Foster families quit for lack of respect - Courant.com
When it comes to foster families, the more the better. They are a central part of ensuring that abused and neglected children are taken out of group homes and given a better chance to lead stable and fulfilling lives.
Unfortunately, the state Department of Children and Families is not only failing to add new foster families, as it is legally required to, it's losing the ones it already has.
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, May 20, 2011
CPS Puts 3-year-old on Psychotropic Drugs
CPS Puts 3-year-old on Psychotropic Drugs
HOUSTON - For now, 4-year-old Rachel Harrison is back with her parents.
"She belongs with her mother and her father" Rachel's father David Harrison said.
But if Child Protective Services has its way, Rachel's 28-year-old father David and her 24-year-old mother Christina will not be her legal guardians. CPS wants her to be adopted by non-relatives.
CPS Puts 3-Year-Old on Psychotropic Drugs: MyFoxHOUSTON.com
HOUSTON - For now, 4-year-old Rachel Harrison is back with her parents.
"She belongs with her mother and her father" Rachel's father David Harrison said.
But if Child Protective Services has its way, Rachel's 28-year-old father David and her 24-year-old mother Christina will not be her legal guardians. CPS wants her to be adopted by non-relatives.
Free Legal Volunteer Training Offered
ParentalRights.org
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Free Legal Volunteer Training Offered
Constitutional lawyer and ParentalRights.org president Michael Farris will host a webinar on Thursday, June 23 at 3:30 p.m. EDT to provide key talking points on the Parental Rights Amendment and the threat of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). This training webinar is offered to volunteers with legal backgrounds (lawyers, paralegals) interested in testifying before their state legislature on behalf of the Amendment or in opposition to the CRC.
Several weeks ago I sent an email asking those of you with legal training to let us know if you would be willing to testify for the Parental Rights Amendment before your state legislature. We are now able to offer this training to those of you who replied.
Given the delay in the meantime, I wanted to give anyone else with legal background the opportunity to sign up as a testimony volunteer and to participate in this webinar as well.
If you have already signed up as a legal testimony volunteer, please email me and let me know if you can attend the webinar so I will know to send you additional information.
If you have not already signed up but would like to do so now, please email me and provide your contact information as well as a brief description of your legal background (“paralegal,” “real estate attorney,” etc.). Be sure to include your state, and let me know if you can attend the webinar.
If you do not have a legal background, we would still welcome you to volunteer as a potential hearing speaker. Just email me with your contact information, including which state you live in, and include your occupation. I regret that we cannot open the webinar to non-legal volunteers at this time due to space limitations.
Sincerely,
Michael Ramey
Director of Communications & Research
P.O. Box 1090 Purcellville, VA 20134 * (540)-751-1200 * info@parentalrights.org
Parentalrights.org -- Sign the Petition
Yes, I believe that parental rights should be constitutionally protected through the proposed Parental Rights Amendment: SECTION 1 The liberty of parents to direct the ...
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Parentalrights.org - Protecting Children by Empowering ...
37. SR 99 Opposing CRC Ratification Includes lead sponsor, Sen. Jim DeMint. Latest addition April 21, 2011.
parentalrights.org - Cached
Petition - Parentalrights.org - Protecting Children by ...
SECTION 1 The liberty of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children is a fundamental right. SECTION 2 Neither the United States nor any state shall ...
www.parentalrights.org/petition - Cached
Sign the Petition Donate Volunteer Learn More View Online
Free Legal Volunteer Training Offered
Constitutional lawyer and ParentalRights.org president Michael Farris will host a webinar on Thursday, June 23 at 3:30 p.m. EDT to provide key talking points on the Parental Rights Amendment and the threat of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). This training webinar is offered to volunteers with legal backgrounds (lawyers, paralegals) interested in testifying before their state legislature on behalf of the Amendment or in opposition to the CRC.
Several weeks ago I sent an email asking those of you with legal training to let us know if you would be willing to testify for the Parental Rights Amendment before your state legislature. We are now able to offer this training to those of you who replied.
Given the delay in the meantime, I wanted to give anyone else with legal background the opportunity to sign up as a testimony volunteer and to participate in this webinar as well.
If you have already signed up as a legal testimony volunteer, please email me and let me know if you can attend the webinar so I will know to send you additional information.
If you have not already signed up but would like to do so now, please email me and provide your contact information as well as a brief description of your legal background (“paralegal,” “real estate attorney,” etc.). Be sure to include your state, and let me know if you can attend the webinar.
If you do not have a legal background, we would still welcome you to volunteer as a potential hearing speaker. Just email me with your contact information, including which state you live in, and include your occupation. I regret that we cannot open the webinar to non-legal volunteers at this time due to space limitations.
Sincerely,
Michael Ramey
Director of Communications & Research
P.O. Box 1090 Purcellville, VA 20134 * (540)-751-1200 * info@parentalrights.org
Parentalrights.org -- Sign the Petition
Yes, I believe that parental rights should be constitutionally protected through the proposed Parental Rights Amendment: SECTION 1 The liberty of parents to direct the ...
www.thedatabank.com/dpg/385/personal2.asp?formid=... - Cached
Parentalrights.org - Protecting Children by Empowering ...
37. SR 99 Opposing CRC Ratification Includes lead sponsor, Sen. Jim DeMint. Latest addition April 21, 2011.
parentalrights.org - Cached
Petition - Parentalrights.org - Protecting Children by ...
SECTION 1 The liberty of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children is a fundamental right. SECTION 2 Neither the United States nor any state shall ...
www.parentalrights.org/petition - Cached
Thursday, May 19, 2011
PA Senate Bill 119 Intergenerational Family Care Act
Senate Bill 119
Heroes Among Us
Why It Matters
Strong Families for a Strong Commonwealth
SB-119 Sponsor and Co-Sponsors
Heroes Among Us
I was blessed. Both my parents were in my household. But the demands of their work often left me in the care of my grandparents. For some children, this is not a part-time situation; it’s permanent.
And it’s tough, for all sides. We know how hard it is to parent when you’re in your prime, raising your own child. It’s especially challenging when your step is not as quick, your income not as strong, and it’s someone else’s child. The burdens can be great, especially as food, fuel, and care costs skyrocket.
In the 8th District alone, thousands of grandmothers, grandfathers, aunts, uncles – even cousins and older siblings – heroically step into the breach when children are abandoned by their parents. Hurt, sometimes directionless, and other times even angry, we know the consequences of misdirected young people. We see the results of their rampages in daily news reports. But we can help save a generation. They need us.
Without a doubt, some of the greatest, most long-lasting influences and lessons in my life came from my grandparents. Their continued resolve, love, and support of my development still resonate. Many of today’s elders, parenting a new generation, can have the same impact. Let’s support these heroes among us.
8th Senatorial District
Heroes Among Us
Why It Matters
Strong Families for a Strong Commonwealth
SB-119 Sponsor and Co-Sponsors
Heroes Among Us
I was blessed. Both my parents were in my household. But the demands of their work often left me in the care of my grandparents. For some children, this is not a part-time situation; it’s permanent.
And it’s tough, for all sides. We know how hard it is to parent when you’re in your prime, raising your own child. It’s especially challenging when your step is not as quick, your income not as strong, and it’s someone else’s child. The burdens can be great, especially as food, fuel, and care costs skyrocket.
In the 8th District alone, thousands of grandmothers, grandfathers, aunts, uncles – even cousins and older siblings – heroically step into the breach when children are abandoned by their parents. Hurt, sometimes directionless, and other times even angry, we know the consequences of misdirected young people. We see the results of their rampages in daily news reports. But we can help save a generation. They need us.
Without a doubt, some of the greatest, most long-lasting influences and lessons in my life came from my grandparents. Their continued resolve, love, and support of my development still resonate. Many of today’s elders, parenting a new generation, can have the same impact. Let’s support these heroes among us.
8th Senatorial District
Discussion Guides | Family Law Education Reform Project
Discussion Guides | Family Law Education Reform Project
Discussion Guides
The discussion guides are written by practicing experts with legal, clinical or social science expertise. They have been developed to encourage an interdisciplinary approach to teaching family law. The discussion guides briefly summarize the latest research and thinking available on the subject and emphasize key class discussion points the expert believes the law student should understand. Discussion guides also include a list of references on the subject.
Discussion Guides
The discussion guides are written by practicing experts with legal, clinical or social science expertise. They have been developed to encourage an interdisciplinary approach to teaching family law. The discussion guides briefly summarize the latest research and thinking available on the subject and emphasize key class discussion points the expert believes the law student should understand. Discussion guides also include a list of references on the subject.
Pawtucket Man Sentenced to Life for Child Molestation and Child Abuse of Four Month Old Girl
Pawtucket Man Sentenced to Life for Child Molestation and Child Abuse of Four Month Old Girl « Feeds For Education
Emanuel Baptista, formerly of Pawtucket, was sentenced to two life sentences plus 20 years for the 2009 molestation of a four month old child in his care.
Emanuel Baptista, formerly of Pawtucket, was sentenced to two life sentences plus 20 years for the 2009 molestation of a four month old child in his care.
Letter: Florida Department of Children and Families doesn't do its job no matter what its funding is
Letter: Florida Department of Children and Families doesn't do its job no matter what its funding is » TCPalm.com
Mary Ann Russell, Port St. Lucie
Letter: DCF doesn't do its job no matter what its funding is
Throughout the last session of the Florida House and Senate, I cannot recall how many times I read articles about how the state Department of Children and Families was going to suffer due to the budget cuts. One only has to go back over the years and look at DCF's record; no matter how much or how little they have been funded, they do not do their job.
Mary Ann Russell, Port St. Lucie
Letter: DCF doesn't do its job no matter what its funding is
Throughout the last session of the Florida House and Senate, I cannot recall how many times I read articles about how the state Department of Children and Families was going to suffer due to the budget cuts. One only has to go back over the years and look at DCF's record; no matter how much or how little they have been funded, they do not do their job.
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