BCLocalNews.com - A British 'stolen child' finds his way home:
Port Alberni resident Ray Phillips never knew what it was like to have a mother while growing up, first in England, then in Canada.
Phillips, 83, and his siblings were separated from their mother as children by the British welfare authorities and the Second World War ensured that all contact was severed.
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In Memory of my Loving Husband, William F. Knightly Jr. Murdered by ILLEGAL Palliative Care at a Nashua, NH Hospital
Friday, November 11, 2011
50 Percent of Foster Care Kids Don't Graduate High School
Education Nation 2011: 50 Percent of Foster Care Kids Don't Graduate High School:
At the end of tenth grade, Barbara Bell was about to get kicked out of school. She was getting D’s and F’s on her report card and was lashing out at her teachers and friends.
But unlike other teenagers struggling with school, Bell didn’t have her own home to go to at the end of the day. She was living in foster care.
At the end of tenth grade, Barbara Bell was about to get kicked out of school. She was getting D’s and F’s on her report card and was lashing out at her teachers and friends.
But unlike other teenagers struggling with school, Bell didn’t have her own home to go to at the end of the day. She was living in foster care.
Is privatizing foster care bad for kids and costing you more money?
Is privatizing foster care bad for kids and costing you more money?:
(WXYZ) - A grandma has been fighting the state to get her grandkids out of foster care for years. A great aunt has been trying to do the same for her niece. But both have been met with strong resistance—and it may be a matter of money.
The state pays private agencies to handle most foster care adoptions. By law, they are supposed to make placing foster children with extended family members a priority. But 7 Action News has found some cases where relatives say the agencies may be putting profits ahead of policy – and this can cut kids off from family forever.
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(WXYZ) - A grandma has been fighting the state to get her grandkids out of foster care for years. A great aunt has been trying to do the same for her niece. But both have been met with strong resistance—and it may be a matter of money.
The state pays private agencies to handle most foster care adoptions. By law, they are supposed to make placing foster children with extended family members a priority. But 7 Action News has found some cases where relatives say the agencies may be putting profits ahead of policy – and this can cut kids off from family forever.
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
Judge impressed with Cinderella mom, scolds social workers for keeping kids away
Judge impressed with Cinderella mom, scolds social workers for keeping kids away - Winnipeg Free Press:
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A Saskatchewan judge has scolded the province's child-welfare system for ignoring court orders to arrange regular visits between two children and their rehabilitated mother.
Court of Queen's Bench Justice Geoffrey Dufour said he was impressed with the young woman's remarkable turnaround from a prostitute and addict to a healthy and devoted mother. He recently ordered the children be returned to her this week.
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A Saskatchewan judge has scolded the province's child-welfare system for ignoring court orders to arrange regular visits between two children and their rehabilitated mother.
Court of Queen's Bench Justice Geoffrey Dufour said he was impressed with the young woman's remarkable turnaround from a prostitute and addict to a healthy and devoted mother. He recently ordered the children be returned to her this week.
Lawsuit involving foster child, DSS workers settled
Lawsuit involving foster child, DSS workers settled - aberdeennews.com:
A lawsuit alleging that officials should have known they were placing a girl in a potentially unsafe Aberdeen foster home has been settled without a trial.
A lawsuit alleging that officials should have known they were placing a girl in a potentially unsafe Aberdeen foster home has been settled without a trial.
Custody fight for bike-hit son
Custody fight for bike-hit son - The Star | IOL.co.za:
AS POLICE hunt for the killers of Pretoria mother Chanelle Henning, shot dead earlier this week, her parents are fighting for custody of her child.
Five-year-old Benjamin’s grandparents, Irvin and Sharon Saincic, will be appearing at the Pretoria High Court this morning in a desperate bid to have the boy remanded into their care.
This comes after it was announced yesterday that the boy had been put into foster care soon after Henning’s murder.
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AS POLICE hunt for the killers of Pretoria mother Chanelle Henning, shot dead earlier this week, her parents are fighting for custody of her child.
Five-year-old Benjamin’s grandparents, Irvin and Sharon Saincic, will be appearing at the Pretoria High Court this morning in a desperate bid to have the boy remanded into their care.
This comes after it was announced yesterday that the boy had been put into foster care soon after Henning’s murder.
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