Adoptive parents of abused child rap DCF

Adoptive parents of abused child rap DCF - News - telegram.com - Worcester, MA:

More than 10 years after Haleigh Poutre was beaten into a coma, the Department of Children and Families is still making the same mistakes that led to her near death, including not following a law created in light of the case to have a clinical review team review cases after multiple allegations of abuse.

The New Child Abuse Panic

The New Child Abuse Panic - The New York Times:

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — FEW things are tougher for a parent than dealing with a child’s serious medical condition, particularly if it is complicated and hard to diagnose. The parent has to make hard choices about treatment, navigating conflicting advice from doctors or even rejecting one doctor’s opinion and seeking another. Recently, the situation of these parents has gotten even harder. Some doctors and hospitals have begun to level a radical new charge — “medical child abuse” — against parents who, they say, get unnecessary or excessive treatment for their kids. That this care is usually ordered by other doctors hasn’t protected parents from these loaded accusations.

Child welfare officials had contact with girl before death

Child welfare officials had contact with girl before death - Washington Times:

PHOENIX (AP) - State child welfare officials say they investigated reports that a 2-year-old Phoenix girl had been abused more than a month before she was found dead.

State says agency placed 9-year-old boy in home with 'several' infractions

State says agency placed 9-year-old boy in home with 'several' infractions | MLive.com:

BURTON, MI - A state investigation says that the Burton agency responsible for 9-year-old Omarion Humphrey, who drowned after wandering away at Lake Callis park July 4, placed him in a home that had several infractions including lack of supervision.

Texas couple's ordeal exposes El Salvador's little-known infant trafficking market

Texas couple's ordeal exposes El Salvador's little-known infant trafficking market | Fox News Latino:

The couple that accused an obstetrician at the private Centro Ginecologico hospital in San Salvador with swapping their child at birth in order to sell the infant exposed a little-known form of human trafficking.

New Haven woman arrested for threatening DCF employee

New Haven woman arrested for threatening DCF employee | WTNH Connecticut News:

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — A woman has been arrested after police say she threatened to “blow up” the DCF building on Thursday.

Security Measures addressed in New York after Shooting of DCF Social Worker

Security Measures addressed in New York after Shooting of DCF Social Worker - Story | Burlington, Plattsburg | myChamplainValley | WVNY Local 22 and WFFF Local 44:

PLATTSBURGH, NY Following the shooting death of Lara Sobel, a Department for Children and Families social worker in Vermont.

L.A. County social worker is accused of lying about acid attack

L.A. County social worker is accused of lying about acid attack - LA Times:

A Los Angeles County social worker who said she was accosted by strangers who threw acid on her has been charged with filing a false police report.

California Legislature Approves Foster Care Overhaul

California Legislature Approves Foster Care Overhaul | KPBS:

The California foster care system would be overhauled under a bill passed by the state Legislature Friday. It moves the state away from long-term group homes for foster children. Democratic Assemblyman Mark Stone authored the bill.

Lawyers for foster children attempt to halt child abuse series by Fox 11

Lawyers for foster children attempt to halt child abuse series by Fox 11 - Los Angeles News | Examiner.com:

Children’s Advocacy Group, Inc., the attorneys who represent foster youth in the county of San Bernardino, went to court this morning to ask a juvenile court judge for a cease and desist order against Fox 11 Los Angeles. At issue is the news agency’s ongoing investigative report into child abuse and child deaths in San Bernardino County.

Child Protective Services Forcing Raped 10-Year-Old Girl to Have an Abortion

Child Protective Services Forcing Raped 10-Year-Old Girl to Have an Abortion | LifeNews.com:

Officials with Child Protective Services in Wynne, Arkansas are reportedly attempting to force a 10-year-old girl victimized by rape to have an abortion.

Department steps into gap to protect child workers

Department steps into gap to protect child workers | Opinion & Analysis | BDlive:

CHILD labour is a human rights issue. It is a curse on society that has a negative effect on the country’s growth and development. When children are exploited for economic gain, everyone loses. When even one child is exploited, every one of us is diminished.

Auburn housing director says communication about foster children

Auburn housing director says communication about foster children - Boston News, Weather, Sports | FOX 25 | MyFoxBoston:

AUBURN, Mass. (MyFoxBoston.com) - The head of the Auburn Housing Authority is calling for better communication after a foster child died in public housing.Two-year-old Ava Conway-Coxon was found unresponsive in an Auburn duplex last month. The chairman of the housing board, Wayne Page, said he had no idea any foster children were in the units. He says he found out after the child's death and he thinks the housing authority should know who is living in their homes, including foster children. Page also said he thinks that at the very least, the state's policies should be evaluated.

Foster Care Provider Accused Of Child Porn; BA Foster Mom Feels

Foster Care Provider Accused Of Child Porn; BA Foster Mom Feels - NewsOn6.com - Tulsa, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports - KOTV.com |:

BROKEN ARROW, Oklahoma -

Foster families are coming forward after police arrested a foster care worker on distributing child porn allegations.

NYC child protection worker admits to lying about visit

NYC child protection worker admits to lying about visit - NY Daily News:

A city children's services worker pleaded guilty to lying about visiting a pregnant Brooklyn woman who was suspected of leaving her young child alone.

Woman Files Lawsuit Over Baby Seizure

Woman Files Lawsuit Over Baby Seizure | WDAY:

Minot (KX News) - A Minot woman says her newborn baby was snatched from her arms due to an erroneous drug test.The woman has filed suit against the hospital that administered the drug test, and the social service agency that took her daughter.

Assembly passes three bills to curb psych drugs in California foster care

Assembly passes three bills to curb psych drugs in California foster care - ContraCostaTimes.com:

The state Assembly on Tuesday unanimously approved legislation to better protect California foster children from too many psychiatric drugs through greater oversight by nurses, social workers, caregivers and court professionals.

Too Often in Foster Care, Kids' Privacy Rights Used to Protect Agencies

Too Often in Foster Care, Kids' Privacy Rights Used to Protect Agencies - The Chronicle of Social Change:

The privacy rights of children and their families caught up in the child welfare system should be protected. But all too often, they are used to shield agencies from questions about their actions.

Our View: Mass. failed children in DCF custody

Our View: Mass. failed children in DCF custody - Opinion - North Attleborough Free Press - North Attleboro, MA:

The state’s report on Friday laying out what happened to 7-year-old Jack Loiselle in his father’s Hardwick home is heartbreaking. And the magnitude of case mismanagement and system breakdown by the state Department of Children and Families is a travesty.

New philosophy gives child welfare workers more choices

New philosophy gives child welfare workers more choices:

Will things ever change for families that are struggling with the issues of child abuse and neglect? In Oregon, the answer is — Yes! The commitment to support families to remain stable and attached, with children in their own homes to reduce the trauma of being removed from their home and family, is a piece of what we will come to know as Differential Response.

Mass. Auditor Suzanne Bump: 2014 report warned of state foster care problems

Mass. Auditor Suzanne Bump: 2014 report warned of state foster care problems | masslive.com:

BOSTON - State Auditor Suzanne Bump says issues of a lack of collaboration between agencies, weak policies and procedures, and unreliable or outdated data cited in last week's state report how 7-year-old Jack Loiselle of Hardwick ended up in a coma while his family was under state supervision are no surprise.

Fitchburg man charged in threat to DCF office

Fitchburg man charged in threat to DCF office - Sentinel & Enterprise:

FITCHBURG -- A local man arrested last week on charges he attacked a woman with a hatchet was arrested again over the weekend after he allegedly threatened to "shoot up" the local office of the state's Department of Children and Families, police said.

Mother of toddler who died in foster care is laid to rest

Mother of toddler who died in foster care is laid to rest - News - telegram.com - Worcester, MA:

MARLBORO – In a light, misting rain, Jessica A. Conway’s ashes were carried Friday from Immaculate Conception Church for burial in a gravesite next to the foster child the struggling mother lost for good on Aug. 15.

State investigation reveals startling details about foster mother caring for Omarion Humphrey

State investigation reveals startling details about foster mother caring for Omarion Humphrey:

BURTON (WJRT) - (09/10/15) - ABC12 News is uncovering disturbing new details about Omarion Humphrey's foster mother.

A state investigation uncovered a pattern of violations by the Flint woman and a failure on part of the agency who placed Omarion with her.

North Ayrshire social workers took baby boy 'because they didn't like his mother'

North Ayrshire social workers took baby boy 'because they didn't like his mother' | Daily Mail Online:

Woman's baby put into care for seven months amid concern for his welfare

Court found decision based on 'unsubstantiated and incorrect information'

Social worker Caroline Ferrier gave 'confused' evidence to justify actions 

North Ayrshire Council apologised after court said baby should be returned

Pennsylvania child welfare caseworker waives hearing on child pornography charges

Pennsylvania child welfare caseworker waives hearing on child pornography charges:

PITTSBURGH — A Pennsylvania child welfare caseworker accused of possessing child pornography has waived his hearing on the charges.

Forty-four-year-old Michael Smith of Pleasant Hills was arrested Sept. 1 and charged with possession and dissemination of child pornography and criminal use of a communication facility.

The Children Are Dying: Foster Family Failure

The Children Are Dying: Foster Family Failure - Story | KTTV:

(SAN BERNARDINO, CA) - A family of five young siblings is suing the San Bernardino County Department of Children and Family Services and a foster care agency contracted by the CFS, alleging the two youngest members of the family were sexually abused in a foster care home in Victorville over three years.

Child Found With Dead Chicken Around Neck Reunited With Mother

Child Found With Dead Chicken Around Neck Reunited With Mother:

LEXINGTON, N.C. – A Lexington family court judge on Wednesday allowed a young boy, who had been abused while living in foster care, to be permanently reunited with his biological mother who will have full custody of him.

Woman Accused of Threatening DCF Worker, Own Mother

Child Protection Employees Rarely Pay Price for Failing to Protect Foster Children from Abuse

Child Protection Employees Rarely Pay Price for Failing to Protect Foster Children from Abuse:

Sources: Washington Department of Social and Health Services; Washington Department of Enterprise Services (Reporting by Will Drabold / The Seattle Times; Graphic by Mark Nowlin / The Seattle Times)

Health Impact News Editor Comments

When it comes to Child Welfare and Child Protection Service (CPS) agencies across the U.S., the public is fed a very one-sided view that justifies these massive federal programs funded by American taxpayers. The view is that there are vast numbers of children being abused in their homes by their families that need rescuing by these CPS agencies. The failures of these agencies to themselves protect the children they take out of homes and put into foster care are brushed aside under the umbrella excuse that they are under-staffed with not enough funding to properly take care of all these supposedly abused children.

The truth, however, is far different than this picture being painted before the public. Studies clearly show that children left in their homes with their parents, even when they are left in troubled homes, are far better off than they would be in foster care away from their family. (See: Foster Care Children are Worse Off than Children in Troubled Homes.) Children in foster care are routinely abused physically and sexually, given psychotic drugs they would not normally be on if they had remained with their families, and far more likely to die before reaching adulthood. 

Happy 13th Birthday to Our Special Granddaughter Alejandra, Kept From us by Your Father

Happy Birthday Ally. Though we haven't seen you since you were 3, we still love and miss you and always will.
Your Birthday's and Holidays were always spent with your Mommy, your brother Austin, me and Grampie and your Aunt's and Uncles. All the Happy times gone but never forgotten.We ALL miss you very much and can't imagine how someone could brainwash you and lie to you about the family who always loved you and took care of you. How can anyone be so rotten?
Some day you will realize the way you've been used to hurt your REAL Mommy and her family. You will come to realize the lies and suffering you've been put through.
We hope you have an awesome Birthday and please remember you will never be forgotten and we will always love you.
Until we see you again Ally, we ALL love and miss you.
Grammy and Grampie
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

A Birthday Message to Alejandra From Your REAL Mother

🎈🎈 

Well, thirteen long years ago today at 2:30 pm, I had to have a emergency C-section with my now teenage daughter Alejandra. I broke my water and didn't know it and she was also breach. So she had to be born three weeks early and she was fine. She weighed 6 lb. 9 oz. She was one healthy baby girl.I was so happy to finally have my baby girl. I already had my baby boy and I was the happiest Mommy around knowing I was going to have one of each. So we got to go home in three days because I had staples in my belly from having her.She got to live her first three years of life with her me, her real Mother until one awful night I will never forget, when both my baby's got stolen from me by Nashua DCYF. They lied about me and said all kinds of things that were not true so I wouldn't get my babies back. I brought in proof of my innocence to Judge Bamburger , who told me I was to late. That I had 30 days to prove my innocence and it was way past then. He told me it didn't matter that my kids were taken illegally. It was too late. So since the day my kids were ripped away from me, my whole world has been a nightmare. I miss and love my kids so much and now Alejandra is living with her father and he will not let me see her, even though I was granted visits with her. He never gets in any kind of trouble for not following court orders and it's not right. 
So I want to say a huge shout out to my now teenage daughter, who will always be my baby girl Alejandra, a very🎈 Happy 13th birthday 🎈 Your one and only Mother loves you so much and I miss you like crazy. I hope one day soon you will realize all the lies your Father is putting in your head and you will want to come see me. I hope we get to spend  your birthdays together in the future and I hope you feel the same way. 
I love you baby girl.🎈🎈 HAPPY 🎂 BIRTHDAY 🎈 🎈 🎂 🎂. I ❤ You!!!
Love Always and Forever, Your REAL Mommy!

Foster Family Loses Children For Exercising Second Amendment Right

Foster Family Loses Children For Exercising Second Amendment Right | The Daily Caller:

Apparently the functionaries at the Clark County, Nev. Department of Family Services place anti-gun orthodoxy over the welfare of children. Authorities stripped Kristi and Rod Beber of custody of three children under their care and their foster license after it became known to the government that Rod Beber is a gun owner.

When CPS wants to steal your child, where do you run to?

New Mexico woman arrested after fleeing state with young son | Bellingham Herald:

TAOS, N.M. 

Authorities say a New Mexico woman and her young son who were wanted in an Amber Alert have been found safe in Washington state.

Read more here: http://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/state/washington/article34081509.html#storylink=cpy

Grandpa: Death of girl in foster care drove mom back to drugs

Grandpa: Death of girl in foster care drove mom back to drugs | Boston Herald:

The heartbroken father of a troubled woman found dead yesterday of a suspected overdose just weeks after her own daughter died in foster care said today he and his wife are devastated by the losses.

Youngstown couple accused of starving child in their custody

Youngstown couple accused of starving child - WFMJ.com News weather sports for Youngstown-Warren Ohio:

According to Mahoning County Assistant Prosecutor Dawn Cantalamessa the child who lived at the Lucius Avenue home with the couple, weighed 9 pounds at birth, but a year later weighed in at just 8 pounds.  One full pound less than her birth weight.

Entire Family ARRESTED for Refusing ILLEGAL Search!

STOP! In the name of fruit! -- Feinman Family ARRESTED in California.
This is what we have become. A nation of slaves where dissenters are punished. This has nothing to do with agriculture. It’s all about control.

Report points to `systemic failures' in case of beaten, starved boy

Report points to `systemic failures' in case of beaten, starved boy | Herald Bulldog | First On The Street | Boston Herald:

The state's handling of a case of a 7-year-old Hardwick boy, who police say was starved and beaten by his father while under the watch of the Department of Children and Families, suffered from “inadequate case oversight” and is an indication of “systemic failures” both inside and outside of the agency, officials said today.

State ups DCF security after worker’s killing

State ups DCF security after worker’s killing:

MONTPELIER – The state is assessing the security of all government buildings and offering training to employees in response to the killing of a Barre social worker and a spate of threats against others since her death.

Threats against DCF workers increased since Aug. murder

Threats against DCF workers increased since Aug. murder | Local News - WCVB Home:

MONTPELIER, Vt. —The head of the Vermont Department of Children and Families says threats have increased against his staff since a state social worker was killed last month.

Woman threatens her kids' foster parents; buys rifle

Woman threatens her kids' foster parents; buys rifle:

WATERBURY, Vt. — A woman who threatened to harm the foster parents of her children was arrested on federal gun charges after buying a rifle, court records show.

Baltimore Child Welfare Director: Foster Care is a Bad Idea – Kids Belong in Families

Baltimore Child Welfare Director: Foster Care is a Bad Idea – Kids Belong in Families:

Rethinking Foster Care

So among the gifts that Albert Einstein left us was a definition of insanity – doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. My work is an interesting example – child welfare. It’s the government business of protecting children. The primary intervention is to take kids from their parents and put them into foster care, and there’s a prevailing belief that this is the responsible thing to do for children who are abused and neglected.

Now, there are 50 child welfare agencies in the country, and the funds to underwrite them are in the billions.

There is not one among them that’s reputed to be working well.

Judge Orders CPS to Return Baby to Parents in Texas Medical Kidnap Case

Judge Orders CPS to Return Baby to Parents in Texas Medical Kidnap Case:

Tears of relief and joyful smiles were a few indicators of the emotions that Diana Gonzalez and Ethan Johnson felt Tuesday morning when state District Judge Charles Van Orden ruled that their 10-month-old daughter, Melodi, must be returned to them that afternoon by Child Protective Services. 

Native American CPS Whistleblower Goes Missing in North Carolina – Daughter on the Run

Native American CPS Whistleblower Goes Missing in North Carolina – Daughter on the Run:

Whistleblower’s Daughter is Terrorized, Detained, and Kidnapped 

Addiction impact seen in family court

Addiction impact seen in family court:

MONTPELIER – Vermont’s defender general says juvenile court dockets are “out of control,” choked with cases filed by the state to take children away from their opiate-addicted parents. Vermont’s chief administrative judge says “if this is the new norm, we’re in trouble.”

Mother of 2-year-old killed while in foster care speaks out

Mother of 2-year-old killed while in foster care speaks out - KOAA.com | Continuous News | Colorado Springs and Pueblo:

PUEBLO -

Thursday will mark the one year anniversary of the death of Chassie Pietrolungo.  She's the 2-year-old girl who died from blunt force trauma while in the care of her foster parents, Paul and Sarah Finn, in Pueblo.

Calhoun Foster Mom Arrested After Leaving Child in Car

WTVC NewsChannel 9 :: News - Top Stories - Calhoun Foster Mom Arrested After Leaving Child in Car:

A 55-year-old foster mother was charged with second degree cruelty to children and reckless conduct Monday.
Calhoun Police say that she left a 2 year old girl in the car for close to two hours, until she went to lunch. 

CYF report comes as no surprise to ex-foster child

CYF report comes as no surprise to ex-foster child | Stuff.co.nz:

Criticism of Child, Youth and Family (CYF) for neglect comes as no surprise to Daryl Brougham.In his first annual report, State of Care 2015, children's commissioner Russell Wills says the longer a child spends in CYF care, the more likely they are to experience harmful consequences.

Calls for improved screening of foster carers after concerns raised about children

Calls for improved screening of foster carers after concerns raised about children:

Two foster carers who have been the subject of repeated complaints to the Department of Family and Community Services dating back several years still have two teenage girls in their care, prompting calls for tighter screening and monitoring of carers.

Family fuming at DCF for not grabbing girl

Family fuming at DCF for not grabbing girl | Boston Herald:

DCF social workers never moved to take custody of a 7-year-old autistic girl — even after agency staffers and the police found her living in a rat-infested, feces-filled Newburyport house of horrors last month, according to court records and a lawyer for the child’s father.