DCF reform passes in Senate
Today state Senator Anthony Musto (D-Trumbull), Senate Chairman of the General Assembly’s Human Services Committee, said the Senate unanimously approved legislation late last night, changing the way the Department of Children and Families (DCF) will respond to some reports of child abuse or neglect.
"Our first impulse should be to keep families together whenever possible,” Musto said.
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 27, 2011
Boy kidnapped by parents again-Hmm, I wonder Why!
Boy kidnapped by parents again, police say | Inland News | PE.com | Southern California News | News for Inland Southern California
Moreno Valley police are looking for a 3-year-old boy who detectives say was kidnapped by his biological parents -- for the second time in three months -- outside a Child Protective Services office in Moreno Valley on Monday night.
Moreno Valley police are looking for a 3-year-old boy who detectives say was kidnapped by his biological parents -- for the second time in three months -- outside a Child Protective Services office in Moreno Valley on Monday night.
DCF Budget Cuts-Florida
WEAR ABC 3 :: Top Stories - DCF Budget Cuts
FLORIDA - Five hundred Department of Children and Families employees are losing their jobs due to state budget cuts.
The layoffs come as DCF searches for answers in child death cases that happened on the department's watch
FLORIDA - Five hundred Department of Children and Families employees are losing their jobs due to state budget cuts.
The layoffs come as DCF searches for answers in child death cases that happened on the department's watch
Richmond Social Services Audit: Auditor: City's Social Services Department mismanaged thousands; put kids at risk
Richmond Social Services Audit: Auditor: City's Social Services Department mismanaged thousands; put kids at risk - wtvr
RICHMOND, VA (WTVR) – The city auditor's office released a scathing report Thursday showing Richmond's Department of Social Services CSA and Foster Care put children at risk and misused funding.
In fact, the audit of operations from June 2007 to June 2009 shows the department mismanaged thousands of its $74 million budget.
RICHMOND, VA (WTVR) – The city auditor's office released a scathing report Thursday showing Richmond's Department of Social Services CSA and Foster Care put children at risk and misused funding.
In fact, the audit of operations from June 2007 to June 2009 shows the department mismanaged thousands of its $74 million budget.
Child advocacy agency will review 500 foster care files » Corpus Christi Caller
Child advocacy agency will review 500 foster care files » Corpus Christi Caller-Times
CORPUS CHRISTI — Attorneys for a New York-based child advocacy agency will examine the files of 500 children, a sampling of Texas’ permanent foster care system in an attempt to prove mistreatment and mismanagement plague the system.
It’s part of a federal lawsuit targeting the state’s foster care system, filed in the federal court in Corpus Christi in March. It asks for sweeping reforms of a system it claims puts children in harmful, mismanaged situations and overmedicates children who are shuffled from one place to another.
CORPUS CHRISTI — Attorneys for a New York-based child advocacy agency will examine the files of 500 children, a sampling of Texas’ permanent foster care system in an attempt to prove mistreatment and mismanagement plague the system.
It’s part of a federal lawsuit targeting the state’s foster care system, filed in the federal court in Corpus Christi in March. It asks for sweeping reforms of a system it claims puts children in harmful, mismanaged situations and overmedicates children who are shuffled from one place to another.
Hatch introduces legislation to expand alternatives to traditional foster care
Hatch introduces legislation to expand alternatives to traditional foster care | Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch is sponsoring federal legislation that would expand state programs that provide alternatives to traditional foster care.
The State Child Welfare Innovation Act, co-sponsored by Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., would build upon an existing program that enables states to seek waivers to use federal foster care money more flexibly to provide alternatives to traditional foster care placements.
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch is sponsoring federal legislation that would expand state programs that provide alternatives to traditional foster care.
The State Child Welfare Innovation Act, co-sponsored by Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., would build upon an existing program that enables states to seek waivers to use federal foster care money more flexibly to provide alternatives to traditional foster care placements.
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