New data: Many fewer US kids in foster care
August 31, 2010|By DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer
2010-08-31 12:49:00 PDT New York, NY 10001, United States — (08-31) 12:49 PDT New York (AP) --
The number of U.S. children in foster care has dropped 8 percent in just one year, and more than 20 percent in the past decade, according to new federal figures underscoring the impact of widespread reforms.
The drop, hailed by child-welfare advocates, is due largely to a shift in the policies and practices of state and county child welfare agencies. Many have been shortening stays in foster care, speeding up adoptions and expanding preventive support for troubled families so more children avoid being removed from their homes in the first place.
The new figures, released Tuesday by the Department of Health and Human Services, show there were 423,773 children in foster care as of Sept. 30. That's down from 460,416 a year earlier and from more than 540,000 a decade ago.
California had the biggest one-year drop — from 67,703 to 60,198. Just eight years ago, the state had more than 90,000 children in foster care.
Florida, Illinois, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania are among other major states that have lowered their numbers sharply over the decade.
Of the 423,773 kids in foster care on Sept. 30, 53 percent were boys. Twenty percent were Hispanic, 30 percent black and 40 percent white; 114,556 of them were available for adoption
Read the entire article at:http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-08-31/news/23983591_1_national-foster-care-coalition-care-numbers-richard-wexler
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
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
'I was stolen from my mother': How Winona was handed over for a forced adoption
'I was stolen from my mother': How Winona was handed over for a forced adoption
Stolen by Social Services nine years earlier, Winona finds her mother and brother on Facebook.
For years Winona and her sister believed their mother was a horrible person who didn't love them.
Thank's to Facebook, they're now back together.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1308117/I-stolen-mother-How-Winona-handed-forced-adoption.html?ito=feeds-newsxml#ixzz0yKlH5Wfc
Stolen by Social Services nine years earlier, Winona finds her mother and brother on Facebook.
For years Winona and her sister believed their mother was a horrible person who didn't love them.
Thank's to Facebook, they're now back together.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1308117/I-stolen-mother-How-Winona-handed-forced-adoption.html?ito=feeds-newsxml#ixzz0yKlH5Wfc
Child’s Ordeal Shows Risks of Psychosis Drugs for Young
Child's Journey Shows Dangers of Antipsychotic Drugs
New York Times
In addition, foster care children seem to be medicated more often
Chris Bickford for The New York Times
By DUFF WILSON
Published: September 1, 2010
OPELOUSAS, La. — At 18 months, Kyle Warren started taking a daily antipsychotic drug on the orders of a pediatrician trying to quell the boy’s severe temper tantrums.
Thus began a troubled toddler’s journey from one doctor to another, from one diagnosis to another, involving even more drugs.
Check out this story at:http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/02/business/02kids.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
New York Times
In addition, foster care children seem to be medicated more often
Chris Bickford for The New York Times
By DUFF WILSON
Published: September 1, 2010
OPELOUSAS, La. — At 18 months, Kyle Warren started taking a daily antipsychotic drug on the orders of a pediatrician trying to quell the boy’s severe temper tantrums.
Thus began a troubled toddler’s journey from one doctor to another, from one diagnosis to another, involving even more drugs.
Check out this story at:http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/02/business/02kids.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Probable cause hearing adjourned for Joy Heaven, foster care mom accused of killing child
Probable cause hearing adjourned for Joy Heaven, foster care mom accused of killing child
Published: Wednesday, September 01, 2010, 12:52 PM
Barton Deiters | The Grand Rapids Press
Joy Heaven
Today's probable cause hearing for Joy Heaven, a foster mother accused of inflicting fatal brain injuries to a foster child, was adjourned so Judge Stephen Servaas could hear a police-taped interview with the suspect.
The brief testimony today reflected what had been in previous reports.
On July 15, Joy Heaven sought treatment for Emily Meno, who was comatose. She told medical personnel that Emily, 5, seemed to suffer an epileptic seizure.
But when the girl died at Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital, an autopsy showed a brain injury.
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/09/probable_cause_hearing_adjourn.html
Published: Wednesday, September 01, 2010, 12:52 PM
Barton Deiters | The Grand Rapids Press
Joy Heaven
Today's probable cause hearing for Joy Heaven, a foster mother accused of inflicting fatal brain injuries to a foster child, was adjourned so Judge Stephen Servaas could hear a police-taped interview with the suspect.
The brief testimony today reflected what had been in previous reports.
On July 15, Joy Heaven sought treatment for Emily Meno, who was comatose. She told medical personnel that Emily, 5, seemed to suffer an epileptic seizure.
But when the girl died at Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital, an autopsy showed a brain injury.
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/09/probable_cause_hearing_adjourn.html
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Parental Alienation: A Serious and Growing Problem in Family Law Cases
Parental Alienation: A Serious and Growing Problem in Family Law Cases
Contributor: Collins & Collins, P.C.
SUMMARY: Some of the issues facing parents involved in a divorce or paternity action involving child custody are not specific to New Mexico, but occur all over the United States. One such issue, which has become increasingly recognized by family law courts during the last 20 years, is the concept of parental alienation.
Parental alienation is generally discussed in the context of a
contested custody dispute, although elements of parental alienation can certainly be found in intact families. When the research about parental alienation first began being published, it focused on situations in which one parent sought to alienate the child from the other parent by doing things like preventing visitation between the child and the other parent and bad-mouthing the other parent to the child. Frequently, one parent would go so far as making false allegations in court to prevent the other parent from seeing the child.
Please see full article below for more information.
DOCUMENT INFO
Doc Type:
Legal Article/Newsletter
Published: 8/31/2010
http://www.jdsupra.com/post/documentViewer.aspx?fid=3ebc2445-b91f-4587-ac9f-6fd00851ecfb
Contributor: Collins & Collins, P.C.
SUMMARY: Some of the issues facing parents involved in a divorce or paternity action involving child custody are not specific to New Mexico, but occur all over the United States. One such issue, which has become increasingly recognized by family law courts during the last 20 years, is the concept of parental alienation.
Parental alienation is generally discussed in the context of a
contested custody dispute, although elements of parental alienation can certainly be found in intact families. When the research about parental alienation first began being published, it focused on situations in which one parent sought to alienate the child from the other parent by doing things like preventing visitation between the child and the other parent and bad-mouthing the other parent to the child. Frequently, one parent would go so far as making false allegations in court to prevent the other parent from seeing the child.
Please see full article below for more information.
DOCUMENT INFO
Doc Type:
Legal Article/Newsletter
Published: 8/31/2010
http://www.jdsupra.com/post/documentViewer.aspx?fid=3ebc2445-b91f-4587-ac9f-6fd00851ecfb
Parents, charged with killing daughter, allowed to see other children
Parents, charged with killing daughter, allowed to see other children
By Thomas J. Prohaska
NEWS NIAGARA REPORTER
Published:
Updated: August 31, 2010,
LOCKPORT -- A judge today refused to bar Nicole and Randy Colucci, accused of murder in the death of their 2-year-old daughter, from seeing their other children, who are in foster care.
http://www.buffalonews.com/city/communities/niagara-county/article177265.ece
This is sick. I know you are supposed to be presumed innocent until proven guilty but it doesn't work that way in abuse and neglect cases. A parent is presumed guilty period. Even when innocence is proven, they are still considered guilty.
These people are accused of killing one child, yet still get to see the other children. In NH children are kept from their parent's for "Neglect in the Future." NH DCYF caseworkers and Lawyer's believe they have psychic capabilities. They lose their children for false, frivolous accusations.Nothing even close to murder!
By Thomas J. Prohaska
NEWS NIAGARA REPORTER
Published:
Updated: August 31, 2010,
LOCKPORT -- A judge today refused to bar Nicole and Randy Colucci, accused of murder in the death of their 2-year-old daughter, from seeing their other children, who are in foster care.
http://www.buffalonews.com/city/communities/niagara-county/article177265.ece
This is sick. I know you are supposed to be presumed innocent until proven guilty but it doesn't work that way in abuse and neglect cases. A parent is presumed guilty period. Even when innocence is proven, they are still considered guilty.
These people are accused of killing one child, yet still get to see the other children. In NH children are kept from their parent's for "Neglect in the Future." NH DCYF caseworkers and Lawyer's believe they have psychic capabilities. They lose their children for false, frivolous accusations.Nothing even close to murder!
Doctor in child abuse trial refutes Shaken Baby Syndrome
August 31, 2010
Doctor in child abuse trial refutes Shaken Baby Syndrome
Published: 1:00 PM, 08/31/2010 Last updated: 1:00 PM, 08/31/2010
Author: Gilbert Soesbee
Source: The Newport Plain Talk
NEWPORT-A neurosurgeon called by the defense in the child abuse trial of a Jefferson City man in Cocke County Circuit Court said Monday that "Shaken Baby Syndrome" does not exist.
Clinical Neurosurgeon Dr. Ronald Uscinski, who was called as an expert witness on the fourth day of the trial by the attorney representing Joshua Isham Henegar, told the criminal court jury that Shaken Baby Syndrome, as it is currently diagnosed, "defies the laws of physics" and cannot occur.
For more details, please see the latest edition of The Newport Plain Talk.
http://newportplaintalk.com/story/33044
Doctor in child abuse trial refutes Shaken Baby Syndrome
Published: 1:00 PM, 08/31/2010 Last updated: 1:00 PM, 08/31/2010
Author: Gilbert Soesbee
Source: The Newport Plain Talk
NEWPORT-A neurosurgeon called by the defense in the child abuse trial of a Jefferson City man in Cocke County Circuit Court said Monday that "Shaken Baby Syndrome" does not exist.
Clinical Neurosurgeon Dr. Ronald Uscinski, who was called as an expert witness on the fourth day of the trial by the attorney representing Joshua Isham Henegar, told the criminal court jury that Shaken Baby Syndrome, as it is currently diagnosed, "defies the laws of physics" and cannot occur.
For more details, please see the latest edition of The Newport Plain Talk.
http://newportplaintalk.com/story/33044
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