid’ Homeschool Family

» Police Seize 10 Children From ‘Off-Grid’ Homeschool Family Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!:

POLICE SEIZE 10 CHILDREN FROM 

‘OFF-GRID’ HOMESCHOOL FAMILY

Authorities targeting Americans with traditional, rural lifestyles

Police seized ten children from an “off grid” homeschool family in Kentucky on Wednesday after receiving an anonymous tip about the family’s traditional lifestyle.

Whistleblowers Reveal CPS Child Kidnappings in Kentucky Adoption Business

Whistleblowers Reveal CPS Child Kidnappings in Kentucky Adoption Business:
And it isn't just happening in Kentucky. This is a Nationwide nightmare!
In 2006 and 2007 investigative reporter John Boel exposed much of the corruption taking place in the “child protection” system in Kentucky. His reports were broadcast in the local media at that time, and included some amazing interviews with former CPS whistleblowers, documenting the depth of the alleged corruption within Kentucky CPS.

Boel reports that children are often removed quickly with no evidence of parental wrong-doing, and that the State retaliates against those who try to fight back.

CPS Threatens To Kidnap 7 Year Old in California When Parents Try to Transfer to Different Hospital

CPS Threatens To Kidnap 7 Year Old in California When Parents Try to Transfer to Different Hospital:

Kennedy May Willey’s first seizure took place when she was nine months old, on December 26, 2008. It occurred 8 days after receiving her DTaP vaccination. The seizure lasted over 40 minutes and entailed a dramatic helicopter ride to the nearest major hospital in Texas which was over an hour away. Fortunately, little Kennedy rebounded and within a few hours the doctors wanted to send her home, saying that the seizure that had nearly killed her was a “normal febrile seizure.”

Breastfed Babies Kidnapped by CPS Because Parents were “Homeless” Living out of RV

Breastfed Babies Kidnapped by CPS Because Parents were “Homeless” Living out of RV:

Amber is one of those free-spirited people who takes even incredible hardships and turns them into adventures, inspiring others in the process. When her young family wound up homeless, through no fault of their own, she and her husband Krishna Mehta made the best of it. Their children didn’t even know that they were homeless; they thought that they were having great adventures and making lots of friends.

Complaint about naked 4-year-old prompts visit from police

Complaint about naked 4-year-old prompts visit from police : TreeHugger:

Parents of a 4-year-old boy, along with many others, are outraged that an anonymous neighbour would call police over a child playing naked in the backyard.

Inquest begins into death of 6yo Indigenous boy in foster care in Cairns

Inquest begins into death of 6yo Indigenous boy in foster care in Cairns - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation):

A coroner will consider whether systemic issues within the Department of Child Safety contributed to the 2012 death of an Indigenous boy in foster care in far north Queensland.

Abused baby dies, foster parents held

Abused baby dies, foster parents held , AsiaOne Crime News:

ALOR SETAR: An eight-month-old baby has been allegedly abused to death by his foster parents. 

Recent report shows troubling trends with Dept. of Children and Families

Recent report shows troubling trends with Dept. of Children and - 7News Boston WHDH-TV:

A report has revealed a series of troubling trends within Massachusetts' child welfare agency, including a backlog of cases from parents who are appealing allegations of neglect and abuse. 

Report: DCF burdened by ‘steep increase’ in abuse appeals

Report: DCF burdened by ‘steep increase’ in abuse appeals | Boston Herald:

The state’s beleaguered child welfare agency is facing an unmanageable backlog of appeals from caregivers accused of abuse and neglect that advocates say could leave at-risk kids languishing in the system and stall long-awaited adoptions for years.

Fathers Sue New Jersey Family Court Judges Claiming Best Interests of Child Standard Violates Rights

TimeBase - Fathers Sue New Jersey Family Court Judges Claiming Best Interests of Child Standard Violates Rights:

A would-be class action lawsuit filed by six fathers claims New Jersey family court judges are unconstitutionally depriving plaintiffs of child custody by using a “best interest of the child” standard.

For Profit Foster Care - Baby LK Report For May 3rd 2015

How to Challenge an Indicated Finding by CPS?

How to Challenge an Indicated Finding by CPS? - Long Island Family Law and Mediation Blog:

If you ever discover yourself within a situation wherein you have been made the subject of a report made to the New York Child Protective Services or Administration of Children’s Services (CPS/ACS), it is important to ensure you know your rights. Although an experienced lawyer can be your first line of attack when challenging an indicated finding, it can be useful to learn as much as possible at the process of dealing with such situations. This information is primarily based on the New York Social Services Law.

Baltimore Riot Mom Toya Graham Is ‘No Hero’ For ‘Abusing’ Son, Columnist Says

Baltimore Riot Mom Toya Graham Is ‘No Hero’ For ‘Abusing’ Son, Columnist Says:

Toya Graham, the “Baltimore Riot mom” heralded for forcefully removing her teenage son from the chaos, is a hero in the eyes of many Americans.Even though she recently said she didn’t feel like one, most of the media and American citizens have praised her for taking decisive action in refusing to allow her son to be a part of the looting and burning that has sieged the city since Freddy Gray died in police custody.

Natural family is the ‘masterpiece of society’: Pope Francis

Natural family is the ‘masterpiece of society’: Pope Francis | News | LifeSite:

ROME, April 29, 2015 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At his weekly general audience today, Pope Francis again took up the topic of the value of natural marriage consecrated as a sacrament by God, speaking of the “maternity of women and the paternity of men for the benefit of children” as the basis of human happiness, of civilization and social stability.

'Foster care has become a business'

'Foster care has become a business':

Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden wrote a letter to all 50 governors

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden wrote a letter to all 50 governors about the for-profit foster care industry throughout the US. Wyden wrote the letter after a story by Buzzfeed reporter Aram Roston, who said the for-profit foster care companies vary in their operation from state to state.

Fugitive El Paso foster parent surrenders to police

Fugitive El Paso foster parent surrenders to police - El Paso Times:

A man sought by police for almost a week after being accused of sexually assaulting foster children turned himself in Thursday, officials said.

‘Without our children, what are we?’ Maine cited for removing Native kids

Maine Places Native American Kids in Foster Care | Al Jazeera America:

BANGOR, Maine — A commission has found that Native American children in Maine are five times as likely to be placed in foster care as non-Native children.The Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) presented its preliminary findings and recommendations on Thursday at the first in a series of public forums in Maine.

Feds Pay for Drug Fraud: 92 Percent of Foster Care, Poor Kids Prescribed Antipsychotics Get Them for Unaccepted Uses

Feds Pay for Drug Fraud: 92 Percent of Foster Care, Poor Kids Prescribed Antipsychotics Get Them for Unaccepted Uses | Art Levine:

The release in late March of an alarming new report by federal investigators has confirmed in shocking new detail what has been known for years: Poor and foster care kids covered by Medicaid are being prescribed too many dangerous antipsychotic drugs at young ages for far too long -- mostly without any medical justification at all. The report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Inspector General examined in depth nearly 700 claims filed in 2011 in five of the biggest prescribing states -- California, Florida, Illinois, Texas and New York -- and discovered that two thirds of all the prescribing with these popular and costly "second generation antipsychotics" (SGAs) raised high-risk "quality of care" concerns.