Gaston DSS worker fired while facing DWI charge | gastonia, carrigan, alcohol - Gaston Gazette:
The Gaston County Department of Social Services has fired one of its child-support agents a week after she was cited for drunken driving.
Amanda Elizabeth Carrigan, 34, of 445 Wilson Farm Road, Gastonia, was charged with driving while impaired on Oct. 27 and terminated from her job on Nov. 4.
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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, November 11, 2011
A British 'stolen child' finds his way home
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.
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.
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.
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