DYFS head admits proper handling of phone tip could have saved Irvington girl | NJ.com
IRVINGTON-The call came in to the state child abuse hotline after 9 on a Friday night. The caller, speaking with a heavy accent, said he was very concerned about "the height and weight’’ of two children, and curious "why their mother had to carry them.’’
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, June 15, 2011
Ont. Foster mom smoked pot, had sex with 14-year-old foster son
Ont. mom smoked pot, had sex with 14-year-old foster son
WINDSOR, Ont. — She was his foster mom and was supposed to treat him as she would a child of her own.
Instead, she plied him with marijuana and alcohol to get him to "open up."
Then she had sex with him.
Read more:
WINDSOR, Ont. — She was his foster mom and was supposed to treat him as she would a child of her own.
Instead, she plied him with marijuana and alcohol to get him to "open up."
Then she had sex with him.
Read more:
Children diagnosed with ADHD may just be advanced creative thinkers
Guest commentary: Children diagnosed with ADHD may just be advanced creative thinkers » Naples Daily News
The medical profession is responding to research verifying that millions of children have been misdiagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
The medical profession is responding to research verifying that millions of children have been misdiagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Governor Paul LePage's Ideas & Suggestions Forum - Privatize Child Protection
Governor Paul LePage's Ideas & Suggestions Forum - Privatize Child Protection
Privatize Child Protection
Maine is one of very few states who have not done this yet. Every year, DHHS investigates hundreds of cases of child abuse or neglect. A few are deemed as legitimate - abuse is happening and the legal system (police and courts) finds substantial evidence that abuse or neglect is happening. However, hundreds of complaints are made that do not go forward (in the legal system) because the legal system deems them "false reports" made by disgruntled members of the community. It's very easy to make a complaint - just call, especially if you feel abuse or neglect is taking place but please don't subject a person to this trauma just because your mad at him/her. How this process happens is like this; a call or complaint is made to DHHS Child Protection. It can be anonymous or if the caller is a mandated reporter, they have to leave their names. 90% of the calls are from anonymous callers so they don't have to leave their names. DHHS hires attorneys for every complaint and spends hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to prosecute - even the false reports,even if the police and courts say there is no case. DHHS then spends a lot of energy and money attempting to condemn hundreds of cases (that don't make it to court) making life miserable for those that are innocent. Give this to the Sheriffs Department. Let them investigate the cases and present their evidence to the courts. DHHS Child Protective does good work with the cases that are legitimate but put more resources towards those cases which are not legitimate just to prove their worth. If the Sheriffs Department (the legal system) has the ability to investigate every case that is reported, then the I bet the State of Maine would save hundreds of thousands, if not millions in frivolous cases. Let us do what over 40 other States have done and privatize this unit and let DHHS foster system run the foster system and give the investigative responsibilities to the legal system where they (police) are trained investigators and are already paid. It's time to let DHHS run the Humans Services and let the legal system conduct investigations. Also, let's save us - the taxpayers, a lot of money so that we can put it towards education. Please research what has been done in other states in this area and start asking your legislators how much money DHHS Child Protective wastes us every year. You would be surprised! Indeed, I was.
John Mitchell
Privatize Child Protection
Maine is one of very few states who have not done this yet. Every year, DHHS investigates hundreds of cases of child abuse or neglect. A few are deemed as legitimate - abuse is happening and the legal system (police and courts) finds substantial evidence that abuse or neglect is happening. However, hundreds of complaints are made that do not go forward (in the legal system) because the legal system deems them "false reports" made by disgruntled members of the community. It's very easy to make a complaint - just call, especially if you feel abuse or neglect is taking place but please don't subject a person to this trauma just because your mad at him/her. How this process happens is like this; a call or complaint is made to DHHS Child Protection. It can be anonymous or if the caller is a mandated reporter, they have to leave their names. 90% of the calls are from anonymous callers so they don't have to leave their names. DHHS hires attorneys for every complaint and spends hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to prosecute - even the false reports,even if the police and courts say there is no case. DHHS then spends a lot of energy and money attempting to condemn hundreds of cases (that don't make it to court) making life miserable for those that are innocent. Give this to the Sheriffs Department. Let them investigate the cases and present their evidence to the courts. DHHS Child Protective does good work with the cases that are legitimate but put more resources towards those cases which are not legitimate just to prove their worth. If the Sheriffs Department (the legal system) has the ability to investigate every case that is reported, then the I bet the State of Maine would save hundreds of thousands, if not millions in frivolous cases. Let us do what over 40 other States have done and privatize this unit and let DHHS foster system run the foster system and give the investigative responsibilities to the legal system where they (police) are trained investigators and are already paid. It's time to let DHHS run the Humans Services and let the legal system conduct investigations. Also, let's save us - the taxpayers, a lot of money so that we can put it towards education. Please research what has been done in other states in this area and start asking your legislators how much money DHHS Child Protective wastes us every year. You would be surprised! Indeed, I was.
John Mitchell
Medical examiner: Boy died of child abuse
Medical examiner: Boy died of child abuse
VALPARAISO | A jury was told Tuesday an autopsy found 6-month-old Nicholas Munden, of Chesterton, died of blunt head trauma due to child abuse.
The manner of death was homicide, said Dr. Ponni Arunkumar, an assistant Cook County medical examiner, who conducted the autopsy in the fall of 2008.
VALPARAISO | A jury was told Tuesday an autopsy found 6-month-old Nicholas Munden, of Chesterton, died of blunt head trauma due to child abuse.
The manner of death was homicide, said Dr. Ponni Arunkumar, an assistant Cook County medical examiner, who conducted the autopsy in the fall of 2008.
Save a Child Petition-Brooklyn Elizabeth Leahey
Save a Child Petition
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To: Grandparents Rights and Child Rights
Save a Little Girl Named Brooklyn Elizabeth Leahey!
Brooklyn Elizabeth Leahey was born on June 24-2008. She was born via emergency cesarean section due to complications with delievery. Brooklyn's mother during the pregnancy did horrible things to her while in utereo. In an effort to terminate the pregnancy the mother, took many OTC drugs in excess, prescription drugs that were not hers, along with the fact she would have people kick and punch her in the stomach. Last but not least this young mother also inserted foreign objects up inside of her again trying to self abort the pregnancy. Additionally, Brooklyn's mother hid the pregnancy until 3 weeks before Brooklyn was born. So there was very little prenatal care....
When the mother was asked what the intentions were with this baby the mother stated... Get this fucking thing out of me... So I can leave it at the hospital... She had so much pented up anger over this sweet and innocent little baby who had yet to see the world...The mother stated she just wanted to get her life back and she was tired of this thing bothering her and interrupting it.
Brooklyn's biological grandmother could not leave this baby in the hospital like the young teen mother wanted to do. Brooklyn's grandmother brought her home and started raising her as her own and the young mother continued about her business going to school, going out on the weekends and not coming home at all...Having sex again with many mulitple partners within only a few weeks after Brooklyn was born. Brooklyn's biological mother NEVER loved or cared for Brooklyn while she resided with Brooklyn and the grandparents. The biological mother has also been previously diagnoised with mental health issues. Additionally, the biological mother also was more concerned about the designer purses that she could purchase and clothes rather than the care and welfare of Brooklyn. It was the biological mother's intention for the Leahey's to raise this child as their own and she even gave the child the last name as "LEAHEY" her last name was different and she never intended on keeping this child. She signed and notarized the birth certificate affidavit and again the last name was the same as the maternal grandmothers....
For the last 26 months Brooklyn has been raised by the Leahey's. The Leahey's have taken Brooklyn to every single medical appointment, to every activity that the child participates in such as swimming, gymnastics and church groups. Brookyn is very bonded with the Leahey's other 4 children who also participate with her in all of these great activities. Brooklyn has also attended every football game, wrestling match and baseball games that the older Leahey children participated in. Brooklyn has been loved unconditionally by the Leaheys since the day she was born.
The Biological Mother began getting court ordered visitations with Brooklyn and during those visits she would come with severe diaper rash so bad that her bottom would bleed! Along with bumps, bruises and welts on her bottom, her thighs, and back. The Leahey's took pictures of all of the marks on the child and additionally took the child to her doctors for the extremely severe diaper rash.
All of this evidence was given to a judge who made the decision that because Brooklyn had the same DNA as her mother that custody of Brooklyn should be with the biological mother. Even though she has been emotionally and physically abused and neglected along with being abandoned. The judge immediately turned over custody in the court house right then and there and the Leahey's have not even been able to speak with Brooklyn on the telephone....
Please if you think it would be in the best interest to put Brooklyn Elizabeth Leahey back into the ONLY home that she has known for the last 26 months were she was loved, safe, secure and thriving in life please sign the petition below.... Additionally, please leave your comments also. Brooklyn has the right to grow up in a safe healthy home. Not one where she is abused and neglected. Brooklyn again was also very close to the other 4 Leahey children in our home and those children are also devastated by the fact that she is not here in our home.... Please help us bring Brooklyn back home!
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
View Current Signatures - Sign the Petition
To: Grandparents Rights and Child Rights
Save a Little Girl Named Brooklyn Elizabeth Leahey!
Brooklyn Elizabeth Leahey was born on June 24-2008. She was born via emergency cesarean section due to complications with delievery. Brooklyn's mother during the pregnancy did horrible things to her while in utereo. In an effort to terminate the pregnancy the mother, took many OTC drugs in excess, prescription drugs that were not hers, along with the fact she would have people kick and punch her in the stomach. Last but not least this young mother also inserted foreign objects up inside of her again trying to self abort the pregnancy. Additionally, Brooklyn's mother hid the pregnancy until 3 weeks before Brooklyn was born. So there was very little prenatal care....
When the mother was asked what the intentions were with this baby the mother stated... Get this fucking thing out of me... So I can leave it at the hospital... She had so much pented up anger over this sweet and innocent little baby who had yet to see the world...The mother stated she just wanted to get her life back and she was tired of this thing bothering her and interrupting it.
Brooklyn's biological grandmother could not leave this baby in the hospital like the young teen mother wanted to do. Brooklyn's grandmother brought her home and started raising her as her own and the young mother continued about her business going to school, going out on the weekends and not coming home at all...Having sex again with many mulitple partners within only a few weeks after Brooklyn was born. Brooklyn's biological mother NEVER loved or cared for Brooklyn while she resided with Brooklyn and the grandparents. The biological mother has also been previously diagnoised with mental health issues. Additionally, the biological mother also was more concerned about the designer purses that she could purchase and clothes rather than the care and welfare of Brooklyn. It was the biological mother's intention for the Leahey's to raise this child as their own and she even gave the child the last name as "LEAHEY" her last name was different and she never intended on keeping this child. She signed and notarized the birth certificate affidavit and again the last name was the same as the maternal grandmothers....
For the last 26 months Brooklyn has been raised by the Leahey's. The Leahey's have taken Brooklyn to every single medical appointment, to every activity that the child participates in such as swimming, gymnastics and church groups. Brookyn is very bonded with the Leahey's other 4 children who also participate with her in all of these great activities. Brooklyn has also attended every football game, wrestling match and baseball games that the older Leahey children participated in. Brooklyn has been loved unconditionally by the Leaheys since the day she was born.
The Biological Mother began getting court ordered visitations with Brooklyn and during those visits she would come with severe diaper rash so bad that her bottom would bleed! Along with bumps, bruises and welts on her bottom, her thighs, and back. The Leahey's took pictures of all of the marks on the child and additionally took the child to her doctors for the extremely severe diaper rash.
All of this evidence was given to a judge who made the decision that because Brooklyn had the same DNA as her mother that custody of Brooklyn should be with the biological mother. Even though she has been emotionally and physically abused and neglected along with being abandoned. The judge immediately turned over custody in the court house right then and there and the Leahey's have not even been able to speak with Brooklyn on the telephone....
Please if you think it would be in the best interest to put Brooklyn Elizabeth Leahey back into the ONLY home that she has known for the last 26 months were she was loved, safe, secure and thriving in life please sign the petition below.... Additionally, please leave your comments also. Brooklyn has the right to grow up in a safe healthy home. Not one where she is abused and neglected. Brooklyn again was also very close to the other 4 Leahey children in our home and those children are also devastated by the fact that she is not here in our home.... Please help us bring Brooklyn back home!
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
Families once torn apart reunited Thank's to Family Drug Court-NOT in NH!
Families once torn apart reunited | Community Spirit | South Tucson News
Reading further into this story, you will read Pima County has a Family drug court to help families. In NH, parent's are court ordered OUT of drug treatment and court ordered into programs that don't exist in NH, just to make sure the parent is non-compliant. How can a parent comply with court ordered admittance into a program in order to get their child back that doesn't even exist? They can't, which of course means the child is NEVER returned!
For many of us, we can't even come close to imagining what it would be like to be separated from our children.
But it does happen here in our community and many times those children are taken away because of neglect. A local program works to bring those families back together and today KOLD News 13 was there when it happened.
Reading further into this story, you will read Pima County has a Family drug court to help families. In NH, parent's are court ordered OUT of drug treatment and court ordered into programs that don't exist in NH, just to make sure the parent is non-compliant. How can a parent comply with court ordered admittance into a program in order to get their child back that doesn't even exist? They can't, which of course means the child is NEVER returned!
For many of us, we can't even come close to imagining what it would be like to be separated from our children.
But it does happen here in our community and many times those children are taken away because of neglect. A local program works to bring those families back together and today KOLD News 13 was there when it happened.
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