Placement of Children With Relatives: Summary of State Laws- (2008 PDF File) In order for States to receive Federal payments for foster care and adoption assistance, Federal law requires that they "consider giving preference to an adult relative over a non related caregiver when determining placement for a child, provided that the relative caregiver meets all relevant State child protection standards."
http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/laws_policies/statutes/placementall.pdf
Isabella Brooke Knightly and Austin Gamez-Knightly
In Memory of my Loving Husband, William F. Knightly Jr. Murdered by ILLEGAL Palliative Care at a Nashua, NH Hospital
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Adoptive parents of abused boy arrested
Adoptive parents of abused boy arrested
Reported by: KMTR.com Staff
Last Update: 8:40 am
Eugene (KMTR) - A Lane County couple is in jail, accused of abusing a foster child they took in more than four years ago, and later adopted.
Rodger and Alona Hartwig are charged with assault and criminal mistreatment of their adopted nine-year-old son.
The Oregon Department of Human Services says the boy has been released from a Portland hospital and placed with a different foster family.
Sheriff’s investigators say the victim first joined the Hartwig family as a foster child when he was four, and was later adopted. The couple also adopted the boy's two siblings.
In March, the Hartwigs took the boy to Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield, where doctors found several fractures to the boy’s ribs, fingers, vertebrae and pelvic bones in addition to a severe, untreated third-degree burn on his foot, according to the investigators.
The boy was later taken to a children's hospital in Portland.
Sheriff’s Lieutenant Byron Trapp said, “There is some indication on the medical analysis that they are varying ages of injuries. Some are very acute, fresh, injuries and some do show some indication of healing.”
In all, the Hartwigs had six children in their care; four adopted and two biological. All the children are between the ages of 9 and 13 years. All are now in foster care.
The Lane County Sheriff’s Office could not comment on whether any of the other children had suffered abuse, but that is something they are looking into.
The nine-year-old boy attended public school and was also home-schooled.
http://www.kmtr.com/news/local/story/Adoptive-parents-of-abused-boy-arrested/5w8VYiSFgkCOph49W3rCww.cspx
Reported by: KMTR.com Staff
Last Update: 8:40 am
Eugene (KMTR) - A Lane County couple is in jail, accused of abusing a foster child they took in more than four years ago, and later adopted.
Rodger and Alona Hartwig are charged with assault and criminal mistreatment of their adopted nine-year-old son.
The Oregon Department of Human Services says the boy has been released from a Portland hospital and placed with a different foster family.
Sheriff’s investigators say the victim first joined the Hartwig family as a foster child when he was four, and was later adopted. The couple also adopted the boy's two siblings.
In March, the Hartwigs took the boy to Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield, where doctors found several fractures to the boy’s ribs, fingers, vertebrae and pelvic bones in addition to a severe, untreated third-degree burn on his foot, according to the investigators.
The boy was later taken to a children's hospital in Portland.
Sheriff’s Lieutenant Byron Trapp said, “There is some indication on the medical analysis that they are varying ages of injuries. Some are very acute, fresh, injuries and some do show some indication of healing.”
In all, the Hartwigs had six children in their care; four adopted and two biological. All the children are between the ages of 9 and 13 years. All are now in foster care.
The Lane County Sheriff’s Office could not comment on whether any of the other children had suffered abuse, but that is something they are looking into.
The nine-year-old boy attended public school and was also home-schooled.
http://www.kmtr.com/news/local/story/Adoptive-parents-of-abused-boy-arrested/5w8VYiSFgkCOph49W3rCww.cspx
N.H. Families Request Audit of NH DHHS/DCYFNH DCYF Target:Petition for Audit of NH DCYF
petition overview | letter
N.H. Families Request Audit of NH DHHS/DCYFNH DCYF
Target:Petition for Audit of NH DCYF
Sponsored by: Dorothy Knightly and Hope Nardone and Pat Patterson
NH families are requesting an audit of NH DHHS/DCYF. A list of points has been put together by NH families to show how much an audit is duly warranted in this state.
1) thorough investigation of skillset/mindset/educational backgrounds/experience of the NH DCYF caseworkers, supervisors and subcontracted staff, to determine if NH DCYF staff (and subcontracted staff) are capable of the determinations that they make for children taken into NH DCYF custody and of the decisions regarding the families of those children
2) indepth investigation of the actions of NH DCYF caseworkers,supervisors, lawyers and subcontracted staff upon taking *children away from their families and placing the children* into "protective custody," and proof that the child in NH DCYF custody is kept safe and that all actions of NH DCYF are soley in the best interest of the child, instead of in the best interest of NH DCYF staff.
3) an in-depth investigation to study the damages that NH DCYF has caused to children and their families, resulting from NH DCYF allegations of parents and families of the children/youth in "protective custody"
3A) That a yearly clinical study needs to be done on each child that NH DCYF takes into custody and places outside of the family to assess the damage and trauma the child has suffered while in DCYF custody, until the child reaches 18 years of age (21 years of age for disabled children) or until DCYF returns the child to his/her family
4) an in-depth investigation to study NH DCYF's failure to ensure continued proper assessment and medical/mental health treatment of the children in the system
5) an in-depth investigation to study NH DCYF's failure to place children with relatives prior to placing children in foster homes
6) an in-depth investigation to study NH DCYF's actions to abuse their authority within the NH judicial. legal, healthcare, medical and school system (this includes and is not limited to: stalling court ordered testing of a child in NH DCYF custody, stalling homestudies, stalling homestudy results and incomplete home studies in order to keep a child in NH DCYF custody, gaining further power via abusing exparte hearings to make false allegations against a parent/family of a child taken into NH DCYF custody, abusing their authority to access medical and healthcare records of a child (or of the child's family) prior to being taken into NH DCYF custody, NH DCYF caseworkers influencing healthcare and medical professionals in order to obtain a slanted 2nd opinion or what should have been a neutral professional opinion, NH DCYF abusing their power to cover up a child's special needs in order to create a false picture that the child is making progress while in NH DCYF custody when in fact the child is not making progress, delaying the child's IEP testing, etc ) and medicating foster children with psychiatric medication for violent behavior, without the parents consent. Behavior the child never experienced until taken from his/her family.
6A) an indepth investigation as to actions and influence of NH DYCF regarding the result/finding of homestudies and the decision/denial of homestudy appeals filed by families to the Administrative Appeals Unit
7) an in-depth investigation to study NH DCYF's actions that failed to follow court orders. IE: court ordered visitation, acting within the timeframes as required by law for any and all actions and decisions regarding children in the system as well as the families of those children
8) an in-depth investigation to study allegations made by NH DCYF's staff to schools, medical professionals, health care professionals, relatives, etc about parents/families of children in NH DCYF custody
9) an in-depth investigation to study NH DCYF's falsifying any type of document and withholding evidence that might be a contradiction of such NH DCYF false allegations and might clear the parent/family of the false allegations made by NH DCYF: This includes and is not limited to: falsifying information on birth certificates in order to promote adoption of a child in NH DCYF custody, false statements and manipulation of facts in order to take a child into NH DCYF custody, false statements in order to obtain social security monies, false statements in order to gain further federal or state monies and false statements to Judges without proof of allegations in order to remove a child from their parents.
10) an in-depth investigation to study how monies were obtained by NH DCYF from the families of the children in protective custody and an audit to the penny of all monies spent by NH DCYF/NH DHHS
11) an in-depth investigation to study the extent of NH DCYF's "double billing" to gain additional funding from the Government, from the State and from families of children in NH DCYF custody
12) an in-depth investigation for a complete audit that will include how every penny of foster care monies was spent on each child in NH DCYF custody
13) an in-depth investigation for determination of financial damages caused by NH
DCYF to the families of those children taken fraudalently by NH DCYF
14) an in-depth investigation for determination of physical, social, psychological, emotional damages caused to the children and to the families of children in NH DCYF custody
15) an in-depth investigation for determination of the extent that NH DCYF has alienated children from their families, including the extent that NH DCYF has alienated the parent from the child in NH DCYF custody
16) an in-depth investigation to study NH DCYF's actions as abuse and neglect of children in NH DCYF's custody (IE: as those children were and are entitled to freedom to practice the same religion that they practiced prior to being taken into NH DCYF custody, children who were not considered to be placed with relatives instead of being placed into foster care, children who were denied the right to prompt IEP testing within the allotted timeframe from the moment that IEP testing was requested of NH DCYF in writing by the guardian or parent of the child in NH DCYF custody, prompt and proper evaluation and treatment of mental, physical and psychiatric illness of the children in NH DCYF custody, and an indepth review of the medications that were given to the children in NH DCYF custody with a full explanation as to the reason for each medication given, the right of the child to spend time with their family, the social and emotional and physical trauma or injury caused to the child as a direct result of the child being taken into NH DCYF custody: this includes and is not limited to: children placed in foster care or in other settings, any bruises, open skin areas, broken bones, fall/accidents, hospitalizations, broken teeth, signs/symptoms of anxiety or depression including suicide attempts of each and every child during the time that the child is in NH DCYF custody)
17) an indepth investigation to determine if NH DCYF has acted on behalf or in violation of our constitution
18) an indepth look at NH DCYF's actions to determine whether NH DCYF has followed or violated their own mission statement: including determination of how NH DCYF has "reunified families" in a timely manner and in the least traumatic way for the children, youth and families that they are supposed to be servicing
18A) an indepth investigation as to how many families have been reunified by NH DCYF within the last five years
18B) an indepth investigation as to how many parent's rights were terminated in NH within a five year period and how many TPR's(termination of parental rights) were filed by NH DCYF within that five year period
18C) an indepth investigation to determine if NH DCYF has violated federal law via the manner in which NH DCYF takes children into the system, via the manner in which NH DCYF gains further legal power through the use of exparte hearings, via tampering with documents, via falsifying documents, illegally gaining access to information such as medical and health information without full consent and full knowledge of the child's parent/guardian during the time that NH DCYF doesn't have full custody, via stalling documents and testing in order to stall for time within the legal system in order to keep a child in NH DCYF custody
19) an in-depth investigation to study NH DCYF's actions to determine what extent NH DCYF has acted outside of the scope of their usual practice or their Administrative Rules (IE: slandering any families of children in the system, practicing medicine without a license, stalking families, delaying testing/evaluations of the children in NH DCYF custody, tampering/manipulating evidence and truths in order to obtain physical custody of a child, denial of family homestudies of children in NH DCYF custody in order to keep the child in foster care instead of relative placement, tampering with birth certificates as a means to adopt a child to different family, terminating parental rights without just cause, denying families their parental rights when the parental rights have not been terminated, dating family members/having romantic relationships with families of children in the system, and forceful separations of married couples, and other unethical and inappropriate behaviors
20) an indepth investigation as to financial costs to the people of NH for each NH DCYF allegation (which includes and is not limited to, court costs, transportation costs) and to the financial gains that NH DCYF/NH DHHS makes for each child that they take into NH DCYF custody.
21) An indepth investigation of DCYF files showing services given to at-risk families before the removal of a child
21A) What pertains to imminent danger and how many children have been removed from their families in the last five years for anticipated "Neglect in the Future"
22) an indepth investigation as to the amount of federal money being paid to DCYF for the removal for each child compared to the amount of money paid for each family kept together
And request that there be specific requirements for NH DCYF caseworkers and staff who directly work with children in NH DCYF custody and their families (to include parent aids) as there are for doctors, nurses, health aids.
These specific requirements are to include a professional conduct code for each level of staff, specific levels of education for each level of staff (including ongoing training to work with children youth and families), professional licensure codes and professional and licensure accountability of biased or falsified information for all NH DCYF staff and all NH DCYF subcontracted staff who have direct or indirect contact/work with the children in NH DCYF custody or their families (this would include parent aids also).
Request that NH DCYF be made to correct their wrongdoings, return children promptly to the family as soon as there is evidence that contradicts the allegations made by NH DCYF staff, that NH DCYF be required to financially compensate each child/youth/family whom NH DCYF has traumatized, injured, abused, neglected, slandered. NH DCYF must be required to compensate each parent for the loss of job, loss of home, all physical and emotional insults and injuries caused by NH DCYF staff for practicing outside of the scope of their practice, for obtaining privately protected health and medical information without the consent of the child's parent/guardian, for each false statement made about a family member, for each failure to keep the child in safe environment that is most appropriate for the child's needs, financial compensation for failure to ensure that a child in NH DCYF custody be allowed their Constitutional rights, financial compensation for failure to promptly assess, and ensure appropriate diagnosis and treatment of a child in NH DCYF custody.
NH families are requesting an audit of NH DHHS/DCYF. A list of points has been put together by NH families to show how much an audit is duly warranted in this state.
1) thorough investigation of skillset/mindset/educational backgrounds/experience of the NH DCYF caseworkers, supervisors and subcontracted staff, to determine if NH DCYF staff (and subcontracted staff) are capable of the determinations that they make for children taken into NH DCYF custody and of the decisions regarding the families of those children
2) indepth investigation of the actions of NH DCYF caseworkers,supervisors, lawyers and subcontracted staff upon taking *children away from their families and placing the children* into "protective custody," and proof that the child in NH DCYF custody is kept safe and that all actions of NH DCYF are soley in the best interest of the child, instead of in the best interest of NH DCYF staff.
3) an in-depth investigation to study the damages that NH DCYF has caused to children and their families, resulting from NH DCYF allegations of parents and families of the children/youth in "protective custody"
3A) That a yearly clinical study needs to be done on each child that NH DCYF takes into custody and places outside of the family to assess the damage and trauma the child has suffered while in DCYF custody, until the child reaches 18 years of age (21 years of age for disabled children) or until DCYF returns the child to his/her family
4) an in-depth investigation to study NH DCYF's failure to ensure continued proper assessment and medical/mental health treatment of the children in the system
5) an in-depth investigation to study NH DCYF's failure to place children with relatives prior to placing children in foster homes
6) an in-depth investigation to study NH DCYF's actions to abuse their authority within the NH judicial. legal, healthcare, medical and school system (this includes and is not limited to: stalling court ordered testing of a child in NH DCYF custody, stalling homestudies, stalling homestudy results and incomplete home studies in order to keep a child in NH DCYF custody, gaining further power via abusing exparte hearings to make false allegations against a parent/family of a child taken into NH DCYF custody, abusing their authority to access medical and healthcare records of a child (or of the child's family) prior to being taken into NH DCYF custody, NH DCYF caseworkers influencing healthcare and medical professionals in order to obtain a slanted 2nd opinion or what should have been a neutral professional opinion, NH DCYF abusing their power to cover up a child's special needs in order to create a false picture that the child is making progress while in NH DCYF custody when in fact the child is not making progress, delaying the child's IEP testing, etc ) and medicating foster children with psychiatric medication for violent behavior, without the parents consent. Behavior the child never experienced until taken from his/her family.
6A) an indepth investigation as to actions and influence of NH DYCF regarding the result/finding of homestudies and the decision/denial of homestudy appeals filed by families to the Administrative Appeals Unit
7) an in-depth investigation to study NH DCYF's actions that failed to follow court orders. IE: court ordered visitation, acting within the timeframes as required by law for any and all actions and decisions regarding children in the system as well as the families of those children
8) an in-depth investigation to study allegations made by NH DCYF's staff to schools, medical professionals, health care professionals, relatives, etc about parents/families of children in NH DCYF custody
9) an in-depth investigation to study NH DCYF's falsifying any type of document and withholding evidence that might be a contradiction of such NH DCYF false allegations and might clear the parent/family of the false allegations made by NH DCYF: This includes and is not limited to: falsifying information on birth certificates in order to promote adoption of a child in NH DCYF custody, false statements and manipulation of facts in order to take a child into NH DCYF custody, false statements in order to obtain social security monies, false statements in order to gain further federal or state monies and false statements to Judges without proof of allegations in order to remove a child from their parents.
10) an in-depth investigation to study how monies were obtained by NH DCYF from the families of the children in protective custody and an audit to the penny of all monies spent by NH DCYF/NH DHHS
11) an in-depth investigation to study the extent of NH DCYF's "double billing" to gain additional funding from the Government, from the State and from families of children in NH DCYF custody
12) an in-depth investigation for a complete audit that will include how every penny of foster care monies was spent on each child in NH DCYF custody
13) an in-depth investigation for determination of financial damages caused by NH
DCYF to the families of those children taken fraudalently by NH DCYF
14) an in-depth investigation for determination of physical, social, psychological, emotional damages caused to the children and to the families of children in NH DCYF custody
15) an in-depth investigation for determination of the extent that NH DCYF has alienated children from their families, including the extent that NH DCYF has alienated the parent from the child in NH DCYF custody
16) an in-depth investigation to study NH DCYF's actions as abuse and neglect of children in NH DCYF's custody (IE: as those children were and are entitled to freedom to practice the same religion that they practiced prior to being taken into NH DCYF custody, children who were not considered to be placed with relatives instead of being placed into foster care, children who were denied the right to prompt IEP testing within the allotted timeframe from the moment that IEP testing was requested of NH DCYF in writing by the guardian or parent of the child in NH DCYF custody, prompt and proper evaluation and treatment of mental, physical and psychiatric illness of the children in NH DCYF custody, and an indepth review of the medications that were given to the children in NH DCYF custody with a full explanation as to the reason for each medication given, the right of the child to spend time with their family, the social and emotional and physical trauma or injury caused to the child as a direct result of the child being taken into NH DCYF custody: this includes and is not limited to: children placed in foster care or in other settings, any bruises, open skin areas, broken bones, fall/accidents, hospitalizations, broken teeth, signs/symptoms of anxiety or depression including suicide attempts of each and every child during the time that the child is in NH DCYF custody)
17) an indepth investigation to determine if NH DCYF has acted on behalf or in violation of our constitution
18) an indepth look at NH DCYF's actions to determine whether NH DCYF has followed or violated their own mission statement: including determination of how NH DCYF has "reunified families" in a timely manner and in the least traumatic way for the children, youth and families that they are supposed to be servicing
18A) an indepth investigation as to how many families have been reunified by NH DCYF within the last five years
18B) an indepth investigation as to how many parent's rights were terminated in NH within a five year period and how many TPR's(termination of parental rights) were filed by NH DCYF within that five year period
18C) an indepth investigation to determine if NH DCYF has violated federal law via the manner in which NH DCYF takes children into the system, via the manner in which NH DCYF gains further legal power through the use of exparte hearings, via tampering with documents, via falsifying documents, illegally gaining access to information such as medical and health information without full consent and full knowledge of the child's parent/guardian during the time that NH DCYF doesn't have full custody, via stalling documents and testing in order to stall for time within the legal system in order to keep a child in NH DCYF custody
19) an in-depth investigation to study NH DCYF's actions to determine what extent NH DCYF has acted outside of the scope of their usual practice or their Administrative Rules (IE: slandering any families of children in the system, practicing medicine without a license, stalking families, delaying testing/evaluations of the children in NH DCYF custody, tampering/manipulating evidence and truths in order to obtain physical custody of a child, denial of family homestudies of children in NH DCYF custody in order to keep the child in foster care instead of relative placement, tampering with birth certificates as a means to adopt a child to different family, terminating parental rights without just cause, denying families their parental rights when the parental rights have not been terminated, dating family members/having romantic relationships with families of children in the system, and forceful separations of married couples, and other unethical and inappropriate behaviors
20) an indepth investigation as to financial costs to the people of NH for each NH DCYF allegation (which includes and is not limited to, court costs, transportation costs) and to the financial gains that NH DCYF/NH DHHS makes for each child that they take into NH DCYF custody.
21) An indepth investigation of DCYF files showing services given to at-risk families before the removal of a child
21A) What pertains to imminent danger and how many children have been removed from their families in the last five years for anticipated "Neglect in the Future"
22) an indepth investigation as to the amount of federal money being paid to DCYF for the removal for each child compared to the amount of money paid for each family kept together
And request that there be specific requirements for NH DCYF caseworkers and staff who directly work with children in NH DCYF custody and their families (to include parent aids) as there are for doctors, nurses, health aids.
These specific requirements are to include a professional conduct code for each level of staff, specific levels of education for each level of staff (including ongoing training to work with children youth and families), professional licensure codes and professional and licensure accountability of biased or falsified information for all NH DCYF staff and all NH DCYF subcontracted staff who have direct or indirect contact/work with the children in NH DCYF custody or their families (this would include parent aids also).
Request that NH DCYF be made to correct their wrongdoings, return children promptly to the family as soon as there is evidence that contradicts the allegations made by NH DCYF staff, that NH DCYF be required to financially compensate each child/youth/family whom NH DCYF has traumatized, injured, abused, neglected, slandered. NH DCYF must be required to compensate each parent for the loss of job, loss of home, all physical and emotional insults and injuries caused by NH DCYF staff for practicing outside of the scope of their practice, for obtaining privately protected health and medical information without the consent of the child's parent/guardian, for each false statement made about a family member, for each failure to keep the child in safe environment that is most appropriate for the child's needs, financial compensation for failure to ensure that a child in NH DCYF custody be allowed their Constitutional rights, financial compensation for failure to promptly assess, and ensure appropriate diagnosis and treatment of a child in NH DCYF custody.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/nh-families-request-audit-of-nh-dhhsdcyfnh-dcyf
N.H. Families Request Audit of NH DHHS/DCYFNH DCYF
Target:Petition for Audit of NH DCYF
Sponsored by: Dorothy Knightly and Hope Nardone and Pat Patterson
NH families are requesting an audit of NH DHHS/DCYF. A list of points has been put together by NH families to show how much an audit is duly warranted in this state.
1) thorough investigation of skillset/mindset/educational backgrounds/experience of the NH DCYF caseworkers, supervisors and subcontracted staff, to determine if NH DCYF staff (and subcontracted staff) are capable of the determinations that they make for children taken into NH DCYF custody and of the decisions regarding the families of those children
2) indepth investigation of the actions of NH DCYF caseworkers,supervisors, lawyers and subcontracted staff upon taking *children away from their families and placing the children* into "protective custody," and proof that the child in NH DCYF custody is kept safe and that all actions of NH DCYF are soley in the best interest of the child, instead of in the best interest of NH DCYF staff.
3) an in-depth investigation to study the damages that NH DCYF has caused to children and their families, resulting from NH DCYF allegations of parents and families of the children/youth in "protective custody"
3A) That a yearly clinical study needs to be done on each child that NH DCYF takes into custody and places outside of the family to assess the damage and trauma the child has suffered while in DCYF custody, until the child reaches 18 years of age (21 years of age for disabled children) or until DCYF returns the child to his/her family
4) an in-depth investigation to study NH DCYF's failure to ensure continued proper assessment and medical/mental health treatment of the children in the system
5) an in-depth investigation to study NH DCYF's failure to place children with relatives prior to placing children in foster homes
6) an in-depth investigation to study NH DCYF's actions to abuse their authority within the NH judicial. legal, healthcare, medical and school system (this includes and is not limited to: stalling court ordered testing of a child in NH DCYF custody, stalling homestudies, stalling homestudy results and incomplete home studies in order to keep a child in NH DCYF custody, gaining further power via abusing exparte hearings to make false allegations against a parent/family of a child taken into NH DCYF custody, abusing their authority to access medical and healthcare records of a child (or of the child's family) prior to being taken into NH DCYF custody, NH DCYF caseworkers influencing healthcare and medical professionals in order to obtain a slanted 2nd opinion or what should have been a neutral professional opinion, NH DCYF abusing their power to cover up a child's special needs in order to create a false picture that the child is making progress while in NH DCYF custody when in fact the child is not making progress, delaying the child's IEP testing, etc ) and medicating foster children with psychiatric medication for violent behavior, without the parents consent. Behavior the child never experienced until taken from his/her family.
6A) an indepth investigation as to actions and influence of NH DYCF regarding the result/finding of homestudies and the decision/denial of homestudy appeals filed by families to the Administrative Appeals Unit
7) an in-depth investigation to study NH DCYF's actions that failed to follow court orders. IE: court ordered visitation, acting within the timeframes as required by law for any and all actions and decisions regarding children in the system as well as the families of those children
8) an in-depth investigation to study allegations made by NH DCYF's staff to schools, medical professionals, health care professionals, relatives, etc about parents/families of children in NH DCYF custody
9) an in-depth investigation to study NH DCYF's falsifying any type of document and withholding evidence that might be a contradiction of such NH DCYF false allegations and might clear the parent/family of the false allegations made by NH DCYF: This includes and is not limited to: falsifying information on birth certificates in order to promote adoption of a child in NH DCYF custody, false statements and manipulation of facts in order to take a child into NH DCYF custody, false statements in order to obtain social security monies, false statements in order to gain further federal or state monies and false statements to Judges without proof of allegations in order to remove a child from their parents.
10) an in-depth investigation to study how monies were obtained by NH DCYF from the families of the children in protective custody and an audit to the penny of all monies spent by NH DCYF/NH DHHS
11) an in-depth investigation to study the extent of NH DCYF's "double billing" to gain additional funding from the Government, from the State and from families of children in NH DCYF custody
12) an in-depth investigation for a complete audit that will include how every penny of foster care monies was spent on each child in NH DCYF custody
13) an in-depth investigation for determination of financial damages caused by NH
DCYF to the families of those children taken fraudalently by NH DCYF
14) an in-depth investigation for determination of physical, social, psychological, emotional damages caused to the children and to the families of children in NH DCYF custody
15) an in-depth investigation for determination of the extent that NH DCYF has alienated children from their families, including the extent that NH DCYF has alienated the parent from the child in NH DCYF custody
16) an in-depth investigation to study NH DCYF's actions as abuse and neglect of children in NH DCYF's custody (IE: as those children were and are entitled to freedom to practice the same religion that they practiced prior to being taken into NH DCYF custody, children who were not considered to be placed with relatives instead of being placed into foster care, children who were denied the right to prompt IEP testing within the allotted timeframe from the moment that IEP testing was requested of NH DCYF in writing by the guardian or parent of the child in NH DCYF custody, prompt and proper evaluation and treatment of mental, physical and psychiatric illness of the children in NH DCYF custody, and an indepth review of the medications that were given to the children in NH DCYF custody with a full explanation as to the reason for each medication given, the right of the child to spend time with their family, the social and emotional and physical trauma or injury caused to the child as a direct result of the child being taken into NH DCYF custody: this includes and is not limited to: children placed in foster care or in other settings, any bruises, open skin areas, broken bones, fall/accidents, hospitalizations, broken teeth, signs/symptoms of anxiety or depression including suicide attempts of each and every child during the time that the child is in NH DCYF custody)
17) an indepth investigation to determine if NH DCYF has acted on behalf or in violation of our constitution
18) an indepth look at NH DCYF's actions to determine whether NH DCYF has followed or violated their own mission statement: including determination of how NH DCYF has "reunified families" in a timely manner and in the least traumatic way for the children, youth and families that they are supposed to be servicing
18A) an indepth investigation as to how many families have been reunified by NH DCYF within the last five years
18B) an indepth investigation as to how many parent's rights were terminated in NH within a five year period and how many TPR's(termination of parental rights) were filed by NH DCYF within that five year period
18C) an indepth investigation to determine if NH DCYF has violated federal law via the manner in which NH DCYF takes children into the system, via the manner in which NH DCYF gains further legal power through the use of exparte hearings, via tampering with documents, via falsifying documents, illegally gaining access to information such as medical and health information without full consent and full knowledge of the child's parent/guardian during the time that NH DCYF doesn't have full custody, via stalling documents and testing in order to stall for time within the legal system in order to keep a child in NH DCYF custody
19) an in-depth investigation to study NH DCYF's actions to determine what extent NH DCYF has acted outside of the scope of their usual practice or their Administrative Rules (IE: slandering any families of children in the system, practicing medicine without a license, stalking families, delaying testing/evaluations of the children in NH DCYF custody, tampering/manipulating evidence and truths in order to obtain physical custody of a child, denial of family homestudies of children in NH DCYF custody in order to keep the child in foster care instead of relative placement, tampering with birth certificates as a means to adopt a child to different family, terminating parental rights without just cause, denying families their parental rights when the parental rights have not been terminated, dating family members/having romantic relationships with families of children in the system, and forceful separations of married couples, and other unethical and inappropriate behaviors
20) an indepth investigation as to financial costs to the people of NH for each NH DCYF allegation (which includes and is not limited to, court costs, transportation costs) and to the financial gains that NH DCYF/NH DHHS makes for each child that they take into NH DCYF custody.
21) An indepth investigation of DCYF files showing services given to at-risk families before the removal of a child
21A) What pertains to imminent danger and how many children have been removed from their families in the last five years for anticipated "Neglect in the Future"
22) an indepth investigation as to the amount of federal money being paid to DCYF for the removal for each child compared to the amount of money paid for each family kept together
And request that there be specific requirements for NH DCYF caseworkers and staff who directly work with children in NH DCYF custody and their families (to include parent aids) as there are for doctors, nurses, health aids.
These specific requirements are to include a professional conduct code for each level of staff, specific levels of education for each level of staff (including ongoing training to work with children youth and families), professional licensure codes and professional and licensure accountability of biased or falsified information for all NH DCYF staff and all NH DCYF subcontracted staff who have direct or indirect contact/work with the children in NH DCYF custody or their families (this would include parent aids also).
Request that NH DCYF be made to correct their wrongdoings, return children promptly to the family as soon as there is evidence that contradicts the allegations made by NH DCYF staff, that NH DCYF be required to financially compensate each child/youth/family whom NH DCYF has traumatized, injured, abused, neglected, slandered. NH DCYF must be required to compensate each parent for the loss of job, loss of home, all physical and emotional insults and injuries caused by NH DCYF staff for practicing outside of the scope of their practice, for obtaining privately protected health and medical information without the consent of the child's parent/guardian, for each false statement made about a family member, for each failure to keep the child in safe environment that is most appropriate for the child's needs, financial compensation for failure to ensure that a child in NH DCYF custody be allowed their Constitutional rights, financial compensation for failure to promptly assess, and ensure appropriate diagnosis and treatment of a child in NH DCYF custody.
NH families are requesting an audit of NH DHHS/DCYF. A list of points has been put together by NH families to show how much an audit is duly warranted in this state.
1) thorough investigation of skillset/mindset/educational backgrounds/experience of the NH DCYF caseworkers, supervisors and subcontracted staff, to determine if NH DCYF staff (and subcontracted staff) are capable of the determinations that they make for children taken into NH DCYF custody and of the decisions regarding the families of those children
2) indepth investigation of the actions of NH DCYF caseworkers,supervisors, lawyers and subcontracted staff upon taking *children away from their families and placing the children* into "protective custody," and proof that the child in NH DCYF custody is kept safe and that all actions of NH DCYF are soley in the best interest of the child, instead of in the best interest of NH DCYF staff.
3) an in-depth investigation to study the damages that NH DCYF has caused to children and their families, resulting from NH DCYF allegations of parents and families of the children/youth in "protective custody"
3A) That a yearly clinical study needs to be done on each child that NH DCYF takes into custody and places outside of the family to assess the damage and trauma the child has suffered while in DCYF custody, until the child reaches 18 years of age (21 years of age for disabled children) or until DCYF returns the child to his/her family
4) an in-depth investigation to study NH DCYF's failure to ensure continued proper assessment and medical/mental health treatment of the children in the system
5) an in-depth investigation to study NH DCYF's failure to place children with relatives prior to placing children in foster homes
6) an in-depth investigation to study NH DCYF's actions to abuse their authority within the NH judicial. legal, healthcare, medical and school system (this includes and is not limited to: stalling court ordered testing of a child in NH DCYF custody, stalling homestudies, stalling homestudy results and incomplete home studies in order to keep a child in NH DCYF custody, gaining further power via abusing exparte hearings to make false allegations against a parent/family of a child taken into NH DCYF custody, abusing their authority to access medical and healthcare records of a child (or of the child's family) prior to being taken into NH DCYF custody, NH DCYF caseworkers influencing healthcare and medical professionals in order to obtain a slanted 2nd opinion or what should have been a neutral professional opinion, NH DCYF abusing their power to cover up a child's special needs in order to create a false picture that the child is making progress while in NH DCYF custody when in fact the child is not making progress, delaying the child's IEP testing, etc ) and medicating foster children with psychiatric medication for violent behavior, without the parents consent. Behavior the child never experienced until taken from his/her family.
6A) an indepth investigation as to actions and influence of NH DYCF regarding the result/finding of homestudies and the decision/denial of homestudy appeals filed by families to the Administrative Appeals Unit
7) an in-depth investigation to study NH DCYF's actions that failed to follow court orders. IE: court ordered visitation, acting within the timeframes as required by law for any and all actions and decisions regarding children in the system as well as the families of those children
8) an in-depth investigation to study allegations made by NH DCYF's staff to schools, medical professionals, health care professionals, relatives, etc about parents/families of children in NH DCYF custody
9) an in-depth investigation to study NH DCYF's falsifying any type of document and withholding evidence that might be a contradiction of such NH DCYF false allegations and might clear the parent/family of the false allegations made by NH DCYF: This includes and is not limited to: falsifying information on birth certificates in order to promote adoption of a child in NH DCYF custody, false statements and manipulation of facts in order to take a child into NH DCYF custody, false statements in order to obtain social security monies, false statements in order to gain further federal or state monies and false statements to Judges without proof of allegations in order to remove a child from their parents.
10) an in-depth investigation to study how monies were obtained by NH DCYF from the families of the children in protective custody and an audit to the penny of all monies spent by NH DCYF/NH DHHS
11) an in-depth investigation to study the extent of NH DCYF's "double billing" to gain additional funding from the Government, from the State and from families of children in NH DCYF custody
12) an in-depth investigation for a complete audit that will include how every penny of foster care monies was spent on each child in NH DCYF custody
13) an in-depth investigation for determination of financial damages caused by NH
DCYF to the families of those children taken fraudalently by NH DCYF
14) an in-depth investigation for determination of physical, social, psychological, emotional damages caused to the children and to the families of children in NH DCYF custody
15) an in-depth investigation for determination of the extent that NH DCYF has alienated children from their families, including the extent that NH DCYF has alienated the parent from the child in NH DCYF custody
16) an in-depth investigation to study NH DCYF's actions as abuse and neglect of children in NH DCYF's custody (IE: as those children were and are entitled to freedom to practice the same religion that they practiced prior to being taken into NH DCYF custody, children who were not considered to be placed with relatives instead of being placed into foster care, children who were denied the right to prompt IEP testing within the allotted timeframe from the moment that IEP testing was requested of NH DCYF in writing by the guardian or parent of the child in NH DCYF custody, prompt and proper evaluation and treatment of mental, physical and psychiatric illness of the children in NH DCYF custody, and an indepth review of the medications that were given to the children in NH DCYF custody with a full explanation as to the reason for each medication given, the right of the child to spend time with their family, the social and emotional and physical trauma or injury caused to the child as a direct result of the child being taken into NH DCYF custody: this includes and is not limited to: children placed in foster care or in other settings, any bruises, open skin areas, broken bones, fall/accidents, hospitalizations, broken teeth, signs/symptoms of anxiety or depression including suicide attempts of each and every child during the time that the child is in NH DCYF custody)
17) an indepth investigation to determine if NH DCYF has acted on behalf or in violation of our constitution
18) an indepth look at NH DCYF's actions to determine whether NH DCYF has followed or violated their own mission statement: including determination of how NH DCYF has "reunified families" in a timely manner and in the least traumatic way for the children, youth and families that they are supposed to be servicing
18A) an indepth investigation as to how many families have been reunified by NH DCYF within the last five years
18B) an indepth investigation as to how many parent's rights were terminated in NH within a five year period and how many TPR's(termination of parental rights) were filed by NH DCYF within that five year period
18C) an indepth investigation to determine if NH DCYF has violated federal law via the manner in which NH DCYF takes children into the system, via the manner in which NH DCYF gains further legal power through the use of exparte hearings, via tampering with documents, via falsifying documents, illegally gaining access to information such as medical and health information without full consent and full knowledge of the child's parent/guardian during the time that NH DCYF doesn't have full custody, via stalling documents and testing in order to stall for time within the legal system in order to keep a child in NH DCYF custody
19) an in-depth investigation to study NH DCYF's actions to determine what extent NH DCYF has acted outside of the scope of their usual practice or their Administrative Rules (IE: slandering any families of children in the system, practicing medicine without a license, stalking families, delaying testing/evaluations of the children in NH DCYF custody, tampering/manipulating evidence and truths in order to obtain physical custody of a child, denial of family homestudies of children in NH DCYF custody in order to keep the child in foster care instead of relative placement, tampering with birth certificates as a means to adopt a child to different family, terminating parental rights without just cause, denying families their parental rights when the parental rights have not been terminated, dating family members/having romantic relationships with families of children in the system, and forceful separations of married couples, and other unethical and inappropriate behaviors
20) an indepth investigation as to financial costs to the people of NH for each NH DCYF allegation (which includes and is not limited to, court costs, transportation costs) and to the financial gains that NH DCYF/NH DHHS makes for each child that they take into NH DCYF custody.
21) An indepth investigation of DCYF files showing services given to at-risk families before the removal of a child
21A) What pertains to imminent danger and how many children have been removed from their families in the last five years for anticipated "Neglect in the Future"
22) an indepth investigation as to the amount of federal money being paid to DCYF for the removal for each child compared to the amount of money paid for each family kept together
And request that there be specific requirements for NH DCYF caseworkers and staff who directly work with children in NH DCYF custody and their families (to include parent aids) as there are for doctors, nurses, health aids.
These specific requirements are to include a professional conduct code for each level of staff, specific levels of education for each level of staff (including ongoing training to work with children youth and families), professional licensure codes and professional and licensure accountability of biased or falsified information for all NH DCYF staff and all NH DCYF subcontracted staff who have direct or indirect contact/work with the children in NH DCYF custody or their families (this would include parent aids also).
Request that NH DCYF be made to correct their wrongdoings, return children promptly to the family as soon as there is evidence that contradicts the allegations made by NH DCYF staff, that NH DCYF be required to financially compensate each child/youth/family whom NH DCYF has traumatized, injured, abused, neglected, slandered. NH DCYF must be required to compensate each parent for the loss of job, loss of home, all physical and emotional insults and injuries caused by NH DCYF staff for practicing outside of the scope of their practice, for obtaining privately protected health and medical information without the consent of the child's parent/guardian, for each false statement made about a family member, for each failure to keep the child in safe environment that is most appropriate for the child's needs, financial compensation for failure to ensure that a child in NH DCYF custody be allowed their Constitutional rights, financial compensation for failure to promptly assess, and ensure appropriate diagnosis and treatment of a child in NH DCYF custody.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/nh-families-request-audit-of-nh-dhhsdcyfnh-dcyf
Mother charged in abduction of daughter that led to Amber Alert-What's she guilty of, loving her child?
Published: June 2, 2010
Updated: June 3, 2010 10:00 a.m.
Mother charged in abduction of daughter that led to Amber Alert
By LARRY WELBORN
(Is this the only way our Government will put a stop to the Legal Kidnapping of Our Children by the great and powerful CPS/DCYF?)
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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Huntington Beach woman faces a possible eight-year prison term if convicted of taking her daughter during a supervised visit with a foster father.
SANTA ANA – A Huntington Beach mother pleaded not guilty Wednesday to felony child-stealing, accused of abducting her 4-year-old daughter last week during a supervised visit with the child and her foster father.
Angela Marie Aiton, 34, Huntington Beach, faces a maximum sentence of eight years in prison if convicted. She is also charged with a sentencing enhancement for a 2005 conviction for residential burglary. She remains in custody in lieu of $125,000 bail.
Angela Aiton booking photo
COURTESY OF ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
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Superior Court Judge Stephanie George scheduled a preliminary hearing for Aiton on June 11 in the Harbor Justice Center.
Aiton lost custody of her daughter in March and the girl was placed in protective custody and sent to live with foster parents, according to a news release from the Orange County District Attorney's office.
Prosecutors contend that Aiton abducted her daughter and drove away in her black Jeep Grand Cherokee during a supervised visit Friday at The Cheesecake Factory at Fashion Island in Newport Beach.
The girl's foster father called Newport Beach Police about 10 minutes later when he realized Aiton did not return from a trip to the restroom, prompting an Amber Alert, prosecutors said.
Aiton was arrested by Los Angeles police on Saturday when a witness called 911 after seeing the Grand Cherokee traveling south on I-405 at Imperial Highway. The 4-year-old girl was recovered safely.
Deputy District Attorney Jim Bacin said his office also obtained a protective order barring Aiton from contacting her daughter.
Contact the writer: lwelborn@ocregister.com or 714-834-3784
http://www.ocregister.com/news/aiton-251557-daughter-beach.html?cb=1275584465
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unhappygrammy wrote:
Considering the huge number of children being stolen by CPS due to false allegations, I'm surprised more parents aren't stealing their kids back.
Maybe if more parent's start rebelling and taking their kids back, our Government will finally do something to stop the CPS Gestapo tactics destroying innocent families. It's one thing if the child is really being abused, but to steal non-abused, non-neglected children for their own financial gain is BULL! As for this mother, she was more than likely railroaded just like 99% of all the other parent's who were falsely accused. Our children are NOT For Sale!
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Leonard H. Don't get me started about Manifest Destiny. puuhhhleeeze. I don't care WHAT organization you founded or represent. New World (America for those of you who don't know) "civilization" was created...Tell the truth Leonard H. Give me a break. Drop the emotional argument and get down to the FACTS MISTER!
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Leonard H. Don't get me started about Manifest Destiny. puuhhhleeeze. I don't care WHAT organization you founded or represent. New World (America for those of you who don't know) "civilization" was created...Tell the truth Leonard H. Give me a break. Drop the emotional argument and get down to the FACTS MISTER!
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I don't know what the real story was that caused the government to kidnap this woman's child. It looks like the consensus is that she did dope. Not that consensus has any value or truth.
But the pompous judgmentalism in these comments is sickening.
Especially the comments about the MUG SHOT. Does anybody know what people go through before a MUG SHOT is taken? Do you think the cops even gave her a tissue to wipe the tears between sobs? Have you ever seen a MUG SHOT of somebody looking "gorgeous"? A MUG SHOT is a picture of a person at possibly the worst moment in their entire life.
And, oh the smugness about a stupid MOTHER taking back her kidnapped child!
It doesn't matter how smart or stupid a MOTHER is, there is the MOTHER'S INSTINCT to protect her young. If you do not understand MATERNAL INSTINCT, please spend some time watching "Animal Planet". A lot of these "maternal units" will fight to the DEATH to protect their young. Not very smart, eh?
When I see the sort of comments made on newspaper stories like this, I am aghast and terrified at the utter ignorance of American Due Process.
As I said, I don't know any of the particulars of this story.
But the tenor of the comments are truly scary- Whatever the bureaucracy says is gospel, and people are ready to do a lynching.
Most of you would have gotten along fine in Germany in the 1930's.
Leonard Henderson, co-founder
American Family Rights Association
http://familyrights.us
"Until Every Child Comes Home" ©
"The Voice of America's Families" ©
6/3/2010 8:45 AM PDT
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OK, so Angela is not too bright and attempted to steal her own child back. The social worker must be a Mensa member too. I would love to see their photo posted. The social worker's only task was to protect the baby and they failed. Fire their a$$. Angela has some problems and perhaps a little time in the cooler will help her find the path back to reality. It is sad that the children are always the ones who suffer the most. The child services dolt needs to find a different job. Our tax dollars support these losers.
6/3/2010 7:32 AM PDT
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she looks like a fine example of pure trash
6/3/2010 7:04 AM PDT
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Hey she looks great !
6/3/2010 5:52 AM PDT
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It's really disgusting to see how superficial, judgmental and mean people can be. You know who you are: You're the real criminals. Maybe you should all take a look at your DMV photos before you criticize someone who was arrested and is facing charges and had to spend hours in a cold cell after being searched and subjected to ill-treatment by the police, before her picture was taken. And what does her looks matter anyway? As to meth. well aren't we being a little judgmental here? Seriously some of you people are obviously the kind of ghouls who slow down traffic to gawk at a car accident in the hopes of seeing blood and gore. No wonder this country is backwards, and no wonder the "System" hasn't changed yet and will, because of the apparent ignorance of so many Americans, continue to take on more victims like this woman and her child. Try a giving someone a break, or show a little sympathy, or at least acknowledge that under the Constitution all citizens are innocent until found guilty. To those who gawk and sneer, you'd better hope you're not the next person to be judged.
Updated: June 3, 2010 10:00 a.m.
Mother charged in abduction of daughter that led to Amber Alert
By LARRY WELBORN
(Is this the only way our Government will put a stop to the Legal Kidnapping of Our Children by the great and powerful CPS/DCYF?)
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Story Highlights
Huntington Beach woman faces a possible eight-year prison term if convicted of taking her daughter during a supervised visit with a foster father.
SANTA ANA – A Huntington Beach mother pleaded not guilty Wednesday to felony child-stealing, accused of abducting her 4-year-old daughter last week during a supervised visit with the child and her foster father.
Angela Marie Aiton, 34, Huntington Beach, faces a maximum sentence of eight years in prison if convicted. She is also charged with a sentencing enhancement for a 2005 conviction for residential burglary. She remains in custody in lieu of $125,000 bail.
Angela Aiton booking photo
COURTESY OF ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
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Superior Court Judge Stephanie George scheduled a preliminary hearing for Aiton on June 11 in the Harbor Justice Center.
Aiton lost custody of her daughter in March and the girl was placed in protective custody and sent to live with foster parents, according to a news release from the Orange County District Attorney's office.
Prosecutors contend that Aiton abducted her daughter and drove away in her black Jeep Grand Cherokee during a supervised visit Friday at The Cheesecake Factory at Fashion Island in Newport Beach.
The girl's foster father called Newport Beach Police about 10 minutes later when he realized Aiton did not return from a trip to the restroom, prompting an Amber Alert, prosecutors said.
Aiton was arrested by Los Angeles police on Saturday when a witness called 911 after seeing the Grand Cherokee traveling south on I-405 at Imperial Highway. The 4-year-old girl was recovered safely.
Deputy District Attorney Jim Bacin said his office also obtained a protective order barring Aiton from contacting her daughter.
Contact the writer: lwelborn@ocregister.com or 714-834-3784
http://www.ocregister.com/news/aiton-251557-daughter-beach.html?cb=1275584465
Comments:
unhappygrammy wrote:
Considering the huge number of children being stolen by CPS due to false allegations, I'm surprised more parents aren't stealing their kids back.
Maybe if more parent's start rebelling and taking their kids back, our Government will finally do something to stop the CPS Gestapo tactics destroying innocent families. It's one thing if the child is really being abused, but to steal non-abused, non-neglected children for their own financial gain is BULL! As for this mother, she was more than likely railroaded just like 99% of all the other parent's who were falsely accused. Our children are NOT For Sale!
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Leonard H. Don't get me started about Manifest Destiny. puuhhhleeeze. I don't care WHAT organization you founded or represent. New World (America for those of you who don't know) "civilization" was created...Tell the truth Leonard H. Give me a break. Drop the emotional argument and get down to the FACTS MISTER!
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Leonard H. Don't get me started about Manifest Destiny. puuhhhleeeze. I don't care WHAT organization you founded or represent. New World (America for those of you who don't know) "civilization" was created...Tell the truth Leonard H. Give me a break. Drop the emotional argument and get down to the FACTS MISTER!
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glenda90621 wrote:
When lip injections go wrong . . .
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leonardh wrote:
I don't know what the real story was that caused the government to kidnap this woman's child. It looks like the consensus is that she did dope. Not that consensus has any value or truth.
But the pompous judgmentalism in these comments is sickening.
Especially the comments about the MUG SHOT. Does anybody know what people go through before a MUG SHOT is taken? Do you think the cops even gave her a tissue to wipe the tears between sobs? Have you ever seen a MUG SHOT of somebody looking "gorgeous"? A MUG SHOT is a picture of a person at possibly the worst moment in their entire life.
And, oh the smugness about a stupid MOTHER taking back her kidnapped child!
It doesn't matter how smart or stupid a MOTHER is, there is the MOTHER'S INSTINCT to protect her young. If you do not understand MATERNAL INSTINCT, please spend some time watching "Animal Planet". A lot of these "maternal units" will fight to the DEATH to protect their young. Not very smart, eh?
When I see the sort of comments made on newspaper stories like this, I am aghast and terrified at the utter ignorance of American Due Process.
As I said, I don't know any of the particulars of this story.
But the tenor of the comments are truly scary- Whatever the bureaucracy says is gospel, and people are ready to do a lynching.
Most of you would have gotten along fine in Germany in the 1930's.
Leonard Henderson, co-founder
American Family Rights Association
http://familyrights.us
"Until Every Child Comes Home" ©
"The Voice of America's Families" ©
6/3/2010 8:45 AM PDT
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OK, so Angela is not too bright and attempted to steal her own child back. The social worker must be a Mensa member too. I would love to see their photo posted. The social worker's only task was to protect the baby and they failed. Fire their a$$. Angela has some problems and perhaps a little time in the cooler will help her find the path back to reality. It is sad that the children are always the ones who suffer the most. The child services dolt needs to find a different job. Our tax dollars support these losers.
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she looks like a fine example of pure trash
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6/3/2010 5:52 AM PDT
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changethesystem wrote:
It's really disgusting to see how superficial, judgmental and mean people can be. You know who you are: You're the real criminals. Maybe you should all take a look at your DMV photos before you criticize someone who was arrested and is facing charges and had to spend hours in a cold cell after being searched and subjected to ill-treatment by the police, before her picture was taken. And what does her looks matter anyway? As to meth. well aren't we being a little judgmental here? Seriously some of you people are obviously the kind of ghouls who slow down traffic to gawk at a car accident in the hopes of seeing blood and gore. No wonder this country is backwards, and no wonder the "System" hasn't changed yet and will, because of the apparent ignorance of so many Americans, continue to take on more victims like this woman and her child. Try a giving someone a break, or show a little sympathy, or at least acknowledge that under the Constitution all citizens are innocent until found guilty. To those who gawk and sneer, you'd better hope you're not the next person to be judged.
ISSUE PAPERS on Family Preservation, Foster Care and Reasonable Efforts
http://nccpr.info/issue-papers/
ISSUE PAPERS on Family Preservation, Foster Care and Reasonable Efforts
Introduction
1. Foster Care vs. Family Preservation: The Track Record on Safety
2. Foster Care Panics
3. They Erred on the Side of the Child Case Histories
4. Emotional Abuse
5. Who is in The System?
6. Child Abuse and Poverty
7. Child Welfare and Race
8. The Real Reasons for Child Abuse Deaths
9. The Unreasonable Assault on Reasonable Efforts
10. What is Family Preservation?
11. Does Family Preservation Work?
12. Financial Incentives
13. Family Preservation and Substance Abuse
14. Family Preservation and Adoption
15. Just Say No to the Orphanage
ISSUE PAPERS on Family Preservation, Foster Care and Reasonable Efforts
Introduction
1. Foster Care vs. Family Preservation: The Track Record on Safety
2. Foster Care Panics
3. They Erred on the Side of the Child Case Histories
4. Emotional Abuse
5. Who is in The System?
6. Child Abuse and Poverty
7. Child Welfare and Race
8. The Real Reasons for Child Abuse Deaths
9. The Unreasonable Assault on Reasonable Efforts
10. What is Family Preservation?
11. Does Family Preservation Work?
12. Financial Incentives
13. Family Preservation and Substance Abuse
14. Family Preservation and Adoption
15. Just Say No to the Orphanage
Families rally against Children and Youth
Families rally against Children and Youth
BY PETER PANEPINTO (STAFF WRITER)
Published: June 3, 2010
Kristen McAndrew holds a poster and a picture of her daughter Jocelyn at a protest against Children and Youth Services in Wilkes-Barre on June 2.
Fran Schrader, right, holds a poster and a picture of a child during a protest against Children and Youth Services in Wilkes-Barre on June 2. Attorney Jim Hayward, left, is representing the parents.
A group of people hold a protest against Children and Youth Services in Wilkes-Barre Wednesday against a backdrop of the Children and Youth Building on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Attorney Jim Hayward, center, leads a group of protesters out of the Jewelcor parking lot after they were ordered to leave the property during their protest against Children and Youth Services on Wednesday. About 40 people attended the rally.
Image Gallery for Families rally against Children and Youth
About 40 angry parents gathered in a downtown Wilkes-Barre parking lot Wednesday morning to denounce Luzerne County Children and Youth Services, the county agency charged with assuring the safety of children and preserving families.
Some of the protesters said Children and Youth had stripped them of their parental rights without giving them a fair chance to retain custody of their children.
Many of the scorned parents also charged their children were being abused by foster parents; some said the judges who presided over their cases did not give them a fair trial; and other parents said their children were taken away shortly after birth without a court order.
The group was organized by attorney Jim Hayward of Wilkes-Barre. At the rally, Hayward said he is representing most of the parents in their struggles with Children and Youth. He claimed the county agency is abusing its power and keeping children longer than it is supposed to, or without valid reason, in order to continue receiving funding.
In response to the protest, Luzerne County Commissioner Chairwoman Maryanne Petrilla said she supports the agency and the "tremendous work" it does to protect the children of Luzerne County.
"Our job is to protect our children, and there is a process in place that gives us the checks and balances that I believe we need to justify why some children in Luzerne County are in protective services," Petrilla said. "We will fight any lawsuit filed in federal court I believe we will win."
Children and Youth Director Frank Castano could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
At the hour-long protest, held near the Jewelcor Building on Wilkes-Barre Boulevard, parents shared their stories.
Lisa Scoffone, of Hanover Township, said she has been battling Children and Youth since 2008 when the agency took away one of her two children and threatened she would never see him again. She now has visitation rights to see her 7-month-old son for an hour-and-a-half per week and her 9-year-old son every other weekend.
"I'm fighting for the rights for me and my children to be together," Scoffone said. "I'm not doing anything wrong. They just make excuses for me not to see my babies."
Scoffone said this is just the beginning of her ongoing battle with Children and Youth. She has a court date July 9 at the Luzerne County Orphan's Court, where she will ask for custody of both of her children.
"As long as I'm breathing I will not stop until my children are home with me." Scoffone said. "My babies are going to come home without knowing me."
Hayward claimed that Children and Youth is doing everything it can to enter children into the foster care system and keep them there so the agency can continue receiving grant money.
"They are taking them unjustifiably," Hayward said. "If they do have a reason to keep them, they keep the kids for too long."
Brenda Battle, of Wilkes-Barre, said four of her children were sent to foster care 10 years ago by Children and Youth. She said she was in an abusive relationship and she went to the agency for guidance, but instead of helping her, agency officials took the children away because they believed she was an unfit mother.
"Instead of helping me with my kids, they snatched them away," Battle said.
Many of the parents said the rooms in which they visit their children at Children and Youth are "deplorable."
Scoffone's nephew, David Rasmus, 15, of Warrior Run, said he was placed in seven different foster homes by Children and Youth within six-and-a-half years. Rasmus said he's slept on the floor at one home and he couldn't see his father for almost two years after his first placement. He now lives with his father and grandmother, but he said he has anxiety and has been hospitalized six times since he left foster care.
"They ruined my life," Rasmus said. "It really hurt me being away from my family."
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BY PETER PANEPINTO (STAFF WRITER)
Published: June 3, 2010
Kristen McAndrew holds a poster and a picture of her daughter Jocelyn at a protest against Children and Youth Services in Wilkes-Barre on June 2.
Fran Schrader, right, holds a poster and a picture of a child during a protest against Children and Youth Services in Wilkes-Barre on June 2. Attorney Jim Hayward, left, is representing the parents.
A group of people hold a protest against Children and Youth Services in Wilkes-Barre Wednesday against a backdrop of the Children and Youth Building on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Attorney Jim Hayward, center, leads a group of protesters out of the Jewelcor parking lot after they were ordered to leave the property during their protest against Children and Youth Services on Wednesday. About 40 people attended the rally.
Image Gallery for Families rally against Children and Youth
About 40 angry parents gathered in a downtown Wilkes-Barre parking lot Wednesday morning to denounce Luzerne County Children and Youth Services, the county agency charged with assuring the safety of children and preserving families.
Some of the protesters said Children and Youth had stripped them of their parental rights without giving them a fair chance to retain custody of their children.
Many of the scorned parents also charged their children were being abused by foster parents; some said the judges who presided over their cases did not give them a fair trial; and other parents said their children were taken away shortly after birth without a court order.
The group was organized by attorney Jim Hayward of Wilkes-Barre. At the rally, Hayward said he is representing most of the parents in their struggles with Children and Youth. He claimed the county agency is abusing its power and keeping children longer than it is supposed to, or without valid reason, in order to continue receiving funding.
In response to the protest, Luzerne County Commissioner Chairwoman Maryanne Petrilla said she supports the agency and the "tremendous work" it does to protect the children of Luzerne County.
"Our job is to protect our children, and there is a process in place that gives us the checks and balances that I believe we need to justify why some children in Luzerne County are in protective services," Petrilla said. "We will fight any lawsuit filed in federal court I believe we will win."
Children and Youth Director Frank Castano could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
At the hour-long protest, held near the Jewelcor Building on Wilkes-Barre Boulevard, parents shared their stories.
Lisa Scoffone, of Hanover Township, said she has been battling Children and Youth since 2008 when the agency took away one of her two children and threatened she would never see him again. She now has visitation rights to see her 7-month-old son for an hour-and-a-half per week and her 9-year-old son every other weekend.
"I'm fighting for the rights for me and my children to be together," Scoffone said. "I'm not doing anything wrong. They just make excuses for me not to see my babies."
Scoffone said this is just the beginning of her ongoing battle with Children and Youth. She has a court date July 9 at the Luzerne County Orphan's Court, where she will ask for custody of both of her children.
"As long as I'm breathing I will not stop until my children are home with me." Scoffone said. "My babies are going to come home without knowing me."
Hayward claimed that Children and Youth is doing everything it can to enter children into the foster care system and keep them there so the agency can continue receiving grant money.
"They are taking them unjustifiably," Hayward said. "If they do have a reason to keep them, they keep the kids for too long."
Brenda Battle, of Wilkes-Barre, said four of her children were sent to foster care 10 years ago by Children and Youth. She said she was in an abusive relationship and she went to the agency for guidance, but instead of helping her, agency officials took the children away because they believed she was an unfit mother.
"Instead of helping me with my kids, they snatched them away," Battle said.
Many of the parents said the rooms in which they visit their children at Children and Youth are "deplorable."
Scoffone's nephew, David Rasmus, 15, of Warrior Run, said he was placed in seven different foster homes by Children and Youth within six-and-a-half years. Rasmus said he's slept on the floor at one home and he couldn't see his father for almost two years after his first placement. He now lives with his father and grandmother, but he said he has anxiety and has been hospitalized six times since he left foster care.
"They ruined my life," Rasmus said. "It really hurt me being away from my family."
ppanepinto@citizensvoice.com, 570-821-2182
http://citizensvoice.com/news/families-rally-against-children-and-youth-1.827885
Attorney: Agency deprives rights W-B attorney says he will file lawsuit on behalf of 25 parents against Luzerne County Children and Youth.
Posted: 1:00 AM
Attorney: Agency deprives rights
W-B attorney says he will file lawsuit on behalf of 25 parents against Luzerne County Children and Youth.
TERRIE MORGAN-BESECKER tmorgan@timesleader.com
WILKES-BARRE – A local attorney said he plans to file a federal lawsuit today on behalf of approximately 25 parents who allege Luzerne County Children and Youth violated their constitutional rights in placing their children in foster care.
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Theresa Orgowski, right, and her daughter Brandy Fullerton, both of Wilkes-Barre, gather with other parents outside the Children and Youth Building on Pennsylvania Avenue in Wilkes-Barre to voice complaints against the agency on Wednesday.
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James Hayward of Wilkes-Barre said the lawsuit will be a wide-ranging indictment of Children and Youth that will rival the egregiousness of the allegations contained in the “kids-for-cash” lawsuits involving former county Judge Mark Ciavarella’s placement of juveniles in detention centers.
“It’s just like the ‘kids-for-cash’ case again,” Hayward said. “Everyone knew what Ciavarella was doing and didn’t do anything about it. Well, they all know what Children and Youth is doing and they’re not doing anything about it.”
What Children and Youth is doing, Hayward said, is routinely Children and Youth violated their constitutional rights regarding court hearings that determine whether their children will remain in foster care or be returned home.
The suit revolves around dependency court, which involves children who have been removed from their homes based on allegations of abuse or neglect. It is separate from delinquency court, which involves the placement of juveniles accused of crimes.
Under state law, Children and Youth can take immediate custody of a child only if it can be shown there is an imminent threat to the child’s safety or health. A shelter care hearing must then be held to review that determination.
Hayward said he has interviewed numerous parents who say they were never given a hearing, or were given such short notice that they could not present a meaningful rebuttal to the agency’s allegations.
“I have four clients whose shelter care hearing was either scheduled while they were in the hospital, or they never had a shelter care hearing and they took the kids off them,” he said.
Hayward said that in one case, his client had just given birth via caesarian section. Children and Youth sought to place the child. A shelter care hearing was scheduled just after she gave birth, which precluded her from attending.
Hayward said he went to the hearing on her behalf and obtained a continuance. But that did not stop the agency from taking the child anyway.
“They went that night or the night after and took the baby out of the hospital and put it in foster care,” Hayward said.
Another issue, Hayward said, is the agency’s practice of taking a newborn from the biological parents based solely on the fact the parents have other children who are currently in foster care.
Hayward said the law says agencies can do that only if a parent has previously had his or her parental rights to other children terminated. Luzerne County is doing so even when that is not the case, he said.
“If you have a child in the system, as far as they are concerned, every child is in the system. That’s not the law,” he said. “They can do whatever they want and get away with it, and no one is challenging them.”
Joe DeVizia, director of human services for the county, said he was advised Wednesday that Hayward planned on filing a lawsuit. DeVizia said he did not know what the specific allegations are, but insisted Children and Youth is working for the best interest of children.
“There are a lot of issues surrounding why kids are in placement,” DeVizia said. “Our number one concern is always the safety and welfare of children.”
More than two dozen parents, some of whom are plaintiffs in the pending suit, gathered at the Luzerne County Courthouse on Wednesday for an impromptu rally.
DeVizia said he and Children and Youth Director Frank Castano spent nearly five hours meeting with 15 to 20 parents. He said he would ensure their concerns were addressed.
Hayward said the suit will name Children and Youth as a defendant, as well as individual agency employees, the county and its human services department. The suit will not name judges who presided over dependency court, he said.
Terrie Morgan-Besecker, a Times Leader staff writer, may be reached at 570-829-7179.
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Attorney: Agency deprives rights
W-B attorney says he will file lawsuit on behalf of 25 parents against Luzerne County Children and Youth.
TERRIE MORGAN-BESECKER tmorgan@timesleader.com
WILKES-BARRE – A local attorney said he plans to file a federal lawsuit today on behalf of approximately 25 parents who allege Luzerne County Children and Youth violated their constitutional rights in placing their children in foster care.
click image to enlarge
Theresa Orgowski, right, and her daughter Brandy Fullerton, both of Wilkes-Barre, gather with other parents outside the Children and Youth Building on Pennsylvania Avenue in Wilkes-Barre to voice complaints against the agency on Wednesday.
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James Hayward of Wilkes-Barre said the lawsuit will be a wide-ranging indictment of Children and Youth that will rival the egregiousness of the allegations contained in the “kids-for-cash” lawsuits involving former county Judge Mark Ciavarella’s placement of juveniles in detention centers.
“It’s just like the ‘kids-for-cash’ case again,” Hayward said. “Everyone knew what Ciavarella was doing and didn’t do anything about it. Well, they all know what Children and Youth is doing and they’re not doing anything about it.”
What Children and Youth is doing, Hayward said, is routinely Children and Youth violated their constitutional rights regarding court hearings that determine whether their children will remain in foster care or be returned home.
The suit revolves around dependency court, which involves children who have been removed from their homes based on allegations of abuse or neglect. It is separate from delinquency court, which involves the placement of juveniles accused of crimes.
Under state law, Children and Youth can take immediate custody of a child only if it can be shown there is an imminent threat to the child’s safety or health. A shelter care hearing must then be held to review that determination.
Hayward said he has interviewed numerous parents who say they were never given a hearing, or were given such short notice that they could not present a meaningful rebuttal to the agency’s allegations.
“I have four clients whose shelter care hearing was either scheduled while they were in the hospital, or they never had a shelter care hearing and they took the kids off them,” he said.
Hayward said that in one case, his client had just given birth via caesarian section. Children and Youth sought to place the child. A shelter care hearing was scheduled just after she gave birth, which precluded her from attending.
Hayward said he went to the hearing on her behalf and obtained a continuance. But that did not stop the agency from taking the child anyway.
“They went that night or the night after and took the baby out of the hospital and put it in foster care,” Hayward said.
Another issue, Hayward said, is the agency’s practice of taking a newborn from the biological parents based solely on the fact the parents have other children who are currently in foster care.
Hayward said the law says agencies can do that only if a parent has previously had his or her parental rights to other children terminated. Luzerne County is doing so even when that is not the case, he said.
“If you have a child in the system, as far as they are concerned, every child is in the system. That’s not the law,” he said. “They can do whatever they want and get away with it, and no one is challenging them.”
Joe DeVizia, director of human services for the county, said he was advised Wednesday that Hayward planned on filing a lawsuit. DeVizia said he did not know what the specific allegations are, but insisted Children and Youth is working for the best interest of children.
“There are a lot of issues surrounding why kids are in placement,” DeVizia said. “Our number one concern is always the safety and welfare of children.”
More than two dozen parents, some of whom are plaintiffs in the pending suit, gathered at the Luzerne County Courthouse on Wednesday for an impromptu rally.
DeVizia said he and Children and Youth Director Frank Castano spent nearly five hours meeting with 15 to 20 parents. He said he would ensure their concerns were addressed.
Hayward said the suit will name Children and Youth as a defendant, as well as individual agency employees, the county and its human services department. The suit will not name judges who presided over dependency court, he said.
Terrie Morgan-Besecker, a Times Leader staff writer, may be reached at 570-829-7179.
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