Study: Children with Court-Appointed Special Advocates do WORSE Than Children Without Them

Study: Children with Court-Appointed Special Advocates do WORSE Than Children Without Them

A new study has just been published in the journal Child Maltreatment: The Effect of CASA on Child Welfare Permanency Outcomes.

The present study is the largest and most rigorous study to date on the effects of being appointed a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) on permanency outcomes of children in foster care. The intent-to-treat study accounts for selection bias by applying inverse probability weighting to logistic and sequential logistic regressions in a large sample of children in foster care in the state of Texas (N = 31,754).

Overall, children appointed a CASA have significantly lower odds than children without a CASA of achieving permanency. They have lower odds of being reunified, greater odds of being adopted (if not reunified), and lower odds of being placed in permanent kin guardianship (if not reunified or adopted) than children who are not appointed CASA. (Source.)

CPS Worker Defies Gag Order, Exposes Violent Child Sex Ring in State Foster System

A woman who previously worked for the Arizona DCS has broken her gag order and is speaking out about a horrifying child sex trafficking ring in which children are raped and tortured.

Sierra Vista, AZ — While many think that the state taking children from parents is a noble gesture to protect the child, all too often, the state removes kids from a bad situation and throws them into a situation akin to a horror film.

Many times the children are taken from caring parents, who happened to hit a rough patch in their lives, and thrown into torturous and outright sadistic situations where they end up raped, tortured, and even murdered.

Happy 14th Birthday to my Stolen Granddaughter Isabella

Happy Birthday Isabella. Whether you want to believe it or not, you were NOT given away. You were STOLEN by the State of NH. You were worth too much money to place you with family. I bet you don't realize the stranger's you call your Mother and Father were paid by the State to raise you. Pretty sad huh, especially when your REAL Family would have raised you without money from the State. We didn't have to be paid off to love you and raise you. All we wanted was you, not blood money.
I hope your Birthday is being celebrated, because it sure would be with us. You are a special girl and deserve to be treated special. We love and miss you.
xoxoxoxoxo

Your REAL Grandmother, your REAL Mother and your REAL sister's.

Children grow up happier with grandparents by their side

Having grandparents living nearby has always been a source of great social wealth.

Today, more than ever, both for children and for their parents, grandparents are precious because, in addition to the affectivity they transmit, they are a reliable source of free and responsible help in the daily management of their grandchildren.

A study confirms that children who are lucky enough to have grandparents who live nearby, grow up more serene and happy.

California Mom Wins Second Big Settlement Against CPS for Seizing, Vaccinating Son Without Warrant

California Mom Wins Second Big Settlement Against CPS for Seizing, Vaccinating Son Without Warrant

California Mom Wins Second Big 

Settlement Against CPS for Seizing,

 Vaccinating Son Without Warrant

Excerpts:

Rachel Bruno, the mother at the center of a civil rights battle in Orange County, California,
has been awarded another big settlement against social services and Children’s Hospital
of Orange County (CHOC) after they took her 20-month-old son and ran unauthorized
medical tests on him and injected him with a dozen vaccinations at the same time.

Bruno was just given a half-million-dollar settlement from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s
 Department for their role in violating her Fourth Amendment rights of due process by
carrying out an unwarranted seizure of her 20-month-old son, David.

Pregnant Mom Traveling Through Connecticut with Husband Stops at Hospital Where They Forcibly Drug her and Perform Cesarean Surgery to Kidnap Baby

Pregnant Mom Traveling Through Connecticut with Husband Stops at Hospital Where They Forcibly Drug her and Perform Cesarean Surgery to Kidnap Baby

In a story so horrendous that it reads like a Hollywood script to a movie that could only be fiction, Tennessee parents Suzy and Peter Saad have decided to go public with their story of alleged medical abuse and medical kidnapping in Connecticut.

Man kidnapped Keller girl in foster care and advertised her for sex, feds say

An East Texas man was indicted Friday after he was accused of kidnapping a 14-year-old Keller girl, sexually assaulting her and sending recordings of the abuse to men online.

Mum to plead guilty over adopted daughter's rape and murder

A mum watched a man act out a rape-and-murder fantasy on her 14-year-old adopted daughter.

Former foster parent Sara Packer, 44, of Allentown, north of Philadelphia, has agreed to plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence over the killing of young Grace.

Foster father who caused baby's 20 bone fractures is headed to prison

An Indianapolis foster father who abused a baby girl is headed to prison to serve four years.

Kyle Rice, 27, was given a 12-year sentence with eight years suspended, according to Marion Superior Court records. The sentencing occurred Tuesday. 

Attorney: Child Abuse Pediatricians Aligned with Child Protective Services Destroy Innocent Families

Attorney: Child Abuse Pediatricians Aligned with Child Protective Services Destroy Innocent Families

Attorney Andrew C. Brown, J.D., is the director of the Center for Families & Children at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.

As an attorney, he has dedicated his career to serving vulnerable children and strengthening families through community-focused, liberty-minded solutions. He has represented children in the child welfare system, and advocated for the rights of parents.

He has written a new policy paper titled: Reforming the Use of Child Abuse Pediatric Teams in Child Protective Cases.

Foster Care Children are Worse Off than Children in Troubled Homes – The Child Trafficking Business

Foster Care Children are Worse Off than Children in Troubled Homes – The Child Trafficking Business

Children taken away from troubled families and put into foster care do not do as well as children left in troubled homes. This fact is not even in dispute. So why does the current system still exist, when it is clearly destroying the lives of so many children?

Studies Show Children are Worse Off in Foster Care

There have been numerous reports published over the past several years that clearly show the current foster care system is an abysmal failure. Children who stay with parents who are accused (but not arrested or convicted) of “abuse” or “neglect” clearly do better than most of the children being put into foster care.

Texas Baby Taken at Birth from Mom Testing Positive for Marijuana Found Dead in Foster Home Where Child Pornography was Found

Texas Baby Taken at Birth from Mom Testing Positive for Marijuana Found Dead in Foster Home Where Child Pornography was Found

One adult is in custody on charges of possession of child pornography from a home in Forney where an infant foster child died unexpectedly December 29.Christian S. Richmond, 19, was booked into the Kaufman County jail on possession of child pornography where he awaits arraignment according to jail records.Law enforcement officials confirm to inForney.com that his address is the same home where an infant in CPS foster care died unexpectedly.Elizabeth Henson of McKinney was only five months old when she was found dead at the foster home. She had been in CPS custody since she was only five days old. The cause of her death is still unknown.