Kinship care beats foster care for raising kids – support needed

Kinship care beats foster care for raising kids – support needed - CSMonitor.com:

An estimated 2.7 million children are being cared for by extended family such as grandparents and other relatives, who are likely to be poor, elderly and unemployed, according to a new Annie E. Casey Foundation report that urges new support and resources for them.


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New Casey Family Services Report on kinship families

Stepping Up for Kids
What government and communities should do to support kinship families


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How Many Children Are in Kinship Care?
About 4 percent of all children are in kinship care. While only around 104,000 of them are in state-supervised foster care, they represent nearly 26 percent of the foster care population.
TABLE 1                                  
                                                   Children in Public and             Children in State-Supervised
                                                   Private Kinship Care1              Kinship Foster Care2
                                                             % of all                              % of all children in            
                                                            children                                     foster care
                                                                                        
State                             Number                                         Number      
United States               2,712,000               4%                  103,943          26%
Alabama                           50,000               4%                         660          12%
Alaska                                7,000               4%                         451          25%
Arizona                             60,000               3%                      3,605          37%
Arkansas                           34,000               5%                         566         15%
California                         333,000               4%                    16,338         28%
Colorado                           32,000               3%                         923         13%
Connecticut                        24,000               3%                         601         14%
Delaware                              8,000               4%                           71         10%
District of Columbia              5,000               5%                          322        16%
Florida                              164,000               4%                       8,071        43%
Georgia                             103,000               4%                         989         14%
Hawaii                                 12,000               4%                         556         46%
Idaho                                    7,000                2%                         399         27%
Illinois                               105,000                3%                      6,208         35%
Indiana                               59,000                 4%                      3,814         31%
Iowa                                  18,000                 3%                      1,478          23%
Kansas                               27,000                 4%                      1,536          26%
Kentucky                           63,000                  6%                        632            9%
Louisiana                            65,000                 6%                         956           21%
Maine                                   8,000                 3%                         408           26%
Maryland                            48,000                 4%                      2,037           34%
Massachusetts                     31,000                 2%                      1,616          18%
Michigan                             59,000                 2%                       5,690          35%
Minnesota                           21,000                 2%                          879          17%
Mississippi                          53,000                 7%                          998           28%
Missouri                              56,000                 4%                      2,087            21%
Montana                                8,000                3%                          562            33%
Nebraska                            14,000                 3%                       1,153            22%
Nevada                               19,000                 3%                       1,619            34%
New Hampshire                    5,000                 2%                          139            18%
New Jersey                         58,000                 3%                       2,518            35%
New Mexico                       24,000                 5%                          324            17%
New York                         153,000                 3%                       5,433            20%
North Carolina                   101,000                 4%                       2,076            24%
North Dakota                         4,000                3%                         115             11%
Ohio                                   100,000                4%                      1,631             14%
Oklahoma                             56,000                6%                      2,271             29%
Oregon                                 22,000                3%                      2,254             25%
Pennsylvania                        101,000                4%                      3,456             23%
Rhode Island                           6,000                2%                         534             26%
South Carolina                       54,000                5%                         294              7%
South Dakota                           7,000                3%                         244            16%
Tennessee                               67,000               5%                         537              8%
Texas                                    276,000               4%                      8,506             29%
Utah                                        15,000               2%                         553             19%
Vermont                                    4,000               3%                         132             14%
Virginia                                    69,000               4%                         312               6%
Washington                              53,000               3%                      3,404             34%
West Virginia                           19,000               5%                         549             13%
Wisconsin                                 20,000              2%                       1,944            30%
Wyoming                                    4,000              3%                          196            20%

More Than 120 Florida Caseworkers Lied About Efforts to Protect Children

More Than 120 Florida Caseworkers Lied About Efforts to Protect Children:

Note: So what about Caseworker's throughout the rest of the Country? Do you think Florida is the only state where Caseworker's lie? If you do, I have a Bridge to sell you!

During the past couple years, more than 120 Florida case workers have been caught falsifying records - lying about their on-the-job efforts to protect children, according to state and county records reviewed by the Orlando Sentinel.


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Maryanne Godboldo Case Prompts Congressman to Request Feds Investigate Child Protective Services

Maryanne Godboldo Case Prompts Congressman to Request Feds Investigate Child Protective Services « CCHR International:

DETROIT (WXYZ) – The 7 Action News Investigators were the first to expose how a local court wasn’t following the law when it came to removing children from their homes.

Now one of Michigan’s Congressmen is calling on the Department of Justice to investigate the state’s Child Protective Services system.

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AFRA-About the "Service" or "Safety Plan"

About the "Service" or "Safety Plan":

About the "Service Plan"

It's a TRAP! "Better shun the bait than struggle in the snare." -John Dryden (1631-1700) English Poet

The "Service" or "Safety Plan" is being "offered" to you and they want you to "volunteer".  Read the above line over and over until you understand it.    Your "volunteering" CANCELS your Constitutional Rights See this and ESPECIALLY THIS Also see- Reasonable Efforts ~and~ Where's the Services?

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Are the People Who Participate in Safety Plans Suitable to Do So?

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http://familyrights.us/how_to/service_plan.html

Child Removal Laws Are Unconstitutional, Hurt Michigan Families, ACLU Charges in Federal Lawsuit

Child Removal Laws Are Unconstitutional, Hurt Michigan Families, ACLU Charges in Federal Lawsuit | ACLU of Michigan | Because Freedom Can’t Protect Itself:

DETROIT – In an effort to protect the rights of children, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a federal lawsuit today asking a judge to strike down a state law that allows law enforcement officials to remove children from their parents’ custody without proving that the child is in immediate danger. 


► Document I  Read our complaint here

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The Parental Rights Amendment is Being Introduced

The Parental Rights Amendment is Being Introduced!  Time to Call Congress!

Please call your Congressmen today

John Schafer

The PRA Is Being Introduced! Time to Call Congress!

Representative Trent Franks and Senator Jim DeMint have both agreed to introduce the Parental Rights Amendment in both the House and Senate in the next few days. This is very welcome news.

And the really good news is that we have worked with National Right to Life Committee to find language that resolves their concerns. The PRA will not resolve the debate about abortion. The added language just ensures that our Amendment does not tip the scale one way or the other.

And there’s even more good news! Representative Trent Franks is the Chairman of the Constitution Subcommittee in the House, and we have his promise of an early hearing – but he has asked us for one thing right now. We need to call every single member of Congress and urge them to become original cosponsors of the PRA.

If we get a strong initial showing of original cosponsors, we can get the PRA on a fast track. So we need everyone to take the actions outlined below – Act right away!
Action Item: Please Call!
1. Please call your congressman and ask him or her to contact Rep. Trent Franks’s office to sign on as an original cosponsor to the Parental Rights Amendment. You can find their contact information by clicking on your state at parentalrights.org/states, or ask for them by name at the Capitol switchboard: 1-202-224-3121.

When you call, please be courteous and respectful. Many of these congressmen are friendly toward the Amendment, and the delays we have experienced have not been their fault. We don’t want to alienate them or their staffs with rudeness.

2. Please call your senators and give them the same message, asking them to contact Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina to sign on. You can find their information in the same places listed above.

Keep in mind that Capitol Hill staff are used to dealing with bill numbers for everything. So if they ask you for one, respectfully remind them that we are looking for original cosponsors, so there is no bill number yet. It is simply “the Parental Rights Amendment being proposed by” Rep. Franks or Sen. DeMint. You can also assure them that Rep. Franks or Sen. DeMint’s office is actively seeking cosponsors, so they will know what your lawmaker is talking about when he or she calls.

http://parentalrights.org/index.asp?SEC={B7D027B5-E193-4C66-8DFE-B3BBE9725CE4}&Type=B_BASIC