Take The Baby And Run - Baby LK Report For February 26th 2012

Concord: Child rape conviction of Stepchildren is upheld

Concord: Child rape conviction is upheld | Concord Monitor:

A federal court last week rejected the latest in a series of appeals by Scott Abram, a former Concord resident convicted of repeatedly raping his young stepchildren.

Connecticut DCF To Steer Away From Confrontational Treatment Of Families

Connecticut DCF To Steer Away From Confrontational Treatment Of Families - Courant.com:

The state Department of Children and Families will no longer investigate relatively minor reports of neglect as part of a shift away from its traditional adversarial approach. Instead, it will offer help to the family.

The less serious reports make up 40 percent of DCF's caseload.

CPS knew about living conditions in 2005-Police report details abuse of 11 children taken from Texas 'house of horrors'

Police report details abuse of 11 children taken from Texas 'house of horrors' | Mail Online:

Missing teeth, black eyes, no food, and no school: Police report details horrific abuse of 11 children taken from squalid Texas 'house of horrors'

• Children taken into emergency custody after raid on January 24 aged between five months and 11 years
  
• Shocking details from police report reveal eight children were tied up in single darkened room
  
• One boy, aged 11, was covered in bruises, had a black eye and was missing a tooth
• Child Protection Agency knew about living conditions back in 2005

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Child Protective Services: A system in trouble

Child Protective Services: A system in trouble:

The best way to reduce child abuse and neglect and keep children safe is to help their families remain stable, experts say. That has become more of a challenge since the economy tumbled.

Faced with budget deficits, Arizona lawmakers over the past four years balanced the state's budget in part by cutting more than $300 million from programs that support struggling families, from substance-abuse treatment to housing to child-care assistance.

Legislators who voted for the cuts say the budget deficits forced them to make difficult choices. At the same time, they say caring for children is the job of families, churches and communities, not government.

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Foster care in America: A Nebraska caseworker gives away the game

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog: Foster care in America: A Nebraska caseworker gives away the game:

Says the worker: “It was a long day taking away 

babies.”

When it comes to the all-time Child Protective Services Excuse Hit Parade this item almost always is in the top three: “We can’t take away children,” says the caseworker or the supervisor or the agency flack or the agency director. “Only a judgehas the power to do that. The courts make these decisions.”

The fact that this is a lie does'nt stop reporters from falling for it over and over again.

CT DCF worker charged with sexual assault

CT DCF worker charged with sexual assault | Corrupt CT:

Danbury, Conn. (WTNH) – A Department of Children and Families [DCF] case worker, charged with the sexual assault of a young woman, is still under the department’s care.