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
Friday, April 8, 2011
Ex-state ward sues DCYF for child abuse
Ex-state ward sues DCYF for child abuse | Rhode Island news | projo.com | The Providence Journal
PROVIDENCE —A former State House page who spent his youth as a ward of the state is suing the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families in U.S. District Court charging that he suffered years of abuse while in state care.
PROVIDENCE —A former State House page who spent his youth as a ward of the state is suing the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families in U.S. District Court charging that he suffered years of abuse while in state care.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
The 'Illegitimacy Bonus' and State Efforts To Reduce Out-of-Wedlock Births
The 'Illegitimacy Bonus' and State Efforts To Reduce Out-of-Wedlock Births
By Patricia Donovan
DOI: 10.1363/3109499
Out-of-wedlock births have increased dramatically in recent decades and now account for about one-third of U.S. births each year.1 Although most nonmarital births are to women who are not on welfare, Congress used the 1996 welfare reform law to mount a major nationwide campaign against "illegitimacy."
To motivate states to adopt policies and programs that discourage nonmarital childbearing, Congress included in the law a so-called illegitimacy bonus, which rewards states that reduce out-of-wedlock births among all women—not just welfare recipients or teenagers—and also decrease abortions. For four years, beginning in FY 1999, the federal government will award a total of up to $100 million annually to a maximum of five states that achieve the greatest declines in out-of-wedlock births and reduce their abortion rate to below its 1995 level. If five states qualify, each will receive $20 million; if fewer than five meet the requirements, each will receive $25 million.2
By Patricia Donovan
DOI: 10.1363/3109499
Out-of-wedlock births have increased dramatically in recent decades and now account for about one-third of U.S. births each year.1 Although most nonmarital births are to women who are not on welfare, Congress used the 1996 welfare reform law to mount a major nationwide campaign against "illegitimacy."
To motivate states to adopt policies and programs that discourage nonmarital childbearing, Congress included in the law a so-called illegitimacy bonus, which rewards states that reduce out-of-wedlock births among all women—not just welfare recipients or teenagers—and also decrease abortions. For four years, beginning in FY 1999, the federal government will award a total of up to $100 million annually to a maximum of five states that achieve the greatest declines in out-of-wedlock births and reduce their abortion rate to below its 1995 level. If five states qualify, each will receive $20 million; if fewer than five meet the requirements, each will receive $25 million.2
The Adoption Incentive Bonus
A Carrot Among the
Sticks
The Adoption
Incentive Bonus
Cornerstone Consulting Group, Inc.
2001Acknowledgements
In 1997, Congress enacted the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA), the most
extensive federal child welfare legislation since the Adoption Assistance and Child
Welfare Act of 1980.Among other things, the legislation places renewed emphasis
on child safety by requiring states to make more timely determinations about permanent arrangements for children in state custody. In addition to shortening the
timeline for permanency hearings from 18 months to 12 months, the act sets deadlines for the initiation of hearings terminating parental rights. The overriding message of ASFA is that foster care is not the best place for children to grow up and
states must make more determined efforts to find permanent homes for children who
cannot be returned to their biological families.
One of the most novel provisions in ASFA is the Adoption Incentive Bonus. This
provision encourages states to find adoptive homes for children who are legally free
for adoption by granting a financial incentive for each foster child the state places in adoption above a baseline number.Congress authorized a bonus payment of $4,000
for each foster child and an additional $2,000 for each special needs adoption above
the baseline. The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) calculated
the baseline by averaging each state’s number of finalized adoptions of children from
foster care for 1995, 1996, and 1997.
The financial incentives for adoption that are part of ASFA were first recommended
in President Clinton’s Adoption 2002 report, published in 1996. Adoption 2002 outlined an agenda to help overcome barriers to permanency for children in foster care,
including goals to speed up the pace to permanency through adoption.It was anticipated that the bonuses would help states achieve the Clinton Administration’s goal to double the number of adoptions nationwide by 2002. In fact, states are well on their way toward this goal, having increased the number of finalized adoptions by 64 percent–from 28,000 in 1996 to 46,000 in 1999.
The use of financial incentives to meet certain policy objectives was an innovation of the Clinton Administration. In addition to the adoption bonuses, the administration authorized financial bonuses to states to reduce the number of out-of-wedlock births and to move people from welfare to work. In each case, DHHS created a baseline standard and measured states’ success according to factors unique to each social policy issue. Unlike the adoption bonuses, which were distributed to every state that increased adoptions, welfare and out-of-wedlock birth incentives were only given to a handful of states.
1 When first authorized, the adoption bonus provision received mixed reviews in the
child welfare field. Some criticized it as being akin to a “bounty” for children, and some were concerned that state agencies would make inappropriate decisions for
families in order to receive the bonus.
Read more at:http://familyrights.us/bin/white_papers-articles/carrot_among_sticks.pdf
Sticks
The Adoption
Incentive Bonus
Cornerstone Consulting Group, Inc.
2001Acknowledgements
In 1997, Congress enacted the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA), the most
extensive federal child welfare legislation since the Adoption Assistance and Child
Welfare Act of 1980.Among other things, the legislation places renewed emphasis
on child safety by requiring states to make more timely determinations about permanent arrangements for children in state custody. In addition to shortening the
timeline for permanency hearings from 18 months to 12 months, the act sets deadlines for the initiation of hearings terminating parental rights. The overriding message of ASFA is that foster care is not the best place for children to grow up and
states must make more determined efforts to find permanent homes for children who
cannot be returned to their biological families.
One of the most novel provisions in ASFA is the Adoption Incentive Bonus. This
provision encourages states to find adoptive homes for children who are legally free
for adoption by granting a financial incentive for each foster child the state places in adoption above a baseline number.Congress authorized a bonus payment of $4,000
for each foster child and an additional $2,000 for each special needs adoption above
the baseline. The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) calculated
the baseline by averaging each state’s number of finalized adoptions of children from
foster care for 1995, 1996, and 1997.
The financial incentives for adoption that are part of ASFA were first recommended
in President Clinton’s Adoption 2002 report, published in 1996. Adoption 2002 outlined an agenda to help overcome barriers to permanency for children in foster care,
including goals to speed up the pace to permanency through adoption.It was anticipated that the bonuses would help states achieve the Clinton Administration’s goal to double the number of adoptions nationwide by 2002. In fact, states are well on their way toward this goal, having increased the number of finalized adoptions by 64 percent–from 28,000 in 1996 to 46,000 in 1999.
The use of financial incentives to meet certain policy objectives was an innovation of the Clinton Administration. In addition to the adoption bonuses, the administration authorized financial bonuses to states to reduce the number of out-of-wedlock births and to move people from welfare to work. In each case, DHHS created a baseline standard and measured states’ success according to factors unique to each social policy issue. Unlike the adoption bonuses, which were distributed to every state that increased adoptions, welfare and out-of-wedlock birth incentives were only given to a handful of states.
1 When first authorized, the adoption bonus provision received mixed reviews in the
child welfare field. Some criticized it as being akin to a “bounty” for children, and some were concerned that state agencies would make inappropriate decisions for
families in order to receive the bonus.
Read more at:http://familyrights.us/bin/white_papers-articles/carrot_among_sticks.pdf
Teen found in suitcase connected to local foster mom
Teen found in suitcase connected to local foster mom | 9news.com
DENVER - The 17-year-old found dead in a suitcase in Ruby Hill Park is the foster son of Jan Churchwell -- a well-known foster mom and a 2004 9Who Care winner.
Our partners at The Denver Post confirmed the deceased teen, Josh Churchwell, is from Burlington and is the son of Jan and Bob Churchwell. Bob Churchwell is a city administrator in Burlington.
DENVER - The 17-year-old found dead in a suitcase in Ruby Hill Park is the foster son of Jan Churchwell -- a well-known foster mom and a 2004 9Who Care winner.
Our partners at The Denver Post confirmed the deceased teen, Josh Churchwell, is from Burlington and is the son of Jan and Bob Churchwell. Bob Churchwell is a city administrator in Burlington.
Videos Posted by Dana Lawhon: Apr 6, 2011 6:11pm (104)
Videos Posted by Dana Lawhon: Apr 6, 2011 6:11pm (104)
This is the video that started the retaliation against Dana Lawhon by the rest of the powers that be because she had the nerve to expose their doctored drug test. The reporter did one more interview about her case and then the next thing you know she doesn't work there anymore. She has a much better job now.
This is the video that started the retaliation against Dana Lawhon by the rest of the powers that be because she had the nerve to expose their doctored drug test. The reporter did one more interview about her case and then the next thing you know she doesn't work there anymore. She has a much better job now.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
DCF head ‘excited’ for agency’s future, even after ‘horrific’ child murder
DCF head ‘excited’ for agency’s future, even after ‘horrific’ child murder - Florida Baptist Witness
JACKSONVILLE (FBW)—Every morning Florida Department of Children and Families Secretary David Wilkins gets a report of the tragedies affecting the more than 18,000 children in the state’s foster care system.
JACKSONVILLE (FBW)—Every morning Florida Department of Children and Families Secretary David Wilkins gets a report of the tragedies affecting the more than 18,000 children in the state’s foster care system.
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