Artesia foster parent sentenced to 15 years for molesting child in his care

Artesia foster parent sentenced to 15 years for molesting child in his care - Carlsbad Current-Argus:

ARTESIA >> A little girl named "Sparkle" got justice Monday when her Artesia foster dad was sentenced to 15 years in prison for molesting her.

Former social worker pleads not guilty to sex with teen clients

Former social worker pleads not guilty to sex with teen clients - KTVU -:

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (KTVU and wires) -- A former social worker accused of having sex with two teenage clients while working for the San Mateo County Child Protective Services agency pleaded not guilty earlier this week to 20 counts of oral copulation and sexual intercourse with a person under 18 years old, prosecutors said.

Ringgold woman arrested for child abuse of adopted son

Ringgold woman arrested for child abuse of adopted son - : Police/Fire:

A Ringgold woman was arrested for alleged child abuse two days before Thanksgiving, following an investigation of claims that she physically and emotionally abused her 11-year-old adopted son.

A CPS Christmas Carol

Want to see CPS employee exit interviews? You can’t.

Want to see CPS employee exit interviews? You can’t. | Statesman Investigates:

Want a close look at why Child Protective Services employees quit? You’d be well served to read the exit interviews employees fill out on their way out the door.Except you can’t. State law makes them confidential. Unless you’re special. Then you can.

Another medical Kidnapping-Breastfed, Homebirthed Babies Taken Away From Parents For Not Using Hospital

Breastfed, Homebirthed Babies Taken Away From Parents For Not Using Hospital:

Peter Wagner of KGMI News and Talk Radio in Bellingham, Washington has also reported on the story, interviewing the family’s attorney, Stephen Pidgeon.

Attorney to court: Charge parents or give babies back

UPDATE 1 – 12/3/2014

King 5 News has reported on the Rengo family case:

Couple fights for custody of children after home birth

- See more at: http://medicalkidnap.com/2014/11/25/breastfed-homebirthed-babies-taken-away-from-parents-for-not-using-hospital/#sthash.9geRPAWa.dpuf

TX: 84th Legislative Session Has Work To Do For Child Protection Transparency

TX: 84th Legislative Session Has Work To Do For Child Protection Transparency | Watchdog Wire - Texas:

So do the rest of the States!

Texas made 2014 an unprecedented year in child protection transparency. Sadly, it took 10 children dying in foster care during  FY2013 to trigger a response from the Legislature.

The National Stolen Child Liquidation Month Wrap-up - Baby LK Report For November 30th

Eight months, 18 children dead. Now that we know the numbers, can we reduce the toll?

Simons: Eight months, 18 children dead. Now that we know the numbers, can we reduce the toll?:

According to Alberta Children’s Services, 18 children and youths receiving service from Alberta’s child welfare system have died in the last eight months — four of them in the last eight weeks.

Mercury News editorial: Doctors have incentives to drug foster kids

Mercury News editorial: Doctors have incentives to drug foster kids - San Jose Mercury News:

"Follow the money" is the rule in politics for figuring out the real reason something not quite logical is happening.

It appears to apply as well to the overdrugging of California foster youths, based on the latest in Bay Area News Group reporter Karen de Sá's ongoing series, "Drugging Our Kids" -- an analysis using both data and individuals' stories to illuminate the use of pharmaceuticals to control the behavior of foster children.

Pro-choice adoption worker wished some of her clients could have aborted their children instead

Pro-choice adoption worker wished some of her clients could have aborted their children instead | Live Action News:

During this National Adoption Month, a pro-abortion website called “RH Reality Check” released an article entitled Adoption Is Not a Universal Alternative to Abortion, No Matter What Anti-Choicers Say. The point seems to be to assuage pro-choice advocates who like abortion more than adoption– a feat during National Adoption Month (November), when adoption advocates flood the internet with positive stories.

More Pro-choice Propaganda

Atlanta boy missing for 4 yrs found alive behind fake wall at father’s house

Atlanta boy missing for 4 yrs found alive behind fake wall at father’s house — RT USA:

A 13-year-old boy, who was reported missing back in 2010, has been found alive, imprisoned behind a fake wall in his father’s Georgia home.

Lawmakers to review NY Child Protective Services

Lawmakers to review NY Child Protective Services:

ALBANY (AP) >> A state legislative panel in New York wants to know whether the state’s child protective services do enough to promote family stability.

Appeal court judge ‘horrified’ at number of litigants without lawyers

Appeal court judge ‘horrified’ at number of litigants without lawyers | UK Progressive:

The Guardian explains…. yet another Tory signature initiative FAIL.

People representing themselves ‘clog up’ courts, says Elizabeth Gloster, as report details legal aid cuts’ effect on lawyers’ morale.

Connecticut uses court bills, arrest to retaliate against politically active parents

Connecticut uses court bills, arrest to retaliate against politically active parents | Communities Digital News:

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT — Glastonbury father Peter Symonik has good reason to believe that Judge Elizabeth Bozzuto’s decision last week to issue a capias warrant for his arrest and incarcerate him indefinitely for failing to pay his $9,600 family court guardian ad litem bill was politically motivated.

11-year-old Milwaukee girl sexually assaulted in foster care

11-year-old Milwaukee girl sexually assaulted in foster care | Local News - WISN Home:

MILWAUKEE —An 11-year-old girl placed in foster care for her safety wound up sexually assaulted and pregnant.

Foster care tragedy: Karmah Jayne Hall's family learnt of her death on Facebook

Foster care tragedy: Karmah Jayne Hall's family learnt of her death on Facebook:

The biological family of a 14-year-old girl who took her own life while in foster care have told of their anguish about learning of her death via Facebook.

Social worker charged with smoking crack while driving on I-65 with child in car

Social worker charged with smoking crack while driving on I-65 with child in car | AL.com:

HOOVER, Alabama - A manager of a Birmingham substance abuse treatment center faces charges after authorities said she was driving down I-65 smoking a crack pipe with a young child in her car.

Nashua DCYF Screws up again-Nashua Police Investigating Death of a Child on Oak Street

Nashua Police Investigating Death of a Child on Oak Street | Nashua, NH Patch:

The Nashua Police and the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office are investigating the death of a 3-year-old baby girl on Oak Street. According to a report, police were sent to the address for a medical call involving a child who was a resident at the home. The child was taken to the hospital and short time later, pronounced dead.

Don't Stab The Social Worker - Baby LK Report For November 23rd 2014

DCF Unaware of Investigator's Past

DCF Unaware of Investigator's Past:

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- The Florida Department of Children and Families says it didn't know one of its investigators left his previous state job amid allegations related to bribery and strip clubs.

Twins returned to family after 32 months of hell spent in 'care’

Twins returned to family after 32 months of hell spent in 'care’ - Telegraph:

Anyone wishing to see just how shocking the behaviour of our “child protection” system can be should watch an utterly chilling video on YouTube (see below: “Kidnap of children from their mother by Dutch social services…”). It shows 11-year-old twins screaming in protest as they are seized by social workers and carried off by a mob of policemen, from the loving home they have now not seen for nearly three years.

‘Kids for Cash’ film screened at United Nations

‘Kids for Cash’ film screened at United Nations - Times Leader - timesleader.com:

Victims of the Luzerne County judicial scandal were on hand as the documentary “Kids for Cash” was screened today at the United Nations in New York.

Insider: New DCS agency is falling back to old CPS ways

Insider: New DCS agency is falling back to old CPS ways - CBS 5 - KPHO:

PHOENIX (CBS5) -

About six months after Arizonans learned that the state Child Protective Services had failed to investigate more than 6,500 cases of child abuse and neglect, a new agency was created by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and the state Legislature.

State investigator files whistleblower suit over CPS investigations

State investigator files whistleblower suit over CPS investigations | www.statesman.com:

A former employee for the Office of Inspector General filed a whistleblower lawsuit Tuesday, saying he was wrongly fired after raising complaints about the way the office investigated Child Protective Services’ role in child abuse deaths.

KWWL: DHS child protective worker accused of slapping, hitting two children

KWWL: DHS child protective worker accused of slapping, hitting two children:

An eastern Iowa Department of Human Services child protective worker is charged with assaulting two children in her own home.

Ex-foster father sentenced to 95-100 years for sexually assaulting children

Ex-foster father sentenced to 95-100 years for sexually assaulting children - Omaha.com: Crime & Courts:

A former foster father from Hooper, Nebraska, was sentenced to what amounts to life in prison Tuesday after being found guilty of first-degree sexual assault of a child.

ADHD Surge Is More Marketing Than Medicine

ADHD Surge Is More Marketing Than Medicine:

You can't catch attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) but you wouldn't know that by the way diagnoses are spreading - up 10X in some countries. 

Security added to building where worker stabbed

Security added to building where worker stabbed - SFGate:

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Security has been stepped up at a Camden office building where a state child welfare worker was stabbed earlier this week, but state officials are not talking about it.

Social worker accused of unethical behavior will give up her license

Social worker accused of unethical behavior will give up her license | KIMT 3:

DES MOINES, Iowa – A former Mason City social worker has agreed to voluntarily give up her license.

What should NBC investigate? CPS of course!

What should we investigate? - News | NBC News:
Here's your chance everyone! 

TELL NBC TO INVESTIGATE CPS/DCYF CORRUPTION ....................................NBC HAS ASKED THE PUBLIC FOR ANYTHING OR ANYONE THAT NEEDS INVESTIGATION

Click on the above link and fill out the form.

Let's go! There are thousands of falsely accused, torn apart families out there and thousands of traumatized children that want to go home! Give it your best shot! We can do this! Let's overload NBC with our horror stories!

Italian Court Rules Vaccine Caused Autism: US Media Blacks Out Story

Wow: Italian Court Rules Vaccine Caused Autism: US Media Blacks Out Story:

The debate over vaccines continues as an Italian court ruled in favor of the Bocca family whose nine-year-old son became autistic after receiving the MMR (Measles/Mumps & Rubella) vaccine. I came across this case and felt it was a good idea to report on this as the vaccine debate has been a hot topic here lately. Although the case concluded in 2012, the information is just as relevant today. 

Another Medical Kidnapping-17 Month Old Baby Taken from Family for Disagreeing with Doctors

17 Month Old Baby Taken from Family for Disagreeing with Doctors:

Jessica Gilmore says, “I just want to love my grandson. That’s all I want.” However, if Connecticut DCF (their child protective services) has their way, little 17-month-old Jaxon Gilmore, who may not have much longer to live, will be adopted out to strangers, all because a grandmother allegedly questioned authority, seeking the best possible care for her sick grandchild. Here is the family’s story as reported to Health Impact News. - See more at: 

CPS Caseworker in Arizona Turns Whistleblower – Reports on Abuse of Power

CPS Caseworker in Arizona Turns Whistleblower – Reports on Abuse of Power:

ABC 15 Arizona interviewed a former CPS caseworker turned whistleblower regarding some of the alleged abuses in the Arizona foster care system. The caseworker reportedly quit her job after seeing the abuse of power within CPS last year.

Another Adoption Gone Bad-New details released in search for man wanted in parents' deaths

New details released in search for man wanted in parents' deaths | Local News - WMUR Home:

The U.S. Marshals Service released several new details Wednesday in the search for Matthew Dion, 39. Dion is being sought on state and federal warrants in connection with the deaths of his adopted parents, Robert and Constance Dion.

Major Study Reveals ADHD Drugs Have Never Been Proven Safe or Effective

Major Study Reveals ADHD Drugs Have Never Been Proven Safe or Effective | CCHR International:

As if it isn’t bad enough that there is no science to support the reported brain abnormality, ADHD, further proof has recently been made public that reveals the bogus research used to sell dangerous and even life-threatening ADHD drugs.

Human services pose early test for Charlie Baker administration

Human services pose early test for Charlie Baker administration - Editorials - The Boston Globe:

GOVERNOR-ELECT Charlie Baker knows from experience that the state’s human services system — child protection, mental illness, welfare, and juvenile justice — will pose the stiffest challenge for his new administration at the highest stakes. Baker served as secretary of health and human services from 1992 to 1994, a time when scores of people died under the care or control of state human service agencies — 42 suicides in the state mental health system in 1994 alone, according to a Globe article from that period. Human services advocates pointed — as they often do — to insufficient budgets. State officials pointed — as they often do— to better record-keeping that accounted for more suicides.

‘We Want Our Kids Back,’ Protestors Gather Outside Courthouse on Adoption Saturday

‘We Want Our Kids Back,’ Protestors Gather Outside Courthouse on Adoption Saturday | whotv.com:

DES MOINES, Iowa – Hundreds of families made their adoptions final at the Polk County Courthouse during the “Adoption Saturday” event.

However there are some families not in favor of “Adoption Saturday.”

STATE-BY-STATE ANALYSIS HIGHLIGHTS PARENTAL INEQUALITY ACROSS THE NATION

NPO:

National Parents Organization just released its 2014 Shared Parenting Report Card. It is the first national study to provide a comprehensive ranking of the states on their child custody statutes, assessing them primarily on the degree to which they promote shared parenting after divorce or separation.

Here is the report and the executive summary:

• 2014 Shared Parenting Report Card: A New Look At Child Welfare, A State-by-State Ranking

• 2014 Shared Parenting Report Card Executive Summary

Comment: New Hampshire got a C
From what I have seen, shared custody in NH is almost NON-Existent

Man who beats gf's 17 month old foster son to death will only get a YEAR in jail

Man who beats gf's 17 month old foster son to death will only get a YEAR in jail:

Brooklyn man gets lesser rap for beating death of 17-month-old Kymel Oram after jurors find no intent to harm

Investigation by Maryland health inspectors clears group home operator in death of foster child's death

Investigation by Maryland health inspectors clears group home operator in death of foster child's death - Baltimore Sun:

Maryland health regulators say they found serious violations at the group home for disabled foster children where a 10-year-old Baltimore boy died in July — including conflicting records on his care, and miscommunication between staff and the emergency responders and medical personnel who labored to save him — but nothing that contributed to his death.

Adoptions collapse after judge denounces 'sloppy’ social workers

Adoptions collapse after judge denounces 'sloppy’ social workers - Telegraph:

Scarcely a day goes by now without more public evidence of disquiet at how lamentably our “child protection” system has gone off the rails. On Tuesday, for the second time, parents convinced that their children had been wrongly removed from them went to Brussels to appear before a sympathetic committee of the European Parliament. This time they were protesting at the ruthless pressures brought on them by social workers for daring to put their case to the MEPs. It prompted one committee member, Tatyana Zdanoka, to say: “In my experience the UK is unique in Europe for the secrecy of its family courts and for the threats and bullying by authorities of parents who want to speak out about their treatment.”

Day care druggings spark call for change; investigation shows provider violated law for years

Day care druggings spark call for change; investigation shows provider violated law for years - Elkhart Truth:

INDIANAPOLIS — Lawmakers and children’s advocates are calling for a crackdown on illegal day cares after an Indianapolis provider who’d been cited repeatedly for violations pleaded guilty to drugging children in her care.

Father Sues Vermont DCF in Toddler’s Death

Father Sues Vermont DCF in Toddler’s Death | Valley News:

Rutland — The father of a 2-year-old girl who died in state care filed a lawsuit Thursday against Vermont and its Department for Children and Families, saying they breached their duties to protect the child, whose stepfather is accused of killing her.

Moses Gilbert: How adopted children get 'lost,' given away in Canada

Moses Gilbert: How adopted children get 'lost,' given away in Canada - Canada - CBC News:

A child advocate says that "children get lost quite frequently in Canada" following international adoptions because of lax rules around transferring custody from the adoptive parents to other families.

Why Fathers Are Our Real Life Hero: A Psychological Overview

Why Fathers Are Our Real Life Hero: A Psychological Overview - PsyTreasure:
A well known sociologist, Dr. David Popenoe, stated that “Fathers are far more than just ‘second adults’ in the home.” He said that fathers bring positive benefits to their children that no other person is as likely to bring. Fathers have a direct impact on the well-being of their children.

Too Jewish to adopt! What social worker called couple after claiming their household was too religious for a child

Too Jewish to adopt! What social worker called couple after claiming their household was too religious for a child | Daily Mail Online:

Social worker wanted to stop a girl being adopted by a Jewish couple

Despite the fact that the three-year-old girl was a quarter Jewish 

But Supreme Court judge Lord Wilson ruled the adoption should go ahead 

He said politically correct race rules have become 'discriminatory' 

Ex-Seminole Co. deputy accused of making false child sexual abuse report

Ex-Seminole Co. deputy accused of making false child sexual... | www.wftv.com:
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — 

A former Seminole County deputy accused of making a false report of a child being sexually abused has bonded out of jail.

Judge Says He Can Find Better Parents For Any Child, Even Yours!

Maricopa county, Arizona Judge Mark Brain Says he can find better parents for any child at a training seminar for juvenile court judges. This is the elitist mentality that pervades our juvenile court system.

Maine providers wonder if ouster of 2 top managers signals change in direction for DHHS

Maine providers wonder if ouster of 2 top managers signals change in direction for DHHS — Health — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine:

The departure of two high-level managers in the Maine Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday left some social services providers surprised and concerned about the fate of vulnerable children and Mainers struggling with addiction.